On the 19th of February we all watched the "YMCA Work with Refugees and Migrants" online conference. It was a very informative experience for all of us, given the high level of speakers there. We truly appreciated to have such a deep insight on different perspectives, because the speakers came from different backgrounds, such as [...]
During the last two weeks the international volunteers have been doing workshops with Colegiul Economic Pintea Viteazul in Cavnic about sustainable lifestyle. We started with questions to the kids about this type of lifestyle and discovered that when it comes to food, the kids know some good sustainable practices. Since they live in Cavnic, a [...]
Updated edit: 29.01.2021 -We are looking for 2 volunteers from any EU country to complete the team of this project. ( citizens or residents) Activity dates: service between 1.03.2021-31.08.2021 with the possibility to extend 1 month ( 31.09.2021) Deadline to apply: 14.02.2021 Other info, CV and motivation letter to be sent to office@ymca.ro till 14.02.2021. [...]
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We are pleased to say that last wednesday at 17h our international volunteers have held a World Café event at the Log Out in Baia Mare. This event had the purpose of sharing ideas about climate change and to contribute with what we think could be solutions to this problem. The YMCA's Green Club will [...]
After the winter holidays, our international volunteers from "Building Stronger Communities" project are back to work! Coming back with a lot of energy from having seen their loved ones during Christmas holidays, our international volunteers started to be active in YMCA Romania again this past week. They have discussed with students from Colegiul Economic Pintea [...]
Mental health is a worldwide taboo. This difficulty to talk about our mental problems can cause them to grow bigger in our heads. Lack of perspective of our problems can make them look like something so big that we can never overcome it and eventually be a big obstacle to our personal relationships and even [...]
This month, we continue with the monthly vlog of the Building Stronger Communities project. November was greatly different from October. The volunteers stayed in quarantine for 14 days. With this in mind, November's vlog is about overcoming this situation and what we can do to make the most of this time instead of letting it [...]
With the arrival of December, Christmas seems to be getting closer. With this is mind, our international volunteers organized online workshops with Colegiul Economic Pintea Viteazul in Cavnic where they shared their experiences of how Christmas is like in their home countries. Passionatly, the volunteers talked about this special day in Spain, Finland and Portugal. [...]
Today we were discussing how young people can change the world with the kids from Spiru Haret Vocational High School! Our international volunteers shared their personal experiences in their own countries, describing events they have created back in their hometowns or other examples of how young people can make their voices heard.
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