Youth Empowerment
Yokohama YMCA held its 4th Youth Conference
Last Updated (Monday, 01 August 2022 12:44)
We, the Yokohama YMCA youth community, held the 4th youth conference on July 2nd, 2022. The theme was "Let's learn about Ukraine". We planned this program because we saw some news related to the war in Ukraine every day on TV and in newspapers. However, we rarely have a chance to learn about what kind of people live there and what kind of culture they have. This program was prepared by the youths. The participants were teens and youth in their late 20s. We have been conducting this kind of youth program for 2 years dealing with social issues.
On July 2nd, we gathered both online and in person. The number of participants was 46, including staff members and volunteers. All the participants who came to the YMCA pinned a small artificial sunflower on their chest because it is the national flower of Ukraine. This program aimed to share the opportunity to learn about Ukraine and help participants feel closer to Ukraine.
We started this program with a prayer for Ukraine and the people currently struggling in the war. The guest speaker was a university student from Ukraine presently studying Japanese at the Yokohama YMCA. Her speech taught us about Ukrainian culture, history, and daily life. The guest speaker made her speech in English, and we put Japanese subtitles on her slides so that people unfamiliar with English could understand it. In her speech, she told us about Ukraine in detail. For example, the traditional clothes called "Vishivanka" and the meaning of their beautiful patterns, some famous cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro, and Lviv, and their beautiful natural environment and architecture. From this, we learned that Ukraine has a long history and was influenced mainly by Poland and Russia. She told us about school life in Ukraine, and the thing that surprised us was that they are studying very hard and almost all the people can understand both Ukrainian and Russian.
YMCA Calcutta organized the Summer Camp 2022
Last Updated (Wednesday, 29 June 2022 18:10)
The Closing Ceremony of Summer Camp was held on Tuesday, 14th June 2022. The camp was organized by YMCA College Branch for the three sports disciplines - Table Tennis, Basketball and Karate from 10th May to 10th June 2022. More than 78 students from different schools participated in the Summer Camp, which was successfully completed with the help of Four Coaches - Mr. Sona Ghose(Karate), Mr. Shyamal Basu(Table Tennis) and Mr. Kishore Mukherjee & Mr. Debashis (Basketball). The closing ceremony programme was started with a demonstration of Basketball by the students who attended the summer camp and a demonstration of some advanced techniques of Karate Martial Arts by some senior Karate students. After the felicitations and speeches of guests and coaches, the "Certificate of Participation" was distributed to all the participants for all the three disciplines by Rt Rev. Dr. Probal Kanto Ghose, Chairman YMCA College Branch, Rev. Jhon Nelson Ali, President Calcutta YMCA, Sri Pradip Bhanja & Sri Sarat Chandra Senior members of YMCA College Branch. Thanks to all the Members of the YMCA Management Committee, branch members, coaches, participants, guardians, and staff of the YMCA college branch for their full cooperation and support in making this programme a grand success.
ARTS & CRAFT Summer Camp 2022 by YMCA Cuttack
Last Updated (Wednesday, 29 June 2022 17:09)
Art is genuinely a gift to the world. It's what we crave in the human experience. Art gives meaning to our lives and helps us understand our world. It is an essential part of our culture because it allows us to have a deeper understanding of our emotions; it increases our self-awareness, and also allows us to be open to new ideas and experiences. Art therefore continues to open our minds and our hearts and shows us what could be possible in our world. Art can transform our lives. When we connect with art, we are ultimately connecting with our inner selves. Art enables us to look within and to listen to ourselves, realize who we are, and what we care about. It connects us to our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and our outer realities and experience.
YMCA, Cuttack organizes arts & craft Summer Camp every year during the summer vacation to engage students in creativity. Dr. Raj Bolobha Mohanty, President, YMCA, Cuttack, inaugurated the arts & craft Summer Camp – 2022, YMCA, Cuttack, on 17th May, 2022 with a word of Prayer followed by some kind and inspirational speech to motivate the participants.
The Summer Camp was organized for 10 days (16.05.2022 – 28.05.2022), 40 school going children participated in the Summer Camp. Mr. Hemant Dash, Life-Member, YMCA, Cuttack along with staff of YMCA, Cuttack conducted the camp at YMCA, Cuttack and 4 volunteers from the field of Art & Craft facilitated and mentored the participants during the Summer Camp. Participants were trained to pin down their creative thoughts through 3D Sand Art, Canvas Painting, Warli Pot Painting, Liquid 3D Canvas Painting, Mosaic Painting, Kula Grass Mat Painting, Korai Grass Mat Painting, Rajasthani Colourful Lamp and 3D Textured Canvas Painting during the Summer Camp in a well-organized and disciplined manner.
YMCA National Youth Assembly-2022
Last Updated (Wednesday, 29 June 2022 16:55)
The National Youth Assembly 2022, held at the beautiful Kumaon hills at YMCA Campsite Sattal, Uttarakhand, from 20th to 23rd May 2022, was hosted by the New Delhi YMCA under the aegis of The National Council of YMCAs of India. Ninety-Four young people from across the country participated. “Ignite, The Call to Commitment” was the theme for the assembly.
After a brief orientation by Mr. Koshy Alexander Vaidyan, Secretary, Youth Work, Mr. Noel Phillips, Associate General Secretary, New Delhi YMCA and Mr. Bhen Samson, Camp Director, the Assembly started with the affirmation of the Paris Basis by Ms. Mahima Agarwal. The opening prayer was said by Ms. Pooja Jaiswal. Mr. Mark Clive, General Secretary, New Delhi YMCA, welcomed delegates and guests for the Assembly, conducted after a long gap, and emphasized that YMCA Campsite Sattal is the ideal venue. President, New Delhi YMCA Mr. Felix Fernandes, addressed the august body and Inaugurated the Assembly, with a few Board Members in attendance. This was followed by honoring of the guests by Mr. Mark Medley on behalf of The National Council of YMCAs of India. Mr. Sundersingh, Secretary, Movement Strengthening, NCYI and Ms. Ann Maria Samuel, Chairperson Uni-Y India, brought greetings. The inaugural session concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Mr. Noel Phillips and a closing prayer offered by Mr. Aryan Singh from YMCA Nagpur.
Manila Downtown YMCA – Youth Club Summer Camp 2022
Last Updated (Wednesday, 29 June 2022 14:35)
The Manila Downtown YMCA Youth Club Summer Camp (YCSC) is an annual leadership camp for incoming Grade 10 to 12 Freshman College students from various Chinese-Filipino Schools to develop skills to kickstart their leadership journey.
In its 15th year, the camp finally reached its culmination last June 4, 2022. This year’s month-long camp was held in four Saturday afternoons and was conducted entirely online through platforms such as Zoom, Discord, and Facebook. Before the four camp days, the YCSC participants attended an orientation day held on May 3, 2022, where they learned the camp's basics and got acquainted with fellow participants and organizers through various activities.
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