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In Memoriam, Mireille Gilles

World YMCA learned with great sadness of the passing of Mireille Gilles this week. She was a longstanding and much...

14/01/2021

Five months after the massive explosion which killed some 2000 people and injured 7,000 more in Beirut, YMCA Lebanon is...

06/01/2021

Dear friends, 2020 brought massive disruption to the YMCA Movement and to millions of young people. But while some of our programmes...

05/01/2021

“Every day in the YMCA is like my first day”, says Marisia Donatelli, CEO of YMCA São Paulo, Brazil, nearly 60...

04/01/2021

It is a story of resilience and hope. Look back with us at the YMCA response to the pandemic, all over...

21/12/2020

World YMCA published a blueprint for the entire YMCA Movement to navigate through and out of the Covid pandemic today,...

18/12/2020

‘Be the change you want to see’, said World YMCA President Patricia Pelton, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, as she congratulated 130...

17/12/2020

Geneva, 15 December 2020. The Big Six – the world’s six largest youth organisations – have called on governments and...

15/12/2020

World YMCA and five other youth organizations join WHO in launching global mobilization to respond to disruptive impacts of COVID-19...

14/12/2020

Local YMCAs have stepped up support for vulnerable people hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America, with funding both...

11/12/2020

World YMCA was there to hear the United Nations and the International Youth Foundation examine the direction of youth policy...

04/12/2020

World YMCA Policy and Advocacy Manager Razvan-Victor Sassu co-authors a piece looking at both the challenges and the opportunities presented...

02/12/2020