Camps

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

We Have Spirit Yes We Do! “YMLP I don’t want to go home” were among the last words chanted as campers packed their bags and departed this year’s Young Men’s Leadership Project (Camp YMLP). Camp YMLP is an 8 day, multi-ethnic camp focused on empowering young men to be service-minded […]

YMLP Camp 2019

1 Sep, 2019 in Camps tagged ymlp / ymca / bitola / krushevo / boys / camp / men by Marcus Harris

HEAR ME GLOW! “Are there any STRONGGGG women in the house!?” These were the words echoed every morning at this year’s Girls Leading Our World Camp, a women’s empowerment camp that teaches young women how to become service-minded leaders in their communities. This year’s camp took place from July 25th […]

GLOW Camp 2019

1 Sep, 2019 in Camps tagged glow / ymca / bitola / krushevo / camp / girls / women by Marcus Harris

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

YMCA Kicks-Off Staff Training! On March 23, YMCA hosted an all-day camp staff training at Nova International Schools in Skopje. Attendees included 80 soon-to-be Facilitators, Counselors, Counselors-in-Training, and Support Staff across Young Men’s Leadership Project (YMLP) and Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) — our premier leadership development programs. For the […]

Camp Staff Orientation Training 2019

10 Apr, 2019 in Camps tagged ymlp / glow / camp / ymca bitola / staff training / peace corps by Marcus Harris

Monday, October 29th 2018, YMCA welcomed the corporate partners of the premium leadership camps GLOW and YMLP for the fifth time! This was an event at which we remembered ourselves on the pleasant memories from this years camps, but also to give thanks to our corporate partners without which the whole youth development program of […]

YMCA Corporate Sponsorship Reception 2018

15 Nov, 2018 in Camps / Community development by Viktor Iliev

Here we publish three posts from our guest blogger the Macedonian Kid, about the YMLP camp! Enjoy! PART I Chants, core values, s’mores and rough camping. If you know what those four things have in common that means you have been to the Young Men’s Leadership Project (YMLP). For those […]

Just Another YMLP Thing

1 Oct, 2018 in Camps tagged ymlp / camp by by Gjorgi Georgiev

INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS InnovatIon In youth Work In the field of youth work and non-formal education, innovation is key. Youth are looking for projects that give them an opportunity to step out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves. The Young Men’s leadership Project […]

Youth Employability Fairs at Camps GLOW & YMLP 2018

15 Sep, 2018 in Camps tagged ymlp / glow / camp / youth / employability / fair by Dana Kayser

The unforgettable YMLP camp 2018! “Country roads, take me home, to the place, I belong…” This past July, YMLP camp was a fantastic experience at the Begova Korija campgrounds in the beautiful Krushevo, Macedonia. At camp, young men across the country came together and participated in professional workshops, developed deeper […]

YMLP Camp 2018

13 Aug, 2018 in Camps tagged ymlp / ymca / bitola / krushevo / boys / camp / men by Brandon Skully

We had the ultimate summer at Camp GLOW 2018 located in Krushevo at the Begova Korija camp grounds! Our theme this year was, The Future Is Female, in which we spent a week empowering young women across Macedonia from all walks of life. These campers had the opportunity to participate in […]

GLOW Camp 2018

11 Aug, 2018 in Camps tagged glow / ymca / bitola / krushevo / camp / girls / women by Barbi Stimac

On Saturday March 24, YMCA Bitola hosted the annual GLOW and YMLP Pre-Camp Training for our Camp staff and counselors in training. All in all, 55 camp staff and 15 counselors in training came together at NOVA High School in Skopje to learn about their jobs and responsibilities as facilitators, […]

Orientation Training for Camp Staff 2018

28 Mar, 2018 in Camps tagged ymlp / glow / camp. clubs by Dana Kayser

Wednesday, October 25th 2017 YMCA Bitola in cooperation with the American Ambassador in Macedonia, Jess Baily, held the Annual corporate sponsorship appreciation event. The event focused on the impact made by the Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) and Young Men Leadership Project (YMLP) Youth Development Program over the past year and our […]

Corporate Sponsorship Reception 2017

2 Nov, 2017 in Camps tagged clubs / camps / corporate / responsibility by Dana Marie Kayser

YMCA Bitola had a meeting with the corporate partners of YMLP and GLOW camps for the second time. This is an event at which we made a flashback to remind ourselves on the pleasant memories of the summer during camps, but at the same time we would like to thank […]

Corporate Sponsorship Reception 2015

17 Nov, 2015 in Camps tagged camp / club / corporate / responsibility by Viktor Iliev

YMLP (Young Men’s Leadership Project) is an annual week long summer camp in Macedonia organized for 70 young men from 14 to 17 years of age, hosted by YMCA Bitola and Peace Corps Macedonia. This year YMLP camp was held at Sula Mina, located above Krusevo, the highest inhabited city […]

YMLP camp 2015

8 Oct, 2015 in Camps by Logan Monday & Risto Kovacev