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On this Wikipedia the language links are at the ymca cudahy of the page across from the article title. This article is about the organization. For the Village People song, see Y. For the Latin character, see Y.
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. From its inception, it grew rapidly and ultimately became a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work. YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The YMCA was also considered a parachurch organization based on Protestant values. Williams was a London draper who was typical of the young men drawn to the cities by the Industrial Revolution. By 1845, YMCA started a popular series of lectures that from 1848 were held at Exeter Hall, London, and started being published the following year, with the series running until 1865.
YMCA was associated with Industrialisation and the movement of young people to cities to work. YMCA “combined preaching in the streets and the distribution of religious tracts with a social ministry. Philanthropists saw them as places for wholesome recreation that would preserve youth from the temptations of alcohol, gambling, and prostitution and that would promote good citizenship. The YMCA spread outside the United Kingdom in part thanks to the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first in a series of World’s Fairs which was held in Hyde Park, London. The idea of creating a truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and win the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Other ecumenical bodies, such as the World YWCA, the World Council of Churches, and the World Student Christian Federation have reflected elements of the Paris Basis in their founding mission statements. Girl Scouts of the USA, and Boy Scouts of America. This lasted from 1989 to 2015. Two themes resonated during the first World Conference: the need to respect the local autonomy of YMCA societies, and the purpose of YMCA: to unite all young, male Christians for the extension and expansion of the Kingdom of God. In 1878, the World YMCA offices were established in Geneva, Switzerland by Dunant. Later, in 1900, North American YMCAs, in collaboration with the World YMCA, set up centres to work with emigrants in European ports, as millions of people were leaving for the US.
In 1880, in Norway, YMCA became the first national organization to adopt a strict policy of equal gender representation in committees and national boards. Advertisement for the YMCA in the Macon, Georgia directory c. Christian Street YMCA Historical Marker at 1724 Christian Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. United States and North America, was established by George A. Dudley, both of whom worked for YMCA. The YMCA was an early influence on scouting that began in the UK in 1907.
The year after its inception by Robert Baden-Powell, the first scout troops met in the Nottingham and Birkenhead YMCA buildings. Paul became the first Indian national general secretary of India. Paul had started rural development programs for self-reliance of marginal farmers, through co-operatives and credit societies. He also coined the term “rural reconstruction”, and many of the principles he developed were later incorporated into the Indian’s government nationwide community development programs. Within ten days of the declaration of World War I, YMCA had established no fewer than 250 recreation centres, also known as huts, in the United Kingdom, and would go on to build temporary huts across Europe to support both soldiers and civilians alike, run by thousands of volunteers.
155 million on welfare efforts for American soldiers. It deployed over 25,000 staff in military units and bases from Siberia to Egypt to France. They took over the military’s morale and comfort operations worldwide. During World War II, YMCA was involved in supporting millions of POWs and in supporting Japanese Americans in internment camps. In Europe, YMCA helped refugees, particularly displaced Jews. Sometimes YMCA participated in escape operations. Mostly, however, its role was limited to providing relief packages to refugees.
