YMCA Baia Mare

YMCA Baia Mare is a youth non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organisation constituted in 2001 according to the Romanian legislation, and it is co-founder of the national YMCA movement – YMCA Romania Federation, federation of NGO’s from Maramures County, Maramures County Youth Foundation. Our aim is to develop nowadays society through empowerment of youth, consolidating communities and supporting families according to the principles of democracy and human rights. Our purpose is developing a collaboration environment through working with dedicated volunteers, partnerships with local authorities, NGO’s, CBO’s, youth groups, for increasing their involvement in conflict resolution and solving issues generated by multiculturality and diversity. Our association has more than 80 active members and 200 volunteers with contracts and dozens of supporters in the local and international community. The beneficiaries of Baia Mare YMCA are at least 2000 young people and kids per year reached directly and their families as well as thousands through street actions, festivals, media. Our main programms and projects are focused on youth needs and we provide: trainings, camps, sports, workshops and classes, international youth exchanges, workshops, festivals, environmental projects, social inclusion project-working with roma children, creating an online newsletter for youth. We are certified as hosting and sending organisation for EVS-European Voluntary Service projects - new EI number 2015-1-RO01-KA