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From Pueblo Libre to Bogotá: Three Students Return Transformed
Luciana Vergara Villacorta, Diego Tucto Laguna, and Joaquín Camacho Solís have returned home. After ten days of academic and cultural immersion at George Williams School of YMCA Colombia in Bogotá, the three students from YMCA Pueblo Libre Schools came back with...
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From Pueblo Libre to Bogotá: Three Students Return Transformed
Luciana Vergara Villacorta, Diego Tucto Laguna, and Joaquín Camacho Solís have returned home. After ten days of academic and cultural immersion at George Williams School of YMCA Colombia in Bogotá, the three students from YMCA Pueblo Libre Schools came back with...
Learning to Transform: Merci’s Experience in YGOR
“Now I know I am capable of creating, leading, and taking advantage of opportunities to make an impact in my community.” — Merci Rodríguez, YGOR participant, YMCA Honduras Merci Rodríguez, from Honduras, is part of YMCA Marcala and currently participates in the...
Supporting Others Also Transforms Lives: A Story of Volunteering
When they decided to join the solutions team of the Semillas Project as volunteers, they never imagined the impact the experience would have on their own lives. Their role was to support young women throughout their educational and professional development journey....
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Growing with Purpose at YMCA Mexico
Alfonso, 26 years old, lives in Mexico City and is part of the “Independent Living” group at YMCA Mexico. He is cheerful, passionate about music and dancing — although he makes it clear that reggaeton is not his thing — and was searching for tools to better...
A Story of Growth at YMCA Honduras
Alba is a Business Engineer who is organized, responsible, and resilient. She lives in La Paz, Honduras. Before joining the program, she carried a significant emotional burden from her previous job handling legal complaints. “Those cases marked my life,” she...
Discover Linda’s Story and the Power of Art in Bogotá
Discover Linda’s Story and the Power of Art in Bogotá
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From Pueblo Libre to Bogotá: Three Students Return Transformed
Luciana Vergara Villacorta, Diego Tucto Laguna, and Joaquín Camacho Solís have returned home. After ten days of academic and cultural immersion at George Williams School of YMCA Colombia in Bogotá, the three students from YMCA Pueblo Libre Schools came back with...
Learning to Transform: Merci’s Experience in YGOR
“Now I know I am capable of creating, leading, and taking advantage of opportunities to make an impact in my community.” — Merci Rodríguez, YGOR participant, YMCA Honduras Merci Rodríguez, from Honduras, is part of YMCA Marcala and currently participates in the...
Supporting Others Also Transforms Lives: A Story of Volunteering
When they decided to join the solutions team of the Semillas Project as volunteers, they never imagined the impact the experience would have on their own lives. Their role was to support young women throughout their educational and professional development journey....
General Secretary of YMCA Argentina has passed away
It is with sadness that we share the passing of Norberto Rodriguez, National General Secretary of YMCA Argentina, yesterday at 9:45pm Buenos Aires. Norberto was an importan leader of the Latin American and Caribbean YMCA movement and a referent of the civil society...
Food security for anemic children – YMCA Peru
TRANSCRIPT Announcer: Welcome to YMCA in Motion, a podcast series where you can learn how YMCA’s actions in the context of the CoVid-19 Coronavirus pandemic. I’m William Leandro and this activity comes to you from Arequipa, Peru. Audio girl Khiara:...
Employment gaps
Racism in Latin America
Climate change as seen by youth
As young people, we are constantly looking for ways to make a difference in the world. And there is no more urgent problem than climate change. As the climate crisis accelerates, we face an existential threat that will affect everyone, especially young people in Honduras and around the world.
YMCA dialogue with YMCA leaders
YMCA Leaders of the Americas Address the Impact of U.S. Executive Orders on Communities and YMCA OperationsOn February 13, the Latin American and Caribbean Alliance of YMCAs (YMCA LAC), in collaboration with the Border Coalition of YMCAs and YMCA Canada, hosted a...
Meet Cristina Neglia
YMCA dialogue with YMCA leaders
Climate change as seen by youth
Racism in Latin America
Employment gaps
Food security for anemic children – YMCA Peru