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Celebrations to mark 100 years of the Kandersteg International Scout Centre have gotten off to an incredible start with almost 200 Scouts and Guides from 53 different countries attending events in the lead up to a summer of festivities.
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Les Scouts
Les Scouts have taken the lead in human rights education. As part of their #IMPACT plan in 2019, the organisation initiated a campaign to raise awareness about human rights, in collaboration with UNICEF Belgium, Amnesty International Belgique, and...
WOSM highlighted the importance of non-formal education in promoting good health and wellbeing at the inaugural meeting of the World Health Organization’s Youth Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Anna is a 20-year-old Scout leader from Dnipro, Ukraine. She fled Ukraine when the war escalated in February 2022, but she returned to Dnipro as soon as it was safe to do so. Having faced displacement, Anna volunteers with internally displaced...
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Pathfinder Scouts Vietnam
Following the success of the first event 3 years ago, the 2nd Pathfinder Scouts Vietnam National Youth Scout Forum was held in Ho Chi Minh City on 3-5 February 2023, gathering more than 100 young potential Scout Leaders & Rovers from all units across...
Bangladesh Scouts hosted the 32nd Asia-Pacific and 11th National Scout Jamboree, which took place from 19th to 27th January 2023 at the National Scout Training Centre, Mouchak, Gazipur.
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©Egor Andronov Scouts of Ukraine
One year ago, the full-scale war in Ukraine forced millions to leave their lives behind in search of safety elsewhere. Over 8 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, and an additional 6 million people have been internally displaced within the country...
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Afra Murungi
In Uganda, girls do not enjoy the same level of freedom and equity as boys. UNESCO estimates that one in ten girls in Sub-Saharan Africa misses a week of school every month due to their periods, fuelling inequity between girls and boys both at school...
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Scouts of North Macedonia
Forests play an essential role in combating climate change and biodiversity loss. Our forests serve as carbon sinks and help reduce the effects of climate change.
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World Scout Bureau
The Scouts of Brazil began an unprecedented expedition this Tuesday, February 14th. For the first time in the institution’s history, a team of three volunteer sailors from the Scout Movement will sail along the Brazilian coast in a vessel donated by...
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World Scout Bureau
Community service and compassion are key values in Scouting. Showing determination to help others, Scouts in Chile - the Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile - created a program for migrants to provide recreational activities that lead to more...
Eleven new Youth Representatives have been selected to represent World Scouting internationally and advocate for causes that matter to young people and communities.
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Barbara Ribič
Lana is a 20-year-old Scout (tabornica) from Slovenia. At the age of 16, she became the leader of the organising team for ZOT (Zimsko Orientacijsko Tekmovanje), a Slovenian national Scout competition held annually on the last weekend of January...
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©Skautský institut
After the start of the war in Ukraine, over 450,000 Ukrainian refugees sought temporary protection in Czechia.
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Cercetașii României
The level of information, responsibility, and active participation (both at the community level and during the decision-making process) towards stopping global warming and reducing its effects is currently insufficient in Romania.