On September 7, 2024, YMCA Europe team held an induction meeting at the American University of Armenia (AUA) with the YMCA Scholarship recipients for the 2024-25 academic year. In addition to welcoming the new students, YMCA Europe also extended their gratitude to the prior scholarship recipients, now AUA alumni, by awarding them certificates of appreciation for their […]
The Generation Next project has been one of the most rewarding initiatives implemented by YMCA Georgia in partnership with YMCA Europe. Designed to ensure that socially deprived students in the South Caucasus complete their studies in Georgia and Armenia, the Generation Next project integrates co-curricular programs to support a fair and sustainable society in the region. Through […]
The “Generation Next” program of YMCA Europe has been instrumental in the development of Armenian youth. In 2022, the YMCA Scholarship was established at the American University of Armenia (AUA), providing an opportunity for students to acquire quality education and actively participate in the Generation Next program initiatives. YMCA Leadership Academy in Slovakia, 2024 One of the […]
The second edition of YMCA Europe Generation Next project got off a very active start in Georgia. YMCA Georgia has identified and selected 9 participants that will be eligible for 2024-2025 scholarships in exchange for certain number of hours and general commitment to the activities of the organization throughout the year. Reflecting the […]
What can be more pleasant than seeing the fruits of hard work?! On November 23-26, YMCA Europe Staff and partners from the American University of Armenia, YMCA Sweden, and YMCA Georgia came together in Yerevan, Armenia with the main aim to evaluate the current phase of the YMCA Europe Generation Next project and to elaborate […]
In a couple of days YMCA Europe staff and representatives of partner organisations and universities will ensemble in Yerevan, Armenia, to evaluate the current phase of the Generation Next project. This YMCA Europe large-scale and long-term initiative, with core funding from BfdW Germany, was launched back in 2020 – just before Covid and wars would […]
The cooperation between YMCA Georgia and the State University of Sport within the framework of YMCA Europe “Generation Next” Project successfully continued in 2023. “Aspire, Activate, Achieve” brought together 26 students and 5 lecturers at YMCA Georgia “Camp Orange” on September 03-09, 2023 – aiming to prepare, endorse and sustain the pool of qualified and […]
On September 12, at the premises of and in cooperation with the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, the closing session of the YMCA Europe Generation Next Embroidery Summer School was held. The masters and the graduates of the Summer School were greeted by the YMCA Europe Executive Secretary – Vardan Hambardzumyan, and the Director of the Genocide […]
August the 12th, a Generation Next charity expo took place in downtown Gyumri. This charming city currently is hosting the Pan-Armenian Games. The event was the exposure component of the ogling Embroidery Summer School, and was organized in close cooperation with Gyumri Municipality Department of Culture and Youth. The works of 25 artisans were presented, […]
There are projects that have a slogan and there are those that live up to it… And recently completed activity by YMCA Georgia certainly belonged to the latter ones – bringing together young people of Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani ethnic origin and immersing them into activities that promote mutual understanding, tolerance, cooperation and empathy. Even […]
