2020 Annual Report - Latin America and the Caribbean YMCA

YOUTH FOR FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Latin America and the Caribbean

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About us

YMCA in the region and in the world The YMCA is one of the largest and oldest youth development movements in the world.

Since our founding in 1844, we work in 120 countries and reach more than 64 million people. Our local YMCAs are strongly rooted in their communities by offering a variety of programs and services based on local priorities and issues affecting young people and their communities. From the World YMCA, we are committed to promoting empowerment, social justice and peace for young people and their communities through four key areas: health, employment, civic engagement, and environment.

These program areas cover the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, we are an Alliance of 24 National YMCAs that promote the holistic development of the human being through programs that empower young people for fair, equitable, and sustainable communities; all our decisions and actions are guided by our core values of solidarity, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

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Contents Foreword

World YMCA in 2020

About us .......................................................................... 02 Foreword ......................................................................... 05 2020 at a glance .......................................................... 06 Impact .............................................................................. 07 Presence .......................................................................... 08 Covid-19 .......................................................................... 09 Youth ................................................................................. 14 Mental health ................................................................. 17 Education ........................................................................ 19 Governance .................................................................... 22 Startegic partners ...................................................... 23 Finance ........................................................................... 24 Regional statement .................................................... 25 World YMCA in 2020 .................................................. 26 YMCA World map ......................................................... 27 Acknowledgements ..................................................... 28 The accompanying annual report has been translated into English solely for the convenience of readers of this language. In all cases, where there are any disagreements between the English and Spanish versions, the Spanish version shall be considered authoritative and controlling.

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2 Foreword

Scan the QR code and watch the 2020 Annual Report on video or go to: https://youtu.be/pxOlpB3GwiY

Message from the President and the Secretary-General

The global COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that our greatest challenges highlight our greatest strengths.

When the pandemic forced the suspension of activities from all economic sectors in most countries of the world, at the YMCA we knew that the foundations of our success would be the same and embodied them in our first Regional Declaration: Eight Commitments to Our Communities.

Within days, the YMCAs of the region moved dozens of programs to virtuality, they generated initiatives to meet the basic needs of the population and promoted the transformative responses the world required.

Thousands of volunteers and staff throughout the region adapted quickly to improve people's quality of life in an unprecedented situation.

While COVID-19 impacted our year, it did not define it. In 2020, we established a new partnership collaboration with the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. to adapt and validate tools to measure character virtues and socio-emotional growth of children, adolescents and young people participating in our programs.

The Alliance also created regional standards on biosafety, initiated the design of a regional youth mental health program, and brought together hundreds of young people

to participate in an unprecedented virtual event.

While 2020 was a painful year, these experiences show that it has also been a revitalizing year.

As we sail in 2021, we know there will be more challenges to overcome, and our philosophy is to look forward.

We thank our members, partners, volunteers, staff, donors, and friends for their trust and support over such a complex year and invite all of you to read our 2020 annual report.

Finally, we encourage each one of us to continue caring for each other and the communities that have been the most impacted by this pandemic.

As the needs of our community’s change, as a regional network we will continue to support the YMCAs of the region creating collaborative opportunities to develop new program and business services to lead in their communities.

We are confident that we will persevere and move forward and, therefore, we led a review of the service portfolio of the Alliance.

This assessment is a collective investment in the success of the movement. In the new reality, we must work even closer to inspire our volunteers, staff, and partners and mobilize the resources, tools, strategies, and knowledge necessary to stay releant and meet the changing needs of our communities.

Felipe Jurado President

Antonio Merino Secretary-General

The Alliance is the Network where we can inspire, connect, share, and increase our successes and learnings.

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3 2020 at a glance Creation of the YMCA Youth Mental Health and YMCA Protocols on Biosafety Networks

5th Annual “YMCA Leaders for Youth Conference" in the Cayman Islands

January

China announces first death from a virus later known as COVID-19 Countries begin to close their borders by the onset of coronavirus

Meeting of National General Secretarie in Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories

February

Launch of the Regional Campaign YMCA on the Move

March

165 years of the signing of the Paris Basis (Foundational Document)

WHO acknowledges the YMCA's work

May

June

July

August

Mental Health Week Youth Week Youth-Led Solutions Summit

Start of regional project to measure socio-emotional growth

Extended Annual Executive Committee Meeting

April

Latin American Youth Meeting

September

October

Publication of the Regional Declaration: Eight Commitments to our communities Start of the review of the Alliance's service portfolio

November

December

Russia announces first coronavirus vaccine WHO declares COVID-19 pandemic First clinical trials of coronavirus vaccines

One million deaths per COVID-19

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In Latin America and the Caribbean*

1´500,000

6,800

394

500,000

9,000 contribute their knowledge and skills to transform the lives of thousands of people.

people

volunteers

locations

children and youth

find a safe space and the support they need to reach their full potential.

contribute their time and talent to strengthen their community.

provide safe spaces for thousands of people every day.

children and youth participate in our programs strengthening their values, skills, and knowledge.

staff

*Estimated numbers prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

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5 Presence

Bahamas Mexico

Turks and Caicos Is.

Cuba

Haiti

Cayman Is.

We are an alliance present in 24 countries

Belize Guatemala El Salvador

Dominican U.S. Virgin Is. Rep. Puerto Rico

Jamaica

Anguilla St-Martin Sint Maarten St-Barthlemy Antigua and Barb.

British Virgin Is. St. Kitts and Nevis

Honduras

Saint Lucia

Nicaragua

Aruba

St. Vin. and Gren.

Bonaire Curaçao

Grenada

Costa Rica

Panama

Montserrat Guadeloupe Dominica Martinique

Barbados

Trinidad and Tobago

Venezuela Suriname

Colombia

Andean

Foundation year

Caribbean

Foundation year

Bolivia

1943

Aruba

1956

Colombia

1963

Bahamas

1966

Ecuador

1947

Barbados

1884

Peru

1920

Belize

1897

Venezuela

1946

Haiti

1966

Cayman Islands

2012

Jamaica

1920

Dominican Rep.

1977

Central America El Salvador

1991

Guatemala

1964

Honduras

1990

Mexico

1892

Nicaragua

1989

Chile

1912

Panama

1966

Paraguay

1943

Uruguay

1909

French Guiana

Guyana

Ecuador

Peru

Brazil

Bolivia

Paraguay

Trinidad & Tobago 1964 Argentina

Uruguay Chile

South cone

Brazil Faklands Is.

Brazil

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Covid-19 Our response to the covid-19 health emergency The pandemic unleashed by Covid-19 has created uncertainty at all levels and has further complicated structural social situations impacting millions of people across Latin America and the Caribbean.

These situations have a greater impact on the most vulnerable populations, not only because of their socioeconomic status, but also by gender, life transitions, sexual identity, ethnicity, religious or spiritual beliefs, immigration status, among others.

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Covid-19

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Actions from our regional office

85 virtual events weeks of 10 support

1,306 total attendees events 63 virtual Regional Protocol on Biosafety

Through collaborative work, the protocol was developed during the height of the pandemic by a group of seven staff and volunteers from different YMCAs in the region.

The protocol was structured with the aim of sharing preventive measures to maintain control of risk factors from biological, physical, or chemical agents, favoring the care of staff and our program participants.

The protocol contains the necessary standards to meet the requirements of local authorities and serves as a complement to the protocols developed by each YMCA movement.

for strengthening national and local YMCAs

Virtual spaces

We care for our people The Regional Protocol on Biosafety shares a set of standards and recommendations to avoid risks to health and the environment during the gradual reopening of facilities, as well as for the return of our staff to offices and other physical spaces.

32 experts tools and 17 products guest

hours in

Operations

Comunications

Spiritual

Human capital

Planning and innovation

Tools for programs

Time for reflection

YMCA products

Prayer time

The effects of COVID-19 on the SDGs

Transition in the culture of work

The future of education

General Secretaries: Success in times of disruption

YMCA Podcast

Prayer time and resilience

The future of Fundraising

Guide to hosting effective virtual meetings

Presentation of the Guide on How to Plan for the Future of the YMCA

Fundraising

How to lobby governments to access emergency relief funds Building relationships with potential donors

Mental health in times of disruption

Innovation in the service portfolio

YMCA on the Move

Post-COVID-19 protocols in our environments and contexts

Panel: Decision-making in times of disruption

We're More Campaign

Making Zoom available

General Meetings

COVID-19 terminology guide

Guide for the use of Free Time

YGOR Youth

Video tutorial Zoom

Network 17:21

Spots on COVID-19

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Covid-19

Mitigating the impacts of the pandemic: good regional practices

YMCA Aruba

YMCA Colombia

YMCA on the move

Inclusion and community development

The Food on Wheels program in Aruba, which delivers daily rations of healthy and quality food to vulnerable people, was reinvented to provide a powerful response to the situation generated by the Covid-19 on the island.

To mitigate the effects of the pandemic with the hardest-hit populations, our YMCA in Colombia joined forces through the #YMCAonTheMove campaign and created five strategies to provide humanitarian aid to more than 25,000 people with basic food, biosecurity elements and economic relief to families at risk of eviction.

Programs in Peru that promote inclusion and community development, as well as food security, emphasized economic recovery after the 107-days of quarantine between April and June.

Food on wheels

The first step was to generate a strategic partnership with the Aruba Red Cross to leverage its experience in emergencies and be able to reach at risk communities more effectively.

Then, with the support of volunteers and the local staff team, we increased the amount of food cooked, reaching 400 servings of hot food per day, exceeding 20,000 deliveries in April, thus strengthening contact with the community and the benefit of being present in an emergency situation.

Training events were migrated to virtual offerings reaching 80% of their regular participants for stress management, depression, prevention of school dropout and use of free time.

In addition, in a municipality in the interior of the country, the facilities were made available to the community, to care for covid-19 patients in isolation.

YMCA Peru

Thanks to the fundraising campaign that raised support from international cooperation, donations from national individuals and corporations, 100 entrepreneurs were given non-reimbursable funds in the cities of Lima, Arequipa and Trujillo, to reactivate economic initiatives that are the pillar of daily livelihoods, as well as seed capital to 19 young people, 8 of them transgender.

Most social enterprises are led by women, who have also begun the formalization of their initiatives and therefore financial inclusion.

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Covid-19

Mitigating the impacts of the pandemic: good regional practices

YMCA Chile

YMCA Paraguay

YMCA Brazil

Our YMCA in the city of Iquique was designated by the Government of Chile to take over the delivery of 45,000 food boxes for the most vulnerable sectors of the Tarapacá region in the north of the country, as part of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our Organization joined the call of the local government to provide humanitarian aid and prevent the spread of Covid-19 to people living on the street during the winter season, when temperatures drop to less than 10C°.

Our Organization in Brazil responded quickly to the pandemic by helping families in situations of vulnerability, providing awareness and guidance, and following up with families, including conducting solidarity campaigns led by volunteers, staff and partner institutions, focused on distribution of personal protective equipment. Nearly 6,000 people (just in the southern of Brazil) received protective masks, hygiene kits, as well as toys and clothing donations.

Humanitarian logistics

The financial and administrative role was entrusted to our Organization to ensure the fast delivery of food, ensure transparency and that humanitarian aid reaches the people who really needed it most.

The government commissioned this role to the YMCA in recognition of our long-standing presence in the community as well as the good management of projects and programs that has been implemented with the government for several years.

Decent housing

In view of this reality, sports facilities were placed at the full disposal of the community, turning the courts and gyms into temporary shelters equipped with all the sanitary measures, food, toilets, showers with hot water, private rooms with mattresses, blankets, changes of clothes and toiletries.

The logistics included the social distancing and biosecurity measures necessary to ensure the care and health of recipients and of the professional health personnel assigned to this work.

Virtual support

An online model was also implemented, incorporating physical and recreational activities, special leadership courses for youth and adult leaders, children's stories, psychological assistance, counselling for grieving families and access to free e-books, among others.

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7 Testimonials

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Voices of people in times of pandemic

"We're out of a job.

My husband is 63 years old and they don't give him a job either...

We were already failing food and we received a provision and we are already well...

Imagine yourself... eight people living in a house and already unning out of food, then they are thanked very much... May God multiply all their goods"

Ana Mother of young beneficiary Risaralda, Colombia

"When I heard about quarantine, I felt very affected, because I couldn't work. The food, the room, everything was complicating. When I heard about the help YMCA would give us, I was very happy, when you realize that someone is helping you, you feel happy.

“"It is very well received the help because we have not received hel from anyone and it is a very complex situation for us because of the crisis we have run out of resources, without being able to work, without being able to go out.

And as a trans woman these days, by your choice, they do not want to give you a job, they don't want to help you. Seeing how they helped us, I feel like a woman highly valued by you. Thank you."

This is very significant, not only for me but for society as we are many families with which they are collaborating.

Thank you very much!"

Priscilla

Ana

Trans woman Lima, Peru

Mother of beneficiary family Bogota, Colombia

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Youth Strengthening communities

We seek to contribute to the creation of leadership processes and platforms for the understanding, claiming, and realizing of rights, promoting conversations, reflection, and the development of public policies that hold as a premise to open spaces to empower the youth and the communities where we work.

We also advocate to the authorities to promote educational, social, cultural, and productive projects so that youth and their families do not fall into situations that aggravate their social and economic condition.

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Youth

Good practices in Latin America and the Caribbean

YG R YMCA LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Youth in Governance Roles (YGOR)

Solution summit

Tools and competitions for youth leaders The Youth in Governance Roles (YGOR) program focuses on the training, promotion, and development of youth in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing the theoretical and practical tools necessary to influence the construction of more just, equitable and sustainable societies.

Engaging YGOR youth in assessment of local and national YMCA governance standards, it has become a good practice to strengthen local governance, as well as improving overall YMCA management and transparency.

We believe that youth empowerment is possible through governance because of the direct positive impact on their

Young response to climate change - solution summit

communities. Our young people are agents of change who care about their communities and participate to improve them.

The evaluation of compliance with the governance standards of YMCAs started in the 2017-2018 edition of the program, and so far, 28 YMCAs completed their evaluations, of which 14 submitted a plan to monitor and continuously improve YMCA governance during the 2019-2020 edition of the program.

Since the first edition of the program in 2012, YGOR has certified 147 youth.

The lockdown prevented hundreds of volunteers from celebrating with members of their communities the International Youth Day; day promoted by the United Nations every 12th of August, recognizing their efforts to improve global society.

This gave us the great opportunity to reinvent ourselves, move the actions to the virtual world and present them together, creating the Youth Week.

A single day was not enough to share all the initiatives carried out by hundreds of young people in dozens of communities and who wanted to share with their peers in the region.

Environment, well-being, volunteering, culture and art, social inclusion, and entrepreneurship, were the six topics that brought together more than 20 good practices implemented by young people in Latin America and the Caribbean; presented by youth through open virtual meetings held between August 10 and 15, 2020.

More than 42,000 people participated the total number of presentations, exceeding the target audience and opening up a great opportunity to inspire more people to build fair, equitable, and sustainable communities.

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Youth

Good practices in Latin America and the Caribbean

https://www.lacaymca.org/juventud2020 https://www.lacaymca.org/juventud2020 https://www.lacaymca.org/juventud2020 https://www.lacaymca.org/juventud2020 https://www.lacaymca.org/juventud2020 https://www.lacaymca.org/juventud2020 Youth Week 2020

Online Youth Empowerment

Celebrating our best community practices The lockdown prevented hundreds of volunteers from celebrating with members of their communities the International Youth Day; day promoted by the United Nations every 12th of August, recognizing their efforts to improve global society.

This gave us the great opportunity to reinvent ourselves, move the actions to the virtual world and present them together, creating the Youth Week.

A single day was not enough to share all the initiatives carried out by hundreds of young people in dozens of communities and who wanted to share with their peers in the region.

Latin american youth meeting

Environment, well-being, volunteering, culture and art, social inclusion, and entrepreneurship, were the six topics that brought together more than 20 good practices implemented by young people in Latin America and the Caribbean; presented by youth through open virtual meetings held between August 10 and 15, 2020.

More than 42,000 people participated the total number of presentations, exceeding the target audience and opening up a great opportunity to inspire more people to build fair, equitable, and sustainable communities.

The pandemic was the opportunity to take the step of reinventing the way we do events, allowing youth initiatives incubated in dozens of YMCA in the region to reach mass audiences that previously did not have the opportunity to participate in face-to-face events.

The Latin American Youth Meeting, the first regional event designed entirety to be developed in a virtual way; steadily mobilized for three days more than 400 young volunteers who exchanged youth empowerment experiences around the 2030 Agenda, addressing health and wellness goals (SDG 3); Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8); Reduction of inequalities (SDG 10); Climate Action (SDG 13), Sustainable Cities and

Communities (SDG 11); alliances to achieve objectives (SDG 17); peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16).

This event was an initiative of the YMCAs of Peru and Colombia and demonstrated that our youth and multinational staff team, had the skills to provide logistical technical support to massive activities through new technologies.

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Mental health An alliance for health

In April 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, we agreed to improve mental health and well-being as a priority for young people in the region by creating opportunities for gialogue and development of proposals to support mental health and well-being.

We brought together our local human talent to create relevant solutions that improve people's quality of life

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Mental health

Good practices in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Design of regional mental health program

A week promoting well-being The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated disparities and increased the urgency of raising awareness of mental health and providing adequate community mental health services to young people. Approximately 70% of people with mental and neurological disorders in the region do not receive mental health care. Most countries direct more than 60% of mental health budgets to neuropsychiatric hospitals rather than more efficient community and primary care resources.

Mental health address for young people October, the Mental Health Week under the slogan: Let's talk about mental health, well-being for all.

Online activities focused on promoting healthy living habits that contribute to the physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and mental well-being of young people, reaching a total audience that exceeded 50,000 total social media visits.

The Regional Youth Mental Health Program is an initiative that was born to respond to mental health problems identified in young people in the region and increased by lockdowns.

In a first stage, experiences and best practices were identified within and outside the region such as the experiences of the YMCA of the United Kingdom, the United States and Vancouver (Canada), among others.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Network of General Secretaries identified as a priority the improvement of the mental and emotional health of our staff, volunteers, and participants in local programs.

A research project was carried out on mental health and youth in the Latin American and Caribbean region, to understand this problem and raise awareness about it.

https://www.lacaymca.org/semanasaludmental Faced with this reality and in the framework of the celebration of World Mental Health Day promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO), our Regional Network of Mental Health, organized from 5 to 10

For this purpose, we created a regional network aimed at creating a relevant regional youth mental and emotional health program.

The results were presented in a discussion facilitated by two youth interns.

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Education An alliance to learn

School dropout is a problem the region has faced for several decades, which has been accentuated by the pandemic. Around the world, children and young people have stopped attending schools, universities, and colleges because of Covid-19.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, almost all countries have decreed an educational quarantine and took measures to ensure that education remains outside or inside the classroom, but with preventive measures.

In response to this problem, we provide support in this new context and facilitate continuity of learning in our communities.

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Education

Good practices in Latin America and the Caribbean

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank

Y’s Men International

Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.

Alongside CIBC FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation, we have joined forces to strengthen the potential of children and young people, supporting their success and well-being in the Caribbean. This partnership allowed us to enhance our local Afterschool programs and provide a better response during the lockdown.

In January, in collaboration with Y's Men International, we offered a two-day training in the Cayman Islands, for more than 120 local staff and volunteers.

Through this project, fourteen (14) management and program staff from our movements in Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago attended the training conference.

Since July, the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. (TWCF) project was launched to adapt and validate tools for measuring socio-emotional development in children and young people. We run this project in collaboration with the Hello Insight.

Because school isn't enough

Despite the health emergency caused by Covid-19, we intensified our activities, serving more than 2,000 children and young people in Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Cayman Islands and Jamaica creating online tools and resources to stay connected, and also delivering care and basic food packages to the families that needed the most.

Best educators for the community

We are also currently developing two Afterschool initiatives in Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, involving more than 400 vulnerable children and young people, which will strengthen their STEM skills, reading comprehension, sports, entrepreneurship, and employment skills.

Increasing our social impact

This adaptation and validation directly benefit our youth participants and our local YMCAs by allowing us to measure and evaluate program experiences in vulnerable communities, improving the knowledge we have about our participants and our programs; allowing us to offer better solutions adapted to their needs.

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Human talent at the service of latin america and the caribbean

Executive Committee 2018-2022

Governance Committee

Legal Committee

Executive Staff Team

President: Felipe Alejandro Jurado Díaz (Chile)

Facilitator: Miguel Ángel Sánchez Calcagno

Facilitator: Felipe Alejandro Jurado Díaz

Chief Executive Director: Rodrigo Antonio Merino Arango

Carlos Amador Moraga Bernadete María Franco Cunha Neydi Sagnité Cruz García Luisa Inés Moreno Beltrán Óscar Miguel Órdenes Ampuero Jairo Yunny Sánchez Mateo Dante Rolando Villalobos Ojeda

Agustín García Bolaños Cacho Enio Roberto Ferreira Moreen Hoyte Pablo Daniel Pazos Viña Raquel Vargas Córdoba

Treasurer: Bernadete María Franco Cunha (Brazil) Secretary: Gerardo Alfonso Medina Paz (Perú) Members: Ángela María Caridad Henriquez (República Dominicana) Neydi Sagnité Cruz García (Mexico) Edisson Eduardo Grajales Gutiérrez (Colombia) Rogès Lamote (Haiti) Pedro Henrique Matos Mantovani (Brazil) José Alexis Ordoñez Velásquez (Honduras) Miguel Ángel Sánchez Calcagno (Uruguay)

Fiscal Commission Members: Minoru Roberto Kobayashi Luisa Inés Moreno Beltrán Marcelo Ernesto Mañas Balbis Alternates: Andrew Johnson

Technical Secretary: Rodrigo Antonio Merino Arango

Technical Secretary: Rodrigo Antonio Merino Arango

Administration and Institutional Development Coordination: Ángela Natali Cifuentes Chaparro

Evaluation Committee

Brand and communications Coordinations: Daniel Gómez-Santiago

Strategy Committee

Facilitator: Bernadete María Franco Cunha

Facilitator: Gerardo Alfonso Medina Paz

Ángela María Caridad Henriquez José Alexis Ordoñez Velásquez Miguel Ángel Sánchez Calcagno

Juan Baqué González David Esteban Gutiérrez Pedro Henrique Matos Mantovani María Isabel Montoya José Alexis Ordoñez Velásquez Dorly Gordon Jeffrey Oriol Enrique Mario Ruíz Cabrera Trevor Spence Technical Secretary: Rodrigo Antonio Merino Arango

Programs and Projects Coordination: Daniel Galán Aguilar

Technical Secretary: Rodrigo Antonio Merino Arango

Subregional coordinators Central America: Carlos Amador Moraga Caribe: Gwenael Apollon Brazil: José Ricardo Caporal Calza Cono Sur: Óscar Miguel Órdenes Ampuero Andina: José Alveiro Valencia Zapata

Commission for the strengthening of the subregions

Interns

Facilitator: Felipe Alejandro Jurado Díaz Ángela María Caridad Henriquez José Alveiro Valencia Zapata

Oriana del Sol Ortiz Parrao Renata Namnum Barrera Luis Fernando Calderón González Víctor Gamalier Vargas Valdez

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http://www.ymca.int http://www.ymca.int http://www.ymca.int

https://www.cibcfcib.com/ https://www.cibcfcib.com/ https://www.cibcfcib.com/

https://www.scotiabank.com/global/en/global-site.html https://www.scotiabank.com/global/en/global-site.html https://www.scotiabank.com/global/en/global-site.html https://www.scotiabank.com/global/en/global-site.html

https://www.ysmen.org/ https://www.ysmen.org/ https://www.ysmen.org/ https://www.ysmen.org/ https://www.ysmen.org/ https://www.ysmen.org/

http://www.ymca.ca http://www.ymca.ca http://www.ymca.ca http://www.ymca.ca

https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/ https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/ https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/ https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/

https://www.cvjm.de/ https://www.cvjm.de/ https://www.cvjm.de/ https://www.cvjm.de/

https://helloinsight.org/ https://helloinsight.org/

https://www.ymcaalumni.org/ https://www.ymcaalumni.org/ https://www.ymcaalumni.org/ https://www.ymcaalumni.org/

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13 Finance Financial reports 2020

The information below or the year-end December 31 is derived from the financial statements for 2020 (in Mexican pesos), which were audited by Castillo Miranda & Company, S.C. member of BDO Mexico.

Our complete audited financial statement are available upon request.

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Activities 2019

2020 Assets Current Cash and cash equivalents Advances to suppliers Computer equipment, net Recoverable taxes Sundry debtors

2020

2019

Revenue $

4,330,401 181,211 18,957 18,415 5,064

$

2,869,539

4,999 4,908

Contributions for projects Membership dues

$

Total

3,302,486 1,023,341

$

2,931,205 1,116,331

4,325,827

4,047,536

4,343,788

3,846,814

Currency loss, net Interest gain

121,231 41,595 162,826

(260,215) 35,360 (224,855)

(Decrease) Increase in equity Equity at the beginning of the year

144,865 667,204

(24,133) 691,337

Expenses Total assets

$

4,554,048

$

2,879,446 General Expenses

Liabilities Current Accounts payable and accrued expenses: Project advances $ Dues collected in advance Funds for contingency Provisions Taxes to pay

1,993,268 1,004,724 307,022 274,769 71,251

Total current liabilities

3,651,034

Financing activities $

343,853 1,057,424 299,020 368,657 69,903 2,138,857

Equity at the end of the year Employee benefits Total liabilities Equity Unrestricted Total liabilities and equity

$

90,945

73,385

3,741,979

2,212,242

812,069

667,204

4,554,048

$

$

812,069

$

667,204

The report currency for the Association, for legal and fiscal purposes, is the Mexican peso. The functional currency is the American dollar, because it is the currency of the economic environment in which it operates, since its sales and purchases transactions, as well as it mains assets and liabilities are at this currency.

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14 Regional statement

Faced with the challenges of the pandemic, we agreed on eight commitments to our communities

1. Reducing inequality Work for the reduction of inequality and injustice, as well as community-based protection of people, and strengthening of families and communities.

4. Promoting mental health Develop programs and actions aimed at strengthening the emotional and mental health.

7. Advocating for communities The YMCA should advocate to the authorities to promote educational, social, cultural, and productive projects, so that youth and their families do not fall into situations that aggravate their social and economic condition.

2. Working with ethics Work on the ethics of care for oneself, others, and the environment as part of our commitment to universal ethics. An ethics of the highest standard, caring for oneself, for others, and for the common cause.

5. Creating safe spaces Create safe and open spaces for listening and conversation to honestly study the past, rebuild our memory from the grassroots, and weave our present and future from the genuine participation of all citizens.

8. Including young people Promote greater integration among youth leaders across the region, strengthening their networks and partnerships, and encouraging collaborative work to respond to the various needs of their local communities.

3. Promoting the 2030 Agenda Promote the reweaving of the social fabric as a protective factor and catalyst of opportunities by contributing with work and psychosocial support in accordance with the needs and interests of community members and aligning with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a global transformational vision towards the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of the planet.

6. Defending human rights Contribute to the generation of processes and scenarios of training and demand ability of rights, Contribute to the creation of leadership processes and platforms for the understanding, claiming, and realizing of rights, promoting conversation, reflection, and development of public policies that hold as a premise to open spaces to empower youth and the communities where the YMCA works.

EIGHT COMMITMENTS

to our communities

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15 World YMCA in 2020 Covid-19 World YMCA be involved in the global journey of the worldwide YMCA Movement in 2020. In March, it developed a response to COVID-19 in 2020 and it was divided in three components: building ‘Resilience’, launching ‘Recovery’, and initiating a process of ‘Reimagination’.

Resilience A series of Leaders Talks in April and May – designed to source wisdom to cope with crisis - assembled 1000 people online, addressed by 20 global leaders.

A Resilience Playbook was issued. Two ‘Youth Voices’ online fora were run in May and June: ‘The future we want’, and ‘A future without racism’. Online ecumenical thanksgiving services were organised in May, June and July, and the World Week of Prayer in November.

Recovery World YMCA set up the YMCA COVID Solidarity Fund, and approved grants of almost CHF 380,000 to support 27 National Movements struggling in the face of the pandemic.

https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ https://www.ymca.int/padare/ Reimaginación World YMCA organised a series of ‘Padare’ online sessions in July and August, bringing together 190 people in 55 countries to debate the challenges facing YMCAs. The resulting handbook ‘Becoming an ‘Adaptive YMCA’ for the 21st Century’ was issued in December. Building on the Padare debates, in November a ‘Reimagine Lab’ was launched in Australia, to revolutionise YMCA responses to mental health.

Advocacy and partnership In April, May and December, World YMCA and the rest of the ‘Big 6’ youth organisations highlighted the role of young people helping their communities in the time of COVID-19 and the massive challenges they faced. They called on governments and policymakers to put young people at the heart of the solutions in post-pandemic recovery efforts.

In December, World YMCA and the rest of the Big 6 joined WHO in launching the ‘Global Youth Mobilization for Generation Disrupted’ to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 on young people.

PROGRAMS Change agents The fourth Cohort of Change Agents concluded in October, with 135 Agents from 50 countries receiving diplomas. Despite lockdown, the cohort completed its curriculum. 750 Change Agents have graduated since 2012.

Youth LED solutions World YMCA launched the Youth Led Solutions Initiative, empowering young people to lead change. Its first summit WAS held online with Y USA in October, on the topic of climate action. ‘Solution Teams’ from nearly 50 countries

submitted ideas for combating climate change, and are now being seed-funded.

https://www.youthsolutions.ymca.int/?lang=es https://www.youthsolutions.ymca.int/?lang=es https://www.youthsolutions.ymca.int/?lang=es https://www.youthsolutions.ymca.int/?lang=es Communities of impact https://www.youthsolutions.ymca.int/?lang=es YMCA worldwide Communities of Impact on Refugees & Migrants (led by YMCA Canada) and Employment & Entrepreneurship (Y Care International, USA) involved 15 National Movements throughout 2020.

Communities are tasked to scan, share and scale the very best of what the global Movement is doing all around the world.

At year-end, World YMCA launched three new Communities of Impact, on Mental Health (YMCA Australia), Climate Action (Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs), and Policy & Advocacy (YMCA England & Wales).

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GREENLAND (DENMARK)

SVALBARD (NORWAY)

RUSSIA (1900)

NORWAY (1878)

DENMARK (1878)

ICELAND (1899)

SWEDEN

FINLAND (1886)

(1844)

CANADA (1851)

ESTONIA (1919) LATVIA (1923) LITHUANIA (1932) BELARUS (1994) NETHERLANDS (1851)

POLAND (1923) GERMANY

ENGLAND AND WALES (1844) BELGIUM (1853)

(1848)

(2002)

(1993)

SWITZERLAND (1852) WORLD YMCA

MOLDOVA (1996)

ROMANIA

FRANCE

SERBIA (2008) BULGARIA (1883) KOSOVO (2003)

(1851)

USA (1851)

(1894)

MONGOLIA

UKRAINE

AUSTRIA (1996)

PORTUGAL

YMCA EUROPE

CZECH REPUBLIC (1920) SLOVAKIA (1920) HUNGARY (1883)

IRELAND (1849)

GEORGIA (1991) ARMENIA (1992)

KOREA (1888)

SPAIN

ITALY

(1880)

N. MACEDONIA (1999) GREECE (1892)

(1851)

JAPAN (1880)

CHINA (1885)

NEPAL (1990)

MALTA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (2011) MONTENEGRO (2011) ALBANIA (2008) MEXICO (1891)

(1965)

JORDAN (1901) EGYPT (1909)

(1966)

TAIWAN (1945)

INDIA

BELIZE (1987)

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

(1854)

HAITI (1895) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1963) HONDURAS (1990)

GUATEMALA (1964) EL SALVADOR (1990) NICARAGUA (1989)

(1920)

(1956)

HONGKONG (1901) YMCA ASIA PACIFIC

NIGER

YMCA BARBADOS (1880)

PHILIPPINES

(1930)

(1911)

CAMBODIA (1999) VIETNAM (1992) NIGERIA

ETHIOPIA

(1925)

(1951)

SOUTH SUDAN (2014)

LIBERIA (1881)

COLOMBIA

THAILAND

THE GAMBIA (1979)

SIERRA LEONE (1912)

(1946)

SUDAN (1889)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1921) VENEZUELA

MACAU (1991)

(2004)

(1892)

PUERTO RICO (1917) ARUBA

MYANMAR (1897)

SENEGAL JAMAICA

COSTA RICA (1975) PANAMA (1966)

SRI LANKA

SINGAPORE (1902)

(1882)

(1963)

YMCA in the world

BANGLADESH PAKISTAN (1876)

BAHAMAS

CAYMAN ISLANDS (2012)

LEBANON (1890) JERUSALEM INTERNATIONAL (1878) EAST JERUSALEM (1848)

CYPRUS GAZA (1952)

(1976)

GHANA (1890)

CAMEROON

KENYA

(1924)

(1910) YMCA AFRICA

ECUADOR (1947)

MALAYSIA (1905)

TOGO (1930)

INDONESIA (1928)

TANZANIA (1959)

PERU

BRAZIL

(1920)

(1893)

BOLIVIA (1943)

FIJI (1971)

ZIMBABWE (1958)

Countries with YMCA presence*

MADAGASCAR

PARAGUAY

(1924)

(1921)

AUSTRALIA (1851)

Regional offices

CHILE

SOUTH AFRICA

(1912)

(1865)

URUGUAY ARGENTINA

(1909)

(1902)

World Alliance NEW ZEALAND (1855)

* SOME GROUPS STARTED BEFORE 1844 AND THEN THEY CHANGED TO YMCA

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Acknowledgements

* List in alphabetical order

At the YMCA Latin America and the Caribbean, we are grateful for the generosity of our donors, partners, and volunteers who contribute their time, talent, and treasure to empower more young people* Individual Donors Aidee Camara Alejandro Flores Arenas Angel Gerardo Garibay Mendoza Ángel de Jesús Contreras Vázquez Aniceto Hernández Brian Montes Cristopher Arrona Daniel Gómez-Santiago David Reyes Deyna Duran Diego Antonio Sánchez Gómez Edgar Reyna Emiliano Hernández Martínez Fernando Benavides Gamaliel Yahave Mondragon Genaro Alejandro Armijo Héctor Valenzuela Isaias Pavon Ramos Israel Tostad Jacob Vázquez Zuñiga Javier Cortes Jerry y Martha Prado Jesús Antonio Rodríguez García Jonathan Esteban Clark Hernández Jonathan Villa Jorge Luis Martínez Rodarte José de Jesús Guevara Juan Irabuena Juan Martinez Leamsy Requejo Lorite Legends

Luis Eduardo Elox Moreno Omar Esquivel Rincón Pedro Infante Ruben Jaime Ruiz Saúl de Jesús Chaparro Sebastian Soto Sejour Benelson Silvia Rosas Zenteno Uriel Emmanuel Navarro Medina Yael Arias

Companies and Foundations CIBC FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation Scotiabank Templeton World Charity, Inc.

YMCAs YMCA Canada YMCA of Germany YMCA of South Palm Beach County YMCA of the USA YMCA Alumni World Alliance of YMCA World Brotherhood Fund Y's Men International

Strategic Partners Hello Insight NAYDO

YMCA on the Move campaign Alejandro Hernández Alfonso Treviño Ana Hilda Cruz Anamaria Patiño Boris Verona Carlos Calisto Claudia Aparicio Daniel Vives Danilo Mejía Dharshni Sabapathy Enio Ferreira Felipe Jurado Irma Araceli Aburto López Jamie Umanzor Janet Kafkas José Ricardo Caporal Juan David Cardona Kathi Lomas McGee Luisa Moreno Marcy Yanuz Marissa Vivaldo Maritza García Miguel Enrique Pacora Pedro Pacheco Renata Ferrari Rocío Lombardi Rony Ramos William Leandro Ximena Nicolas

Óscar Órdenes

YMCA Communications Network Daniel Gómez-Santiago Jean Pierre Chong Mary Rodriguez Pablo Monteverde William Leandro

YMCA Mental Health Network Andrea Fuentes Diana Beltrán Edith Cruz Florencia Estegiano Gabriela Rubiano Joan Cevallos Karol Gamez Marcela Marín Mario Souto Patricia Vargas Sandra Lozano

YMCA Youth Network Alexandra Gamarra Ana Clara Martí Diego Morales Edith Cruz Francisco Machado Jean Belony

Karla Contreras Marjorie Silva Monique Camargo Samuel Steevens

YMCA Protocols on Biosafety Network Angela España Catiana Benetti Cindy Piernagorda César Bravo Flávia Gonçlaves Luis Enrique Bonilla

YMCA Mission Network

Cindy Mels Diego Catalán Germán Díaz José Fernando Mejía Marissa Vivaldo Paula Luengo Rocío Solís Sonia Carrillo Yvonne Gómez

Mental Health Advisory Committee Ana Hilda Cruz Sanabria Maritza Garcia Montañez Marissa Vivaldo Martinez

Alberto Valdivia Alejandra Moline Alveiro Valencia Angela Cifuentes Antonio Merino Eudes Moysal Gustavo Elizalde Gustavo Espinoza Michael Koehler Miguel E. Pacora Oscar Órdenes Santiago Prince

Photographers

Experts Committee on Socio-Emotional Development

Graphic design

Daniel Gómez-Santiago Daniela Castro Betancur Deyvi Mora Felipe Montoya Gonzalo Valdez Jean Pierre Chong Juan David Cardona Karla Contreras Remolacha Banco de Ideas Rony Ramos Monroy

Daniel Gómez-Santiago

Acknowledgements

* List in alphabetical order

At the YMCA Latin America and the Caribbean, we are grateful for the generosity of our donors, partners, and volunteers who contribute their time, talent, and treasure to empower more young people* Donor's emergency appeal YMCA Bahamas Al Tursi Alexandria E. Brim Antonio Merino Ashley Matyn Bernardo Wolfson Bobby King Brenda Welker Brian Yanny Brittany Boren Carl W. Zvanut Carson Henry Catherine G. Duchon Cathleen C. Adams Cathleen Fromm Central Atlantic AYR Cesar Silva Chris Bradford Chris Gautier Chris Tointon Christine Grisham Claire Greenwood Clairissa Myatt Claudia Soo Hoo Cristina Lucero Daniel Gómez-Santiago Danielle Bolks Daphne Warren-Watts David Stamm Deanna Hutchins Debbie George

Deborah Reid-Neal Denise Rooks Don R. Painter Efrain Gonzalez Elaina Brennan Elizabeth J. Coleman Elizabeth M. Dubuque Elizabeth Toledo Cruz Emily Morisawa Eric Kress Forrest Schrock Francisco Zambrano Gary E. Schlansker George Gray George Marsden Guathar Chan Halina Martinez Heather Hughes Heidi Brasher Henry A. Van Zanten Henry and Susan Chitwood Hope Juckel-Regan Ian Gonzalez Jane Hardison Janine Morales Jason Busch Je'Nai Talley Jackson Jean Zimmerman Jessica Danduran Jim Kauffman Jocelyn Rosenthal John Askounis John Cattelan

John R. Mercier Juan Carlos Silva Mendoza Juan Irabuena Judy Pollack Julia E. Gallaher Julie Haymon Julie See Kaleena Escallier Kathleen Carstens Kathryn Pinto Keith Shrout Kelley Pichay Kelsey McKim Ken Burton Kerry Jordan Khalilah Harrison Kim Aaron Kinard Barnett Kyande Sanders Lauren Alley Lee Anna Massey Linda Ambis Major Nimock Mamta Gakhar Marie Arcos Mary Beck Melanie Roth Melody Royse Meredith Riemersma Michael Johnson Michael Van Haelewyn Michael W. Robinson Nancy Owens

Neil J. Nicoll Nicholas Lomauro Oanh Nghiem Le Pamela Lebron Patrick O. Kelley Paul Adkins Paul McEntire Paula Conway Paula Criel Paula Gavin Peggy A. Ottke Peter E. Smith Peter Jost Phillips 66 Randy G. Rabenstein Renata Ferrari Rhonda Anderson Rick Snell Robert "Neal" Denton Robert C. Hastedt Robert Swedberg Robert Vogel Rosanna Gomez Safaya Fawzi Sara Ryan Sarah Halby Seana M. Hasson Shawn Mangan Stacy Saunders Steven Iverson Sue Hakes Sue Steph Susan Walters-Klenke

The Dayton Foundation Depository, Inc. Thomas C. Horsley Tina Weaver Tony Guillory Tracy Barr Vanessa Lane Virginia Stout

YMCAs Greater Philadelphia YMCA Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA Kentucky YMCA Youth Association The Family YMCA The SKY Family YMCA World Alliance of YMCAs YMCA Canada YMCA of Central Virginia YMCA of Darien Community YMCA of Florida's First Coast YMCA of Germany YMCA of Greater Toronto YMCA of Metro North YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit YMCA of Northern Alberta YMCA of Oakville YMCA of Reading & Berks County YMCA of Snohomish County YMCA of South Florida YMCA of the USA YMCA of the USA World Service YMCA Peru YMCA Secours Speciaux

YMCA Latin America and the Caribbean Av. Ejército Nacional 253 1er Piso Col. Anáhuac, Del. Miguel Hidalgo C.P. 11320, México, DF info@lacaymca.org www.lacaymca.org

/ lacaymca The accompanying annual report has been translated into English solely for the convenience of readers of this language.

In all cases, where there are any disagreements between the English and Spanish versions, the Spanish version shall be considered authoritative and controlling.