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Scouts carrying belonging through flood waters
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Post-admission support visit to Congo Brazzavile
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World Scout Bureau Inc./ Nelson Opany
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Scouts Against Malaria - Malawi
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World Scouting/Malawi
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Africa Scout Day celebrations, Burundi 2024
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Congo Scouts Africa Rover Moot
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1st Africa Rover Moot 2023
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Scout collecting waste in river

In Rio de Janeiro, a crowd of enthusiastic volunteers, including more than two hundred Scouts, joined in an inspiring day of cleaning up the beaches, followed by an emotional symbolic hug known as "Aquele Abraço" ("That Hug"). ) on the beach of São...

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Hundred Scouts are gathered before a scenario.
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Michal Janata

The National Scout Jamboree 2023 is the largest gathering of scouts in the Czech Republic since 1931. This event brings together 5,000 boys and girls aged 10-16, over 550 adult and teenage volunteers, and a large organisational team.

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Four young Scouts and Guides stand showing a box used for raising funds.
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Mads Ankarstrand/Norges Speiderforbund

When the camera starts filming, young Scouts and Guides welcome Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit to a campfire at Øvresetertjern in Nordmarka (Norway).

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Scouts with and without disabilities stand together during the Arab parajamboree
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World Scout Bureau

Imagine a place where diversity is celebrated, inclusion is the norm, and barriers are broken down. This is exactly what the second Arab Scout Inclusive Camp (Parajamboree) was all about. From 29 April to 5 May 2023, Scouts from Arab countries came...

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Earth Tribe planet

We are challenging you today to start the conversation about Earth Tribe in your Schools, communities and churches. The idea is to sensibilize other young people with real data about what is happening now to Earth and how they will be able to...

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Earth Tribe planet

El desafío es comenzar la conversación sobre la Tribu de la Tierra en tus escuelas, comunidades e iglesias. La idea es sensibilizar a otros jóvenes con datos reales sobre lo que está pasando a nuestro Planeta Tierra y cómo cada uno puede colaborar...

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Wall with papers and drawings.
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Slovensky Skauting

Veronika is a 21-year-old Scout in Slovakia. She became active in community service actions during the COVID-19 pandemic when Slovakian Scouts led response efforts like delivering face masks and respirators.

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Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and Jutta Urpilainen, European Commission Directorate for International Partnerships
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Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General of WOSM and Jutta Urpilainen, European Commission Directorate for International Partnerships, met to discuss the challenges facing young people around the world and Scouting’s role in supporting the European...

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Canadian Scouts pose for a photo

For more than 100 years, Scouts Canada has given millions of young people unique and enriching experiences towards developing important skills and values, encouraging them to be curious, adventurous, and responsible members of society.

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A group of young people wearing their Scout scarves stand in from of a church.

The 14th WOSM Agora, which took place in National Scout Centre of Fátima (Portugal) from April 12-16, saw more than 60 rovers from 21 countries representing 24 National Scout Associations coming together for four intensive days of an event 'for...

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Hero candidates

2 Coordinators for the Interamerican Youth Network will be elected for the period between the Networks meeting in 2023, until the first network meeting after the Interamerican Scout Conference in 2026.

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Three Scouts wearing purple high visibility jackets with the scouts fleur de lis.
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Scouts

14-25 year old Scouts and volunteers made their way to Westminster Abbey to coordinate and support the Coronation, where HRH King Charles III was officially crowned on May 6, 2023.

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Expro Pro Welcome

On May 6, 54 young scouts full of passion and commitment belonging to 12 countries and cultures of the Interamerican Scout Region participated as exhibitors in the first Expo of Community Projects “ExpoPro”.

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Welcome to the new Scout Donation Platform. Image depicts a laptop and mobile phone with the new website displayed
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World Scout Bureau

Today, World Scouting - WOSM and the World Scout Foundation are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new Scout Donation Platform as a dedicated space for Scouts to fundraise for community improvement projects in the areas of environment, peace...

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A group of people sitting in a circle on the floor.
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Skautský institut

After being a Scout for most of her life, 25-year-old Mája joined World Scouting and UNICEF’s UAct project in 2022 to work closely with Ukrainians who fled to her country, Czechia.

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