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Anna, a Ukrainian Scout leader, prepares a game to introduce them to Scouting concepts and values.

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...

©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...

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...

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.

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.

©Skautský institut

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

I had my first contact with Scouting at age 10, while participating in my local Scout group's open doors day. Having the opportunity to learn something normally conducted indoors outdoors intrigued me.

Pierre, Antonin and Florian stand next to their bikes.

La Cyclodyssée

Joining the 25th World Scout Jamboree 2023 without taking a plane. This is the goal of the project La Cyclodyssée.

Scouts from Slovakia pass the Peacelight to Scouts from Ukraine.

For over 20 years, every December, Scouts in Europe have passed the Peace Light across Europe as a symbol of peace, hope and unity for everyone. The Peace Light is a continuously-burning flame originating from the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity...

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