![Scout-led solutions to unemployment and illegal migration in Guinea](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-05/guinea_1.jpeg?h=707772c7&itok=_wcMvMHU)
Africa
![Scout-led solutions to unemployment and illegal migration in Guinea](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-05/guinea_1.jpeg?h=707772c7&itok=_wcMvMHU)
Scouts put their project into action with a series of workshops to empower 200 young people and women with leadership and entrepreneurship skills, focusing on agribusiness. In addition to business training, the project established four agricultural...
![Combating early marriage and teenage pregnancy in rural Zambia through education and empowerment](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-05/zambia_1.jpeg?h=d668167d&itok=b29s36cy)
The Zambia Scouts Association launched the “ Give Me a Future, Not a Husband" project with support from the Messengers of Peace Support Fund. The initiative empowers women and girls, helping them return to school, providing support for their children...
![Scouts bring hope to children after volcanic eruption in DRC](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-05/drc_1.jpeg?h=29234840&itok=gnYf4Skg)
A total of 805 children and 17 adults were supported through the project, which was implemented by a team of 74 young people and nine adults. Of the young people, 82 joined local Scout groups where they will continue to benefit from the educational...
![Plastic tide turners in Madagascar](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-05/c_world_scouting-madagascar_-_plastic_tide_turners_challenge_project_in_madagascar-24.jpg?h=02ce9656&itok=lG_y6Wix)
Since 2022, the Plastic Tide Turners project in Madagascar has encouraged over 4,500 young people to become aware of plastic pollution, inspiring them to develop leadership and advocacy skills and engage in innovative activities that help to protect...
![Post-admission support visit to Congo Brazzavile](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-05/_world_scout_bureau_inc.-nelson_opany_-_scoutisme_congolais_mission_april_20240419-40.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=n0o-djrj)
The post-admission capacity building and support visit to Scoutisme Congolais focused on assessing the status of Scouting in the country and exploring how to better support the growth and development of the movement while ensuring compliance with...
![YUNGA Nutrition Badge in Madagascar](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-04/uni553794_med-res_with_credit_watermark.jpg?h=197483aa&itok=LbNTDtcg)
The project had a profound effect, reaching over 422,500 children, adolescents, and vulnerable women in the targeted districts. It fostered an increased awareness about healthy eating habits and the nutritional value of local foods, setting a...
![Scouts Against Malaria - Malawi](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-04/scouts_against_malaria_-_malawi9.jpeg?h=34bbd072&itok=dpT201gj)
Scouts in Malawi, Ghana, and Uganda, with the support of UK Scouts, have been purchasing and distributing insecticide treated bed nets to vulnerable people in their countries, and engaging communities in malaria prevention awareness through the...
![Opération Ramadan Charity](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-04/oracha_8.jpeg?h=943238f6&itok=tKdeydHF)
For the last nine years, as the Muslim holy month approaches, the Scouts and Guides of Mali meet to organize the food distribution through their Opération Ramadan Charity (ORACHA) initiative with the help of over 200 Scouts and Guides are deployed...
![Plastic Tide Turners Challenge Project in Rwanda](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-03/world_scout_bureau_inc.-nelson_opany_-_plastic_tide_turners_challenge_-_nkombo_scout_group_-_.jpg?h=34bbd072&itok=R1fRNXLt)
In the districts of Gasabo, Kicukiro, Musanze and Rusizi in Rwanda, Scouts are learning about the harmful effect of plastics on the environment and taking action to reduce plastic pollution in their communities - from community awareness campaigns to...
![Africa Scout Day celebrations, Burundi 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2024-03/c_world_scout_bureau_inc-nelson_opany_-_asd_celebrations_burundi_20240316-1.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=dPXWiq_O)
Over 500 Scouts from 15 countries around Africa and the world gathered in Bujumbura, Burundi for the 14th Africa Scout Day celebrations with calls for Scouts to embrace the future with openness and optimism; engage more young people for growth and...