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.

World Alliance of YMCAs Appoints New Secretary General

At the World Alliance Executive Committee Meeting held on 18th July, Rev. Johan Vilhelm Eltvik was appointed as the new Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCAs. Eltvik will take up his new position on 1 January 2011, and succeeds Dr. Bart Shaha who will complete his second term of office at the end of this year. Eltvik’s appointment was officially announced at the 17th World Council of YMCAs held in Hong Kong from 19 – 24th July.

Catch the Vision: Young Europe – Old conflicts

It is with much pleasure that we invite you to enrol participation for the next conference within the YMCA Europe Catch the Vision series this time under the motto “Young Europe–Old Conflicts”. It is designed to give a chance to young people across Europe to meet and discuss the YMCA Mission through sharing knowledge and experiences, ideas and visions, etc.

Report from a visit to Armenia

I was fortunate to have been invited to attend the opening of a new YMCA building in Spitak, Armenia, on the 8th May so I took this opportunity to visit several YMCAs and also give some training to senior volunteers and staff members from 5 local associations. I travelled from 28th April to 6th May, which also gave me some time to see a bit of the country too, accompanied by YMCA Europe staff member Vardan Hambardzumyan.