Marta Huretska & Victoria Trofimova
Special guest
Marta Huretska
YMCA Ukraine Board Member
Strategy and Communications Expert for YMCA Ukraine
Marta has been part of the YMCA for over 20 years, beginning as a participant in youth programs before growing into roles as a volunteer camp director, board member of her local branch and World YMCA Change Agent.
Passionate about camps, Marta leads the national camp counselor training program. Since the full scale invasion, she is engaged in humanitarian response and organizes YMCA camps for youth from war-affected frontline communities in Ukraine.
Victoria Trofimova
Strategy and Governance Lead Expert, YMCA Ukraine
Victoria Trofimova has been part of the YMCA movement since 2015. She founded one of the local YMCA branches in Ukraine and dedicated eight years as a volunteer. Her journey continued as a national board member of YMCA Ukraine.
In 2022, Victoria and her young son were forced to leave Ukraine and sought refuge in Germany. There, she joined YMCA Bavaria, and for 2 years has been leading an integration program for Ukrainian refugees.
Together Victoria and Marta are working on vision and strategy for the YMCA Ukraine.
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https://www.ymca.org/Crisis-in-Ukraine
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Marta Huretska & Victoria Trofimova has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 142: Part 2: Ukraine YMCA with Marta & Victoria
July 30th, 2025 | Season 2 | 22 mins 27 secs
america, belief, bible, christianity, churches, communication, confrontation, education, faith, family, future, god, help, herbert i burns jr, history, hope, marta huretska, politics, radio, truth, ukraine, victoria trofimova, vision, war
Listen to these amazing leaders of the YMCA in Ukraine. Marta and Victoria share what it is like to help the youth in Ukraine during this time of war. Special counseling is required as well as special physical environments necessary to protect those they serve when they are even being bombed my the enemy.
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Episode 141: Part 1: Ukraine YMCA with Marta & Victoria
July 18th, 2025 | Season 2 | 42 mins 54 secs
america, belief, bible, christianity, churches, communication, confrontation, education, faith, family, future, god, help, herbert i burns jr, history, hope, marta huretska, politics, radio, truth, ukraine, victoria trofimova, vision, war
Listen to these amazing leaders of the YMCA in Ukraine. Marta and Victoria share what it is like to help the youth in Ukraine during this time of war. Special counseling is required as well as special physical environments necessary to protect those they serve when they are even being bombed my the enemy.