Young people want more than a seat at the table: they want action
22 September 2021. With the 76th United Nations General Assembly underway and the UN Secretary General's 'Our Common Agenda' newly...
YMCA charts its Vision 2030: worldwide strategic consultation reaches two-thirds of the Movement
The global YMCA’s Movement’s engagement in a worldwide consultation process on its Vision 2030 took an important step over the last week,...
Unlock the Future
World YMCA joins Unlock the Future coalition for young people and generations to come The World YMCA will join its partners...
Coming soon! 3rd YMCA Youth Led Solutions Summit on mental health and wellbeing
On World Mental Health Day, Sunday 10 October 2021 (14:00-17:00 CEST), the YMCA Movement presents its Youth Led Solutions Summits...
The Global Youth Mobilization welcomes the publication of “Our Common Agenda”
On 10 September 2021, the Secretary General of the United-Nations (UN) António Guterres released a report - “Our Common Agenda”...
For a better global biodiversity agreement
The fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Kunming, China...
YMCA global conversations: Afghanistan
On Monday 30 August 2021 – a fortnight after the Taliban took Kabul, and as violence continued across the country...
Mental health: inside young people’s minds
Martin Johnson is a YMCA Change Agent from Australia and has been working on mental health advocacy. His video series...
Standing in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan
‘Devenons des Afghans maintenant’ Standing in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan by Carlos Sanvee, Secretary General, World Alliance of YMCAs I find...
YMCA Haiti responds to two devastating natural disasters
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the southern peninsula of Haiti on 14 August 2021, and hurricane Grace devastated...
World YMCA marks International Youth Day 2021
Each year, on International Youth Day, 12 August, the global YMCA Movement celebrates the many achievements of its staff and...
‘Young people must stay on the podium’ (International Youth Day statement)
Young people can be instrumental in defining and delivering a post-Covid policy reset 15% of the world’s population – some 1.2...