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 […]
The latest edition of Roots & Next Quarterly, Issue #19, is now available, offering an in-depth retrospective of the events and activities that took place in October, November, December 2024. This comprehensive report can be accessed in PDF format for your perusal.
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 […]
During 2023 – 2024 thanks to the financial support from the Swedish Institute (SI), received through YMCA Sweden, the project “Ethics of Peace – Youth Visions” was implemented in Ukraine. It enrolled representatives of YMCA Ukraine and students from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Moreover, youth from Sweden, Armenia, and the USA also became part […]
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 […]
On December 24, 2024, YMCA Europe hosted a truly memorable Christmas Eve celebration. Held at the museum of the iconic Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian in Yerevan, the event embraced the spirit of unity and reflection on an incredible year of accomplishments within its Roots for Peace and Generation Next projects. The evening began with a […]
On the 13th and 14th November Šárka Čiháková and myself headed over to Berlin, Germany on a pre conference visit ahead of next year’s Campacity conference. After a very early flight we met at the Sophienhof YMCA, which is a beautiful old building across from the church and small park. The classic branding and cute restaurant […]
On November 6, 2024, Regina Grigoryan, project assistant of YMCA Roots for Peace program and former recipient of the YMCA Scholarship at the American University of Armenia (AUA), was elected to join “CONNECT for Change!” Steering Committee, a global network of Brot für die Welt partner organizations, scholarship holders, and alumni. Originally from Hadrut town […]
Tirana, Albania was the host venue of Roots for Peace Expert Pool meeting on November 07 – 10, 2024. 15 participants from 9 countries (Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Russia and Serbia) came together to kick-start a new project component that envisages to channel the skills and expertise accumulated during 3 previous […]
