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YMCA International Camp Counselor Program (ICCP)
annually
brings thousands of young adults from over 122 nations to serve as
staff at day and resident camps throughout the U.S. ICCP provides
leadership opportunities for young adults while helping camps
internationalize their programs.
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YMCA International Training and
Internship Programs
The YMCA International
Training and Internship Program—through the International
Branch of the YMCA—helps qualified youth from around the world come
to the U.S. to train with host site organizations in the following fields:
Social Service, Business management, Health enhancement and Arts and
Culture.
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YMCA Summer Work & Travel Program
offers
international students, who cannot afford to participate in an
exchange program to the United States, the opportunity to experience
American life during their school break.
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YMCA Language Center provides free English classes to adult immigrants with limited means
and low levels of English proficiency to establish productive lives
in their new country through the ELESAIR (English Language and
Employment Service for Adult Immigrants and Refugees). We also
offer fee-based courses on English Immersion and Foreign Language
(Intensive Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and others) instruction to
business executives, young professionals and international students
in the U.S. and overseas.
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YMCA Global Teens
is a leadership
development program that engages teenagers in an international
experience that includes cultural travel, community service, home
stays, and teen-to-teen interaction.
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YMCA Go Global
is a voluntary
service and capacity-building program that places skilled Americans at
YMCAs around the world. Go Global volunteers fully immerse themselves
in the culture of their host country and assist YMCAs in developing
countries in working toward self-sufficiency.
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YMCA International Arrivals Program
is contracted by
the U.S. Department of State to provide meet-and-greet services at JFK
International Airport to over 1,000 diplomats from around the world.
These services offer international visitors a warm welcome to the U.S.
and encourage their support of local YMCAs in their home countries
upon return.
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YMCA and the United Nations
The
International Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York serves as the
World Alliance of YMCAs’ liaison to the United Nations Headquarters
based in New York City. The YMCA is an official non-governmental
Organization (NGO) with consultative status to the United Nations
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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Memberships and Links
The
International YMCA belongs to several membership organizations.
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International YMCA Fundraising & the Strong
Kids Campaign
provides
a scholarship funds for the program participants. Every gift counts,
because every dollar raised goes directly
towards critical participant scholarships and program subsidies |
