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Every year, Norwegian Scouts and Guides sew rainbow badges on their uniforms, put on rainbow scarves and participate in LGBTQ+ Pride parades across the country. Pride has been named “the year’s most important Scout trip” and connects Scouts of all...

Scouts from Cote d’Ivoire have launched an entrepreneurship project dubbed Scouts in Action to contribute towards the COVID-19 response efforts. The project based in EPP BAD School in Adjamé involves sewing facemasks and making face shields for...

The Scouts and Guides of Yemen facilitated the delivery of food assistance to displaced people sheltered in 80 centers while educating them on the precautionary measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Scouts worked in cooperation with...

In Monkey Bay, about 39 0 km away from the city of Lilongwe , Scouts in Malawi are running a dual awareness campaign targeting to provide communities with information on COVID-19 and Malaria. This is as a result of reduced access to treated mosquito...

The Sustainable Development Goals could be sometimes perceived as an out-of-touch topic for young people. That is why It is crucial to constantly establish a meaningful link between these global goals and the reality of local communities. Youth...

On the request of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in Cockeril, the Sierra Leone Scouts Association (SLSA) deployed a team of 25 Scout volunteers for a week-long Communication and Social Mobilization research exercise in the Commercial Business...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is following the reports about the possible removal of the statue of Lord Robert Baden-Powell from Poole Quay in Dorset, United Kingdom. WOSM’s Member Organisation in the UK, The Scout Association...

The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) has partnered with Philippine Government’s Department of Agriculture through its Bureau of Plant Industries (BPI) to launch an urban agriculture project aimed at ensuring food availability and economic gains...

A group of Scouts and leaders took extra miles to serve their community, largely in the slum areas, during this unusual times. They undertook activities to help the most vulnerable and worst-affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since April, Scouts...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 disease, the Georgian Scouts in Samegrelo Region have been actively involved in the fight against the virus through cooperation they have with the Red Cross Society of Georgia.

As Turkey starts easing down the Coronavirus restrictions across the country, The Turkish Scouts continue offering their support to the community by ensuring a safe return of students and teachers to schools, to wrap up the end-of-year exams. Ever...

Today we are excited to announce a major milestone with the launch of the Earth Tribe - a new initiative for environmental education that will engage young people, both Scouts and non-Scouts, in a global movement for environmental action. The Earth...

Hear it from some of our young advocates, as they reflect on the possibility of uniting for environmental action in the same unity we have witnessed during this global pandemic. Co-authored by World Scouting’s Youth Representatives: Grecia Bárcena...

World Scouting today announced the launch of the Earth Tribe, a new educational initiative that unites young people in a global youth movement for environmental action. The new initiative focuses on developing the key competencies needed to enable...

World Scouting and WWF strengthened their global partnership this week, renewing a joint commitment to inspire and mobilize even more young people to take action towards the preservation and restoration of nature. Through the partnership, World...