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Eleven new Youth Representatives have been selected to represent World Scouting internationally and advocate for causes that matter to young people and communities.

Scouts from the Migrant Scout programme in Chile lay together in the grass

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...

Scouts of Brazil set off for an unprecedented sail of the Brazilian coast

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...

Ugandan Scout wearing a t-shirt that in yellow color reads: No Missed School Days.

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...

Kamil Jasinski

The event will focus on creating a space for networking, partnership building, youth empowerment, and peer-to-peer learning, as it brings together Scouts, UNICEF, and other humanitarian actors offering varying levels of expertise on the topic of...

Two Scouts plant a tree in an area burned by wildfires in North Macedonia.

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.

In the early morning on 6 February 2023, powerful earthquakes shook southeast Türkiye and northern Syria resulting in thousands of casualties and injuries after the earthquake levelled buildings and devastated communities.

A group of young Scouts make a circle and show small pieces of paper.

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.

Lana, 20-year-old Scout smiles at the camera.

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...

Group picture of the volunteers and staff at Hotel Rakša.

After the start of the war in Ukraine, over 450,000 Ukrainian refugees sought temporary protection in Czechia.

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