The members of the Field Group welcomed the YMCA of the USA, represented by Tom Valentine, as a new member of the Field Group.
During the meeting, amongst other, the following main topics were discussed:
- the extraordinary conditions for the YMCA work in Belarus
- current activities and programmes of YMCA Belarus
- international networking and co-operation including both umbrella organisations YMCA Europe and World YMCA
- YMCA Youth Centre Ponyemontsy
The reconstruction work progressed remarkably and enabled to run different events in 2017 such as camps and the big summer festival. Future possible management structures of the centre were a topic as well.
