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Galle YMCA Pre- School serve the Community with international Standards
The Pre-School of Galle YMCA has been upgraded up to the international standard by introducing new syllabus and providing modern equipments & furniture etc… Classes are conducted in all three languages, In Sinhala, English, Tamil. The walls of the school have been painted with colorful children drawings which look so bright & attractive. Applications are called for the admission of 2012.
Please Contact Miss. Perl I. Corea Galle YMCA No 74, Wakwella Road, Galle Tel. 091-2223069 Mullaitivu: YMCA is back to serve the community
With the peaceful situation that emerging after the end of war, YMCA is regrouping its members with the leadership of Dr. Jeyakularaja, the President and the Christian clergies in the area.The brother YMCAs around the country are coming
“Reflect a Christian way of life, with love, understanding, openness, transparency, respect for everybody’s views and tolerance”
This was the collective theme of the Refresher Programme for the key leaders of YMCA , conducted on 29th – 30th April 2011 at YMCA International Center(YIC) , Kurana, Katunayake. Participated by 45 YMCA key leaders from 22 member YMCAs together with the Executives of NCY. The main focuses of the programme were; vision, mission, membership development, management and lay -professional partnership.Different methodologies were used by the facilitators to communicate with the participants in order to achieve the expected out come of the programme. Followings are the main outcomes of the programme: “Referring to the contemporary social realities, YMCA should address the issues of social justice, governance, human rights, etc as of part of its mission to establish God’s Kingdom.” “We all have to work together as one family sharing each other’s resources and working for a better world for our people. Today’s context we all need to have the vision, mission and required capacity.” “The vision and mission of the YMCA and its role in the present day context based on the Paris Basis. YMCA is a pioneer in the ecumenical Movement and many people of all faiths join the YMCA precisely because we are known and respected as a trusted Christian organisation with programmes for the whole community. “ “YMCAs in Sri Lanka are surrounded by different communities. Our challenge is to connect different communities to the YMCA as members. We need to identify different strategies; systems and structures to get more active members in to the YMCA.” “YMCA is a membership Organization and it should have maximum members around it and we should do everything possible to mobilize more and more people. The common people should be the owners of YMCA” “YMCA is a movement. This essentially means its management practices should reflect its membership centeredness. This also means that the YMCAs should not be building / material centered. The building / material resources should come as a consequence of membership needs.” “YMCA is a lay Christian Ecumenical Movement. YMCAs leadership should be by layman. Even if priests are there, they should be treated equal as any other Board member, priest should not be allowed to dominate the governance of the YMCA” “In YMCA management and governance, it should reflect a Christian way of life. YMCA’s management should reflect love, understanding, openness, transparency, respect for everybody’s views, tolerance. With all these humane accommodations a YMCA must strive for excellence” “YMCA should be ecumenical. It must be a expression and a manifestation of solidarity of all irrespective of class, religion, caste, race, social status, gender, age, etc. Balancing the social aspirations of all the above social groups is no doubt difficult. However, YMCA stands for that. It must practice a style of management towards reaching its ideal” “ Lay professional partnership: This means that YMCA’s fulltime workers who are paid and part-time volunteer workers should work in partnership in a loving cohesive manner. Neither party should not see the other party in a different but a friend and colleague working towards a shared goal” The programme was organized and conducted by the Movement Strengtheing Programme (MSP) Committee of the NCY of Sri Lanka.
Induction of 6th NGS! Mr. G.S. Lakshan J.S. Dias was inducted as the 6th National General Secretary of Sri Lanka YMCA on the 20th of last May at the YMCA International Centre, Katunayake. The ceremony was presided over by the former bishop of Kurunagella Rt. Rev. Kumar Illangasinghe. This event preceded the 46th Annual General Meeting of Sri Lanka YMCA next day at the same venue. Mr. Dias assumed duties as NGS on 1st February 2011 following the resolution of Personnel & Conference Committee and Executive Committee.
Sri Lanka YMCA creates history by electing the youngest President
The National Council of the YMCAs of Sri Lanka (NCY) held its 46th Annual General Meeting on the 21st of May 2011 at the YMCA International Centre in Kurana-Kattunayake. For the first time in the 49 year history of the Council a young person has been elected to the office of the President. Mr. Felician Thayalaraj Francis, 35 years old YMCA volunteer from Batticaloa (East coast of Sri Lanka) was elected as the 15th president of the Council unanimously. He joined the YMCA Movement as a Young Professional at the YMCA in his Home Town Batticaloa in 2001 and briefly worked at the National Council of the YMCAs of Sri Lanka as an Executive. Having left the professional career in the YMCA Movement, he was elected to serve in the Executive Committee and various other sub-committees. He also took part at the YMCA 4th Global Youth Forum in Cape Town, South Africa in 2001. By profession Felician is a Psychosocial Practitioner and a sought after Resource Person both within and outside Sri Lanka in the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) sector; particularly in the humanitarian and development as well as voluntary social work fields. Remarkably, he coordinated a network that included state, UN, I/NGOs and local MHPSS service providers in the aftermath of December 2004 Tsunami in his home district of Batticaloa. His experience and expertise brought him to serve in the Reference Group that was set up by the UN’s Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force on MHPSS and the Psychosocial Working Group (PWG) to propose a Global Network for the sector followed by the launch of the IASC Guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings in 2007. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the Urbaniana University, Rome and has also received a scholarship from the University of Oxford to participate at an International Summer School. He is an old boy of st Michael's college,Batticaloa. He is married to Angelina, who had also served at the NCY and happened to be the first woman Executive Secretary of Sri Lanka YMCA. They have a son, Devane and a daughter, Jessie.
Logos to work with YMCA
More than 10 YMCAs have come forward to work with” Logos”, world’s largest floating library when the ship will be here in Colombo harbor from 4th April to 9th May this year. Batticaloa, Kallar, Moratuwa, Dehiwala, Trincomalee, Mannar and Kulmunai YMCAs have already arranged to facilitate the volunteers from Logos to work with churches and communities in their areas.
Interns Exchange Programme
This is the first time GOCY Exchange Programme Partners meeting followed by signing of agreement was held outside Norway. To review the past programmes and to sign the 2011-12 year agreement, the GOCY partners were in Sri Lanka from 21st to 27th February. The meeting was held at YMCA International Hotel Kurana. Ms. Live S. Sydness, the new GOCY coordinator from Y-Global, Norway, Ms. Solveig Oiestad from Y-Global, Norway, Ms. Modi Mbaraza from Sudan YWCA, Ms. Beatrice Ahere from Kenya YWCA, Ms. Mayadah Tarazi from Palestine YWCA were the GOCY partners who took part in the meeting. NCY was represented by Mr. T.C. Brownson, former coordinator and Mr. S.J. Chandrakumar , who is appointed to coordinate the programme in future. |
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The YMCA was operating in Mullaitivu before the war erupted and serving its people through varieties of activities, especially the children and youth. With the war, the transport access to Mullaitivu was greatly restricted and the area was isolated from the other parts of the country. At the same time, due to time-to-time military operations and other destructions, the members of the YMCA were also displaced.
