Messengers of Peace
Messengers of Peace is a World Scouting project created to capitalize on the success of the “Gifts for Peace” projects that were run during the centenary year. The Messengers of Peace programme is a 10-year initiative for the 161 member countries of the World Organization of the Scout Movement to involve individual Scouts as well as National Scout Organizations from all WOSM regions in peace-building activities.
The Messengers of Peace initiative has two approaches:
- National Scouts Organizations and Associations as well as regional offices can apply for grants to fund activities in 5 areas: conflict dialogue training, support to young people in conflict zones, social entrepreneurship projects, capacity building and developing the network of Messengers of Peace.
- Individual Scouts from all parts of the world are being challenged to undertake projects involving their Scout units or other groups from school, religious organizations or social organizations to make a significant difference within their community in areas of training in conflict resolution, intervention in conflict areas, inter-community or inter-ethnic communications and environment or community health interventions.
The Messengers of Peace programme has two main objectives:
- To recognize the tremendous work done over many years by Scouts in favour of peace.
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To support Scouts around the world to increase the impact of their work for peace – reaching more people, spreading their work to other districts, other regions or to other countries.
