Maurine Kouba from EJ YMCA: ‘The Y: An extraordinary feeling I don’t get anywhere else’
On 3 October, the East Jerusalem YMCA in Palestine celebrated its 74th year since its founding and serving the West...
Resilience in today’s world
What does it mean to be resilient? World YMCA General Secretary Carlos Sanvee provided his perspective in a session on resilience...
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...
YMCA founder George Williams turns 201
Happy Birthday, Sir George Williams! Today we celebrate the founder of the YMCA, who was born in Somerset, England, on this...
Make Mental Health for Young People a Global Priority
Share with friends. Take active breaks. Know your limits and learn to say no. Those are just a few of the ideas YMCAs...
A Sustainable Planet: From ideas to action
A group of young people from the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY) is ready to take action. At a...
YMCA champions young people in UN General Assembly week in New York
YMCA wants young people’s voices heard, whether in UN General Assembly week in New York, or anywhere, anytime. YMCA Director...
Calling young people to help steer a YMCA conversation on our Christian identity
We seek two young people under 30 to join the YMCA Steering Committee which will pilot a Movement-wide conversation and...
Meet Alina Pop of YMCA Romania, winner of the first YMCA President’s Award
Tell us about your current role, Alina. For the last 10 years I have served as National General Secretary of YMCA...
Vision 2030 – a strategy becoming a plan
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