“EPIC WEEKEND! I would never imagine being able to bring over 150 youth from 12 different countries across 4 different continents on ONE online call just to hangout with each other! (Taiwan, the Gambia, Germany, USA, Sri Lanka, Greece, The Philippines, Canada, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Brazil, Australia). Jeannie Chen you are an incredible visionary! It was an amazing experience working with you!
Thank you to Johannes Röder for your hard work in supporting us in technical support for the call and Tobias Knoerich for mentoring us throughout the weeks. Thank you Jimmy Bacani for a beautiful devotion and Benjamin Major for the really fun ice breaker game!
Thank you to all our amazing crew Emma Symeonidou, Koshy Alexander Vaidyan, Xenia Simeonidou, Ronald B Mendy, Jegan Jeevaraj, George Bernardsha, Howard Lee, Daniel Gass, Preston Simmons, Amber Grosse, Ronald Senghore, who brought this project to life with awesome break-out rooms and activities!
Everyone had so much fun!
YMCA Canada did digital pictionary, YMCA Taiwan shared a video on the cycling tour of Taiwan, YMCA Thessaloniki – Greece did a workshop on creating ideal cities using the SDGs, and the YMCA Gambia did Kahoot games. As a closure, we had a virtual campfire where youth came and hangout as long as they wanted until they all logged out.
Thank you all for you amazing work and for all the youth who attended such an epic event this weekend.
I can’t wait for the next virtual meet up!”
Mr Marlon Anthony Solis
Event Coordinator
YMCA Thessaloniki – Greece
Youth experience
(ΕΛ)
Το “Global YMCA Youth Chill Out” ήταν μια μοναδική και αξέχαστη εμπειρία. Μέσω αυτής της διαδικτυακής συνάντησης μου δόθηκε η ευκαιρία να γνωρίσω ανθρώπους από όλο τον κόσμο, με διαφορετικά ήθη και έθιμα. Ανθρώπους που μας ενώνει κάτι κοινό, η αγάπη μας για τη Χ.Α.Ν. και τον εθελοντισμό.
Προσωπικά, έμαθα για μέρη που δεν ήξερα, την ιστορία και τα ιδιαίτερα στοιχεία τους. Αναμφίβολα, αυτή η διαδικτυακή συνάντηση ήταν η αρχή για περαιτέρω δράσεις στο μέλλον!
Σας ευχαριστώ για την ευκαιρία!
Ελισάβετ Παυλίδου
(ENG)
“Global YMCA Youth Chill Out” was such an experience!
I had the chance to communicate and collaborate with people all around the world, with people that love and care about YMCA and its actions.
We shared different ideas for the future, hoping for better days!
It was my honor to be a part of this and without a doubt, this was a seed for more international actions!
Elizabeth Pavlidou