July 30, 2010 Men changing men

The system of male domination is no new thing in our world today, but the danger is that we as young men do not question it as we are born and socialised into it without being exposed to a masculinity...

July 30, 2010 Hanging with Chemphe in Hong Kong

You all know the cool, keeping-it-real Chemphe with the smooth voice and energetic stage presence. But I have discovered the king of Urban Life has some hidden talents.

Two months back I hooked ...

July 30, 2010 New YMCA leadership focus on youth participation

Now is the time for young people to take a greater leadership role in global affairs and they must empower them with the skills to effectively operate in an increasingly globalised world.

This is...

July 09, 2010 Editorial

Those of us at the Africa YMCA Partnership Summit and Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) were fascinated by the performance of the YMCA Tema Acapela group. This team of five young people harmonise beaut...

July 09, 2010 International Perspective - Renewed partnership for the African Renaissance

Held from 4-6 May, the Partnership Summit drew together 120 participants, with a focus on renewing and strengthening relationships between Africa and international partners to ensure the vision and ...

July 09, 2010 African Perspective - Renewed partnership for the African Renaissance

The Partnership Summit was a rare opportunity for introspection. Such was long overdue, following many years of cooperation in bilateral relationships, and also more recently in the GOP process(1). ...

July 09, 2010 S2C now a reality

From Subject to Citizen (S2C) is now a reality and will stay with us. When we met in Accra, Ghana, on 2-3 May for our second phase of training as S2C Ambassadors, it was clear that we have done a lo...

July 09, 2010 AAYMCA Executive Committee President, James Ekow Rhule, seeks to reinvigorate youth development work in Africa

Newly elected Executive Committee President of the Africa Alliance of YMCAs (AAYMCA), James Ekow Rhule, brings with him almost three-decades of experience in the YMCA and an enthusiastic passion for...

July 09, 2010 “Let’s walk the talk and use our time” - Profile: Mutale Chanda, Youth Representative, AAYMCA Executive Committee

At the 2010 Ordinary General Meeting held in May in Accra, Ghana, Zambia YMCA’s self professed “enemy of procrastination”, Mutale Chanda was elected as the Youth Representative for the Africa Allian...

July 09, 2010 Engaging and empowering Christian mission

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of t...