🌿 We spent our summer camp in the world! 🕊️ This summer, children have a unique opportunity to spend time at camp. Our Peace Camp brought together children who suffered from war and gave them a week of joy, support and recovery. We lived in nature, by the river, we learned to take care of […]
This summer we again held a stationary camp at YMCA Vinnytsia with the support of YMCA Europe and our partners. In July, a week-long camp for 68 children aged 5 to 16 years was held on the territory of the Butterfly SPA-Hotel recreation complex in the picturesque village of Sadove. Every day was filled with […]
What happens when you bring together diverse young people to live, learn, and lead side by side for a whole week? At YMCA Boyarka, this question found its answer during the summer camp Youth Matters Camp – a week full of growth, friendship, and hope. The stationary camp gathered different youth from Boyarka community. Each […]
This summer, the YMCA Starý Plzenec has hosted two remarkable camps, “Adventure Under Sail” and “Harry Potter Camp,” bringing together children from both the Czech Republic and Ukraine. These camps were designed not only to foster joy and connection through play and creativity but also to support English learning in a natural and immersive way, […]
If you had told me a few months ago that I would be relighting a 99-year-old torch, I might have smiled politely and nodded. However, here I am — holding a symbol that had once lit the night sky in 1926, passed from hand to hand at the first post-war YMCA World Conference in Helsinki. […]
Be the next destination for Europe’s most inspiring YMCA camp gathering! DEADLINE: May 18th 2025 We’re inviting applications to host the 3rd edition of YMCA Campacity, an international camping conference that connects YMCA leaders and camp professionals from across Europe and the USA. After energizing editions in Spain (2024) and Germany (2025), we’re looking ahead […]
Campacity 2025 took place from March 27 – 30 in Brandenburg am Havel, Germany. The third annual camp capacity building conference was held in PerspektivFabrik Camp, involving 65 participants from 16 countries. Made possible through the joint efforts of YMCA Europe and YMCA of the USA, Campacity 2025 brought together passionate camp leaders to share […]
On March 4, 2025, the planning team of “Campacity” Conference organised a pre-event hangout to introduce the program, logistics, and most importantly, the people. The meeting brought together over 40 participants from different countries, providing an opportunity to get to know each other, reflect on the mission of the conference, and draw inspiration from the […]
YMCA Europe is announcing a third round of funding opportunities within the framework of “Camp Europe” project initiative for 2025. INTRODUCTION The overall aim of “Camp Europe” is to build resilience amongst children and young people affected by the violent conflicts ongoing in and around Europe (Ukraine especially considered), to this end offering a safe […]
It has been a very busy year for Camp Europe project team with 28 applications submitted to us for the review and 17 making the final cut in 2024. Eventually, hundreds of kids in different parts of Europe received the opportunity to be engaged in summer camp activities that had a very diversified profile (according […]
