Training the future generation of Ghanaian movie makers
Kwabena Eddie Mankata, 35, is a filmmaker, screenwriter, author and movie director. He is also a film trainer with YMCA...
World YMCA Annual Report 2020
The Annual Report charts both the immediate and the long-term practical and strategic response (‘Resilience’, ‘Recovery’, ‘Reimagination’) to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Surviving the Digital Divide
On 20 February 2021, we mark the World Day of Social Justice. As the theme is “A Call for Social...
Equipping the YMCA Digital Generation
How do we ensure children and young people have the right competencies to find their dream jobs in the near...
Becoming an ‘Adaptive YMCA’ for the 21st Century
World YMCA published a blueprint for the entire YMCA Movement to navigate through and out of the Covid pandemic today,...
Big 6 Youth Organisations launch policy recommendations for the post-pandemic reality
Geneva, 15 December 2020. The Big Six – the world’s six largest youth organisations – have called on governments and...
Youth empowerment in Covid-19 times
Local YMCAs have stepped up support for vulnerable people hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America, with funding both...
Being inspired through the Better Together initiative
Last August 2020, World YMCA joined the Better Together initiative along with many other organisations. Launched by the professional development network Goodwall...
“Be genuine, build your brand and share your story”
Marie Nedgine Ducrepin of Haiti reflects on her short internship at the World YMCA in July and August 2020 After having...
Going through the pandemic with solidarity and resilience
The Solidarity Fund has supported and continues to support many of our YMCA teams worldwide to adjust to and deal...
Young People want to be seen as problem solvers at the Concordia Annual Summit
From 21 to 25 September 2020, the World YMCA participated in the Concordia Annual Summit. This event offers a digital...
YMCA builds reading and writing skills
8 September is International Literacy Day. Literacy is at the core of education. Yet many children, teenagers and even adults...