The Danish volunteers

Anne Balsby Roersen

I grew up with KFUM & KFUK as a part of my childhood, and thereby I have also gained democratic fundamental understanding, even before I knew what democracy was. I chose to become a volunteer in Ukraine, because I saw the possibility of working with an association under very special political circumstances, as well as working with a population, who is far from living under the same safe power structures as we are in Denmark. I will therefore hopefully also get a better understanding of the actions and choices that the Ukrainians make; both individually and in the large-scale politically.

Simon Krænge

My relation to KFUM & KFUK is relatively new, only 2 years. I joined a project called “Minglabar Myanmar”, which is located at a café called Fairbar, in Aarhus. This project has more than 120 volunteers, and I quickly fell in love with the people of project, the community and the idea of being a volunteer. Soon after, I also joined the Danish Home Guard as a volunteer. However, I recently learned about the possibilities of YMCA & YWCA. I applied for the Local2Local project in YMCA Ukraine, because I would love to be a part of this country’s development in the more independent and democratic direction.

Martin Toftdal Graversen

Member of Danish KFUM og KFUK since as i was a little child. I have been working on a lot of YMCA stuff in Denmark, such as local camps, national camps, weekend events, the Palestine Network, different boards and committees

I am educated teacher in math, social science and religion - i look very much forward to be a part of the YMCA Lviv and the work on democratic society and how to engage the people of Ukraine in the YMCA