Editing YMCA (section)

=== Africa ===
{{Further|Kampala YMCA}}

[[File:Logo AA - gif white keyline.gif|thumb|The Africa Alliance of YMCAs logo]]
[[File:YMCA ACCRA CENTRAL GHANA.jpg|thumb|YMCA Accra Ghana in [[Accra]]]]

YMCAs in [[Africa]] are united under the Africa Alliance of YMCAs (AAYMCA).<ref>{{cite web |title=Africa Alliance of YMCAs website |url=http://www.africaymca.org/}}</ref> The core focus of the organizational work done by the AAYMCA is youth [[empowerment]]. AAYMCA is the oldest non-governmental organization network in Africa, reaching approximately five million programme participants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africaymca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/annual_report_2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.africaymca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/annual_report_2010.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=AAYMCA Annual Report}}</ref> The first YMCA in Africa was established in [[Liberia]] in 1881,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.umn.edu/special|title=Archives & Special Collections · University of Minnesota Libraries|website=www.lib.umn.edu|date=8 September 2023 }}</ref> and the AAYMCA was founded in 1977 as the umbrella body for all national movements on the continent.<ref name=":0" />

AAYMCA collaborates with national movements to conduct research, develop localized as well as continental programming, monitor and evaluate progress, and communicate impact of youth development work undertaken on the continent.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |last=volunteer |first=Christine Davis, Africa Alliance of YMCAs |date=2010-04-01 |title=Transactional sex, HIV and livelihoods |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/269910/transactional-sex-hiv-and-livelihoods.html |access-date=2016-05-17 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2009-09-14 |title=Ghana YMCA technical training addresses critical educational gaps |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/238343/ghana-ymca-technical-training-addresses-critical-educational.html |access-date=2016-05-17 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en-GB}}</ref> From 2015, the Africa Alliance of YMCAs has aligned much of its programmatic work to some of the goals set out by the [[African Union]]'s Agenda 2063 Development Plan in order to contribute towards the achievement of the ideals envisioned by the [[African Renaissance]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Agenda2063 |url=http://ymca2063.org/agenda2063/ |access-date=2016-05-17 |website=ymca2063.org |archive-date=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810031157/http://ymca2063.org/agenda2063/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1975,  Africa's YMCAs tried to revive the ones in [[Côte d'Ivoire]] and [[Kenya]] followed by those in [[Madagascar]], [[Jordan]], [[Suriname]], and [[Angola]].

Active YMCA organizations exist in [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Egypt]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Gambia]], [[Ghana]], [[Kenya]], [[Liberia]], [[Madagascar]], [[Nigeria]], [[Senegal]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[South Africa]], [[Tanzania]], [[Togo]], [[Uganda]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Africa YMCA {{!}} Vision and Mission |url=http://www.africaymca.org/about-us/vision-and-mission/ |access-date=2016-05-17 |website=www.africaymca.org |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611124426/http://www.africaymca.org/about-us/vision-and-mission/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Associate movements exist in [[Niger]], [[Rwanda]], and [[South Sudan]].<ref name=":2" /> YMCA organizations are in formation in [[Malawi]] and [[Namibia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=YMCA Namibia |url=https://www.facebook.com/YMCANam |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> {{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}