Civil society action for people and nature
NATURE IS IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY Nature provides us with the food we eat, the air we breathe and the...
International Day of Peace 2019
As we join the UN Youth Climate Summit, it’s important to remember that we also mark the International Day of...
Project EnYronment: making our YMCAs more environmentally friendly
Emma and Tora from YMCA Sweden participated in the "Participatory Sustainability Visions and their Implementation" workshop at YMCA175. This started...
YMCA of Grand Bahama – Hurricane Dorian
Late Sunday, 1 September, Hurricane Dorian made landfall at the island nation of the Bahamas. Dorian is now the slowest-moving...
Youth Climate Summit
The United Nations is holding the first-ever Youth Climate Summit, opening with a dialogue between Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and 16-year-old Swedish...
YMCA Ethiopia and the Green-Print Campaign
For 20 years, YMCAs in Ethiopia has been synonymous with young volunteers participating in summer activities on climate action, greening...
International Youth Day 2019
Today, World YMCA celebrates International Youth Day and this year’s theme is “Transforming Education.” Youth organisations around the world, together...
YMCA175 recap
What happened at YMCA175? Read our summary and watch our photos and videos...
YMCA175 to Livestream Key Programme Events
YMCA175 is excited to announce that all events, panels and plenaries taking place in the Main Auditorium will be available...
UN Advocacy Group Six Months In
Since we launched the call for applications for the UN Advocacy Group this February, the team has been working intensely....
World Environment Day 2019
"Together, we can build a sustainable world for all" YMCA supports the millions of young people around the world calling for...
Meet the new World YMCA’s UN Advocacy Group
Climate change. Equality. Poverty. Us vs them. These and many others are all issues impacting the future of the world’s...