What does it mean to be a Change Agent?
Four young leaders from previous cohorts share how the programme shaped their lives With cohort 5.0 set to begin late this...
Change Agents Cohort 5: Now accepting applications
The Change Agents programme is back! Applications are being accepted through 26 February 2023 for the programme, which will restart in...
Five leaders provide YMCA youth perspective at UN consultation
In a unique opportunity to share insights, five experienced global youth leaders represented YMCA young voices on 6 October as...
“Never lose hope” says East Jerusalem YMCA youth coordinator
We talk to Nicola Abuamsha, former World YMCA Change Agent, now Youth Coordinator at the East Jerusalem YMCA. Could you tell...
Luis Esteban Tello Pinto talks about the World Council in Chiang Mai, 2018
Luis, can you please tell us a bit about yourself and your YMCA? ...
‘It was my first global gathering’ – Lawrence Dolo looks back to the 19th YMCA World Council in Chiang Mai, 2018
Lawrence, what’s your background within the YMCA? I am a graduate Change Agent and a young emerging leader in the YMCA....
Meet Andrew Corley, YMCA Change Agent now CEO of the Sioux Y in South Dakota, USA
Meet Andrew Corley, a former YMCA Change Agent who is now one of the youngest CEOs of a local Y:...
1st Change Agent Alumni reunion
YMCA Change Agents met online on 29 May 2021, representing the eight years of the programme to date, and the...
1st ever Change Agent Alumni reunion
World YMCA is hosting the first ever Change Agent Alumni reunion on Saturday May 29th at 15:00 Geneva time. Please...
130 Change Agents from 50 countries graduate
‘Be the change you want to see’, said World YMCA President Patricia Pelton, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, as she congratulated 130...
In memoriam: Nina Beata Hustedová, YMCA Change Agent
World YMCA stands with YMCA Czech Republic, the YMCA Change Agents and the entire YMCA global movement in mourning the...
Training future social change agents, digitally
Hundreds of young people in Kosova are developing crucial skills thanks to online YMCA e ducation sessions. “After our physical centres...