Camp Europe is a YMCA Europe signature programme aimed at building resilience among people affected by the violent conflicts ongoing in and around Europe. During the summer of 2024, YMCA in the Czech Republic hosted three main camps within the Camp Europe programme, all planned and implemented with great creativity, hard work and effort. Of course, […]
Camp Europe: YMCA in the Czech Republic, Path to the Present
Path to the Present was the first residential camp organised by YMCA in the Czech Republic within the Camp Europe project framework. The Event took place between 08-12 July, 2024, at Starý Plzenec, Czechia and hosted 12 Ukrainian children and their Czech peers for 5-day long activity. YMCA in the Czech Republic has been setting […]
United by Sports & Culture: Polish – Ukrainian YMCA Camp
The United by Sports & Culture YMCA Summer Camp in Poland (7th -13th July), part of the Camp Europe program, was held in Olsztyn, a city known for its lakes and forests, 220 km north of Warsaw. Organized together with Monsters Club Warszawa, a traditional partner of YMCA, the camp benefited 26 children from the long-term Polish-Ukrainian […]
Camp Europe 2024 Selection Process Finalised
Summer is here, and as the temperatures rise, the Camp Europe team also reaches the busiest (and exciting!) period of the year. After months of fundraising, planning, and strategizing, Camp Europe 2024 is ready to commence. YMCA Europe has received 27 proposals from partner organisations all over Europe. Based on technical recommendations, the YMCA Europe […]
YMCA Camp Europe Campacity Conference 2024 in Spain
After months of planning and hard work, Campacity 2024 took place over April 15th-21st in Toledo, Spain at the Castillo de San Servando youth centre, with the support of the local government. We then moved across to YMCA Camp Priego and were hosted by YMCA Spain The second “Campacity” Conference was a joint initiative of […]
“CAMP EUROPE” CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2024
YMCA Europe is announcing a second round of funding opportunities within the framework of its “Camp Europe” Initiative. 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 safe-space through YMCA summer […]
YMCA CAMP EUROPE “CAMPACITY” CONFERENCE CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
YMCA Europe invites all interested YMCA organisations to apply for Camp Capacity Building Conference “Campacity”, to be implemented within the framework of “Camp Europe” project. The detailed description of the Conference and the application form are provided below: YMCA Camp Europe “Campacity” Conference is a joint initiative of YMCA Europe & the YMCA of the […]
Camp Europe: YMCA Artsakh
The people of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) are going through difficult times, as they lost their homes. Being blockaded for 10 months and facing another war brought them to a completely new reality, where they became refugees. Young people of YMCA Artsakh were very active in social work during the blockade and the wartime. Young people […]
Camp Europe: YMCA Czech Republic
YMCA Czech Republic emerged as one of the pioneers to get involved in the Camp Europe pilot initiative. Demonstrating an unwavering dedication to delivering high-quality programs for Ukrainian children, the organization elaborated an immersive camp experience that created unforgettable memories for those most in need of such enriching engagements. Over the span of a month-long […]
Camp Europe Pilot Initiative (2023)
Camp Europe: A summer of peace and healing for Ukrainian kids and young people. Within YMCA Europe Roots for Peace framework, 16 YMCA projects across Europe served hundreds of beneficiaries during this summer, the majority of them being Ukrainian kids and young people – temporarily displaced from home or still living in their places of origin, despite […]