09/09/2026
This summer, Erza and Riga from YMCA Kosovo joined the YMCA Camp Seymour team to learn everything they could before helping launch the first YMCA overnight camp program in their home country.
Along the way, they've led campers through songs and activities, shared a traditional Albanian scarf dance, and discovered that camp creates the same sense of belonging no matter where you are in the world.
Their story is a reminder that the YMCA's mission reaches far beyond our own communities, and that we're all stronger when we learn from each other.
Read how one partnership is helping shape the future of YMCA overnight camp in Kosovo while strengthening Camp Seymour along the way: https://www.ymcapkc.org/blog/camp-seymour-helps-build-future-ymca-camp-kosovo