On March 23, 2019, YMCA Bitola hosted a full-day training for camp staff, which took place at Nova International School in Skopje. The event was attended by 80 facilitators, instructors, instructors-in-training and support staff within the framework of the Youth Leadership Project (YMLP ) and Girls Lead Our World (GLOW) – our leadership development programs. YMCA also welcomed two new media interns: Ivo Damanovski and Vera Solevska, who will be hired to support our communications and social media team. .

The daily sessions were started by the YMCA leadership team – Viktor Iliev, Jovce Krsteski and Marcus Harris. The leadership team praised the diverse ethnic, religious and geographic backgrounds of this year’s staff, and outlined the expectations of YMLP and GLOW staff. After the opening remarks, participants had the opportunity to break into working groups to discuss topics such as: Effective public speaking and facilitation, camp setup/assembly, and managing behavioral issues among others. We have an energetic team preparing for YMLP and GLOW 2019 and we know this will be the best year yet! We are already hard at work designing the schedule and recruiting this year’s group of campers and would like to especially thank Nova International School for being open to our event, as well as our corporate sponsors Okta, Mermeren Kombinat, TAV Aerodromi and Kromberg and Shubert for sponsoring the activities on your day.This event would not be a great success without you!