Jovche Krsteski

Education is often regarded as one of the most important key elements in building a perspective future and a better society for the new generation. As Nelson Mandela had said it “Education is the best weapon you can use to change the future”. Although reforms in the education system are […]

The role of youth in shaping the future of education

26 Nov, 2020 in Community development tagged youth / education / future by Васил Коцевски

On Saturday, the 21st of December, YMCA Bitola hosted its 4th annual Impact Summit at the NOVA International School in Skopje. The goal of the event was to bring together staff and campers from the 2019 GLOW and YMLP camps to highlight the service the campers and staff completed in […]

GLOW-YMLP Impact Summit 2019

26 Dec, 2019 in Volunteer service tagged ymlp / glow / club / impact by YMCA Bitola

The GLOW and YMLP Youth Fund by YMCA provides opportunities for GLOW&YMLP Clubs throughout the country to implement skills they’ve learned in service project design and management by writing a grant and implementing a project to improve their community. In this years round of grant applications, 10 clubs were awarded […]

Service Projects of GLOW & YMLP clubs (Autumn) 2019

16 Dec, 2019 in Volunteer service tagged clubs / service projects / volunteering by YMCA Bitola

Enjoy eat was a training course held from 17th – 23rd October 2019 in Bergolo – Italy, with participants from Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, United Kingdom, Romania, Spain and Hungary. Since the nutrition is one of the pillars of our well-being, through this project an effort […]

Enjoy eat in Italy!

2 Dec, 2019 in International Opportunities tagged ymca bitola / italy / food / organising events / associazione vagamondo by Iskra & Haritina

The Training Course named “Coach Your Team by Coaching Yourself” took place in Ravnogor, an idyllic village in the South of Bulgaria this autumn (22-29 October 2019). Bringing together more than 10 countries, its aim was to expand the participants knowledge of diverse methods for coaching / learning / teaching […]

Coaching Training in Bulgaria

18 Nov, 2019 in * Blog editorial policy tagged training / ymca bitola / coaching / smokinya / bulgaria by Simona Stojchevska

On Wednesday November 6th 2019, at the Park Hotel&SPA in Skopje was held the Corporate Sponsorship Reception in which YMCA welcomed the current and previous corporate partners as well as other socially responsible companies present at the event. The aim of the event is to celebrate the youth empowerment and social responsibility honoring […]

YMCA Corporate Sponsorship Reception 2019

8 Nov, 2019 in Camps / Community development tagged ymlp / glow / csr by Jovche Krsteski

On September 23, YMCA team members Stefan Petrovski and Marcus Harris boarded a bus for Mavrovo National Park where they were greeted by an enthusiastic class of ninth graders for the annual “Week Without Walls” program at NOVA International Schools. The week started with a series of energizers where our […]

NOVA Schools Camp

27 Sep, 2019 in Community development tagged camp / personal development / volunteering / scouts / mavrovo / nova schools by Marcus Harris

We have just completed our GAME ON youth exchange and therefore we would like to share our impressions and opinion on the aforementioned project. For the last year’s experience (of this kind) – see here. When we applied, we expected it to be a usual project, but as the days […]

Game on!

15 Sep, 2019 in International Opportunities tagged training / ymca bitola / olde vechte / netherlands / youth work / personal development by Tamara, Viktor, Davor, Mia & Sara

“Global Week” is YWCA-YMCA Global (Norwegian) summer leadership training course. This year topic was Youth, Peace and Security with various session subjects focusing on Advocacy, Subject to Citizen, Creating Global Movement, Sustainable Development Goals and Civic Engagement. YMCA Bitola have sent four participants to this beautiful event Martin, Monika, Anastasia […]

Global Week 2019 video post from the Macedonian participants

5 Sep, 2019 in International Opportunities tagged training / ymca bitola by Anastasia Boshkoska

Putting Campers Skills to the Test at the YEF! The Youth Employability Fair (YEF) at GLOW & YMLP showcases the very best of the program’s approach to practical non-formal youth education. In all of GLOW & YMLP’s structured programming, our facilitators introduce the elementary principles of a topic or skill […]

Youth Employability Fairs at Camps GLOW & YMLP 2019

8 Aug, 2019 in Camps tagged ymlp / glow / camp / youth / employability / fair by Emma Krulick & Sam Blurton

At camps, young men and women across the country are coming together and they participate in various activities like workshops on various topics, they have sports activities, they have employability fair, they have activities where they are developing deeper cross-cultural understanding among themselves – but they also have different outdoor […]

Service Projects at GLOW & YMLP camps 2019

1 Aug, 2019 in Volunteer service / Camps tagged ymlp / glow / camp / volunteering / service project by YMCA Bitola

Wonderful Days is the biggest national event of YMCA and YWCA Denmark. It is a festival where in a period of six days more than 1.000 participants and volunteers get together to throw an incredible party together with guests from more than 10 countries. This year, the event was held […]

Wonderful Days in Denmark 2019

20 Jul, 2019 in International Opportunities tagged ymca bitola / denmark / wonderful / camp festival / kfuk kfum denmark by Bojana Isijanin

This event is a continuation of the activities for agreeing upon the common standards for the camps in YMCA Europe. More of the past events here. This project is a part of wider and long-term international cooperation, coordinated by YMCA Europe. This time we focused on management of human resources. […]

Updating the Camp Standards in France

3 Jul, 2019 in International Opportunities tagged training / ymca bitola / france / ymca europe / camp standards / ymca camp echo by Adam Rychlik

Egyesek Coaching Training was an educational program focused on improving basic coaching and mentoring skills. It happened from 22nd to 31st of May 2019. Organized by the Egyesek Youth Association from Hungary, with its partners Smokinya Foudation, Solidarity Mission, ESTYES, L’Arca del Blues, ZigZag Prin Romania and Ticket2Europe, this event […]

Coaching Training in Hungary

3 Jun, 2019 in International Opportunities tagged training / ymca bitola / еgyesek / hungary / coaching by Ivo Damjanovski

The GLOW and YMLP Youth Fund by YMCA provides opportunities for GLOW&YMLP Clubs throughout the country to implement skills they’ve learned in service project design and management by writing a grant and implementing a project to improve their community. In this years round of grant applications, 11 clubs were awarded […]

Service Projects of GLOW & YMLP clubs (Spring) 2019

1 Jun, 2019 in Volunteer service tagged clubs / service projects / volunteering by YMCA Bitola