Re-Peace Peacekeeping Training Session organized by YMCA Belarus with 21 participants in May, served as a reaction to the needs of leaders and volunteers. Straight after the first war day in Ukraine, YMCA Belarus faced a situation of full frustration – all planned activities for 2022 became irrelevant and some of them were definitely not […]
YMCA Georgia completed another successful event within YMCA Europe Generation Next Project. Continuing the cooperation established last year with the Sports University of Georgia, 23 students representing various faculties of the educational institution came together at YMCA Georgia Resource Centre “Camp Orange” on August 5 – 11, 2022 in pursuit to enhance their academic knowledge […]
July 25 – 31, YMCA Artsakh held the “Camp for Peace”, this time as the YMCA Europe Roots Peace Award prizewinner. It brought together 90 young people from different regions of Artsakh (many displaced persons among them) and was the logical continuation of the previous 4 camps that were organized in 2017, 2018, 2019, and […]
On 6 August 2022, within the framework of YMCA Europe Generation Next project Support Measures facility the group of American University of Armenia (AUA) students met in person with the Syrian-Armenia vendors of the Rootsmade platform to learn more about their work and their way through war and peace. These AUA Undergraduate Senior or Graduate […]
YMCA Europe General Assembly 2022 was undoubtedly a great event for many reasons. One of them can be the amazing performance of the music team which made the days of the delegates more beautiful, filling them with emotion and warmth. In this article, we introduce an amazing young lady from Ukraine, with a very inspiring […]
Roots & Next Quarterly #10 is here – a detailed reflection upon the second 3 months of 2022. The Roots & Next Quarterly is available as a PDF here.
Edina and Ana are twins with kind hearts and brilliant minds from Romania. They have been volunteers at YMCA Romania for more than ten years and contributed to youth development and empowerment through camps and various activities. Both are interested in sports, often participating in different running or hiking tournaments, balanced by their artistic skills. […]
On 13 July 2022, at the American University of Armenia (AUA) the first introductory meeting took place with the first group of the YMCA Scholarship Program participants and the YMCA Europe team. During the meeting each of the participants had a chance to present himself/herself and share their interest and motivation, knowledge and skills they […]
Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are. A friend in Roots is someone who shares the idea of peace and justice for all; someone that walks the walk to live by these values, someone that finds new friends and builds up a team of those who love their […]
Lesya Kalenychenko is an active member of YMCA Boyarka and one of the most outstanding participants of the Roots Be a Voice Not an Echo project held in September 2021. During the project, Lesya demonstrated incredible critical thinking skills, creativity, open-mindedness, and a kind and friendly attitude towards every participant. Unfortunately, like millions of Ukrainians, […]
