YMCA leadership witnesses refugee support programmes on Romania/Ukraine border
'We are on our journey, building bridges of peace', said World YMCA Secretary-General Carlos Sanvee at the start of a...
Meet Mike Bromfield, manager of the first ever Online programme for a YMCA World Council
‘The new online element is going to provide a whole new dynamic to World Council’ Mike, what’s your background within the...
World’s largest youth organisations agree new strategic collaboration with the WHO to build a healthier, more equal and youth-led future
Joint Statement GENEVA, 13 May 2022. Today CEOs and youth leaders from the Big Six Youth Organizations met with leaders from...
Ban Ki-moon to be keynote speaker at YMCA World Council
Ban Ki-Moon, former UN Secretary-General and founder and Co-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, will be the...
Seven YMCAs worldwide are initial players in new World YMCA and HP Foundation partnership
The World YMCA and HP Foundation have launched a partnership to accelerate digital equity of young people and marginalised communities...
“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...
Vaccine hesitancy and combating Covid misinformation – a ‘Powering change’ webinar
Educating young people about the importance of Covid 19 prevention and vaccination was the theme of the second Global Youth...
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? ...
The Global Youth Mobilization (GYM) is hiring a Senior Programme Manager
Global Youth Mobilization Senior Programme Manager Title: ...
A Day that blazes with Hope – Easter message
An Easter message from Carlos Sanvee, Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCAs Easter Week, or Holy Week, is a...
‘A new narrative’: Vision 2030 as an invitation for YMCA global alignment
‘Narratives can be false and fearful, and they can be hopeful’, said World YMCA Secretary General Carlos Sanvee at the...
Preparing the CoLabs for World Council
20 people from every continent came together at World YMCA headquarters in Geneva from 30 March to 1 April, to...