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![Welcome to the new Scout Donation Platform. Image depicts a laptop and mobile phone with the new website displayed](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2023-05/scout-donation-platform-launch-assets-website_vo020523.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=uDTvt3fv)
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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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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“I recognize the importance of the Scout movement as a partner in advancing the development of young people. The movement is a social force that can be harnessed for good in areas such as peace and security, climate action and international...
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Mariana Elizalde Cano, a 23-year-old Scout from Mexico, became a Messenger of Peace Hero in 2021 in recognition of her remarkable work in producing and donating over 160 prosthetic arms across Mexico using her home 3D printer.
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Scouts across Africa joined WWF in commemorating Earth Hour by organizing in-person and virtual awareness events, conducting marches for nature, planting trees, conducting environmental clean-ups, and doing the symbolic switch-off at 08:30 PM local...
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Since its launch in December 2020, the Global Youth Mobilization has financed projects directly engaging over 600, 000 young people in developing and implementing activities reaching over 3.63 million community beneficiaries.
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The three-day first Africa Scout Interreligious Symposium held in Bangui, Central Africa Republic from 17-19 March 2023 brought together 57 Scout leaders, government representatives and partners of Scouting from 8 countries with a call for unity and...
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Earlier this week, the world’s leading scientists released a sobering report via the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). While World Scouting is increasing efforts to advocate, educate and act to help put the planet on a path to...
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Scouts of Madagascar working in collaboration with the State and humanitarian NGOs are providing the much-needed support. They established and deployed a First Aid Brigade of 100 Scouts in the city of Antananarivo in collaboration with the Fire...
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Hundreds of Scouts from 20 countries from Africa and Europe joined by a host of guests and partners gathered to celebrate the Scout Movement’s efforts in the areas of education and moulding of young people, training of adults and implementation of...
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Celebrations to mark 100 years of the Kandersteg International Scout Centre have gotten off to an incredible start with almost 200 Scouts and Guides from 53 different countries attending events in the lead up to a summer of festivities.
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Les Scouts have taken the lead in human rights education. As part of their #IMPACT plan in 2019, the organisation initiated a campaign to raise awareness about human rights, in collaboration with UNICEF Belgium, Amnesty International Belgique, and...
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WOSM highlighted the importance of non-formal education in promoting good health and wellbeing at the inaugural meeting of the World Health Organization’s Youth Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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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...
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Following the success of the first event 3 years ago, the 2nd Pathfinder Scouts Vietnam National Youth Scout Forum was held in Ho Chi Minh City on 3-5 February 2023, gathering more than 100 young potential Scout Leaders & Rovers from all units across...