International Services

The YMCA offers life-changing cultural exchange programs for young people globally. Working within the YMCA network – with our local, national and international partners – we bring people together through our various programs: Y Global Teens, Y Global Leaders, Y-to-Y Partnerships, UN Relations, and volunteer programs. Since 1911, our programs have been working to build global citizens by enhancing mutual understanding, fostering the exchange of ideas, and bringing people together for peace.

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			Y Global Leaders Young Y leaders from around the world are connected with distinguished host YMCAs in the U.S. The program offers a tailored curriculum from a broad menu of professional development areas to interns and trainees for 3-12 months. Learn more >
			Y Global Teens YMCA Global Teens is a leadership development and service learning program that engages teenagers in a year-long international educational experience culminating with a summer service abroad trip. Learn more >
			YMCA New Americans Welcome Centers Centers serve as multilingual information resource and referral centers, and provide immigrant families with a wide array of instructional, vocational, recreational, family support, and social services. Learn more >

For more information, please contact Diosdado G. Gica, EdD, Executive Director of the International Services/New Americans Initiative, at dgica@ymcanyc.org.