Pietermaritzburg YMCA: 
 " Empowering Youth for life, leadership and service"

Our Vision 
Through Christian values, serve the youth & broader community responding in a well – managed sustainable manner, providing facilities & programs to enhance the quality of life & environment.

Our Identity and Historical Mandate
These are rooted in and guided by :

PARIS BASIS (1855)
The Young Men’s Christian Association seeks to unite those young men,
who regarding Jesus as their Lord and Saviour according to the Holy Scriptures, desire to be his disciples in their faith and their life, and to associate their efforts for the extension of His Kingdom amongst young men.
and KAMPALA PRINCIPLES (1973) / CHALLENGE 21