Belarus with Marc Chagall: YMCA Europe innovative approach to the Resource Mobilization

“Have you been dreaming about visit to Cuba? About the wild forest with bison? About the travel to the past – to Jewish shtetls where tailors were violinists, where klezmer music sounds like a prayer and where the son of poor herring’s seller became one of the most leading artists of XX centaury? To realize your dreams we invite you to Belarus, the most unknown country of contemporary Europe, open-air museum of communism (European Cuba), country where Marc Chagall was born and where he created his magical world;, where still you will find things, which are impossible to find in other places in the world, where you will experience the beauty of Orthodox and still alive sorrows of the World War II…. Your guides designed the programme of your journey using their own best knowledge and private contacts; because of that you will experience real ‘nomenklatura’ treatment: you will see unique places, you will meet incredible people, you will enjoy different great art, you will live in comfort conditions and eat best Eastern European food, you will be safe and protected…”.

YMCA Belarus Festival. Mobilizing yourself.

Within an actual campaign on resource mobilization YMCA Belarus is also trying to find its own way of settling stability and progressive development. Unfortunately, according to the laws an NGO in Belarus can’t earn money in any way and grants getting possibilities are very unlimited. So, this is a big challenge for a young organization to put a strategy for development when you totally depend on the position of the government towards NGOs and from time to time have a danger to start thinking about survival rather than moving forward.

The Festival of YMCA Belarus

THE MAIN EVENT in FUTURE!!! READ, REMEMBER and COME!!! YOUTH TOGETHER THROUGH YMCA IN CULTURE YMCA Belarus Cultural Event 5-9 August 2010, Vitebsk, Belarus Welcome to the Festival of YMCA Belarus where you will experience not only program activities of YMCA Belarus but also you will be able to enjoy the Culture of Vitebsk – a beautiful town, a motherland of Marc Chagall.