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![Anna, a Ukrainian Scout leader, prepares a game to introduce them to Scouting concepts and values.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2023-03/photo_2023-02-06_21.00.40_1.jpeg?h=29234840&itok=bbYjbPeG)
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![Scouts from Antigua & Barbuda taking part in fun activities](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/antigua_barbuda.jpeg?h=8abcec71&itok=V2vpWoxc)
World Scouting on 24 November welcomed the Antigua and Barbuda Scout Association (ABSA) as the 173rd Member Organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
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Today, World Scouting is proud to honour 12 incredible young people with this year’s Messengers of Peace Heroes Award for their outstanding service and contributions towards building peace and promoting sustainable development in their communities.
![scouts helping in rescue operation in rubble](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/pramuka_peduli_-4_0.jpeg?h=5cbc94eb&itok=19H_MTRS)
After the 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Cianjur District of the West Java Province of Indonesia on Monday afternoon, 21 November 2022, Scouts around the devastated areas grabbed their Scout neckerchief, vest and gears, then proceeded to help people in...
![Scouts in Cameroon turning waste into new products](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/screenshot_2022-11-22_at_11.17.59_am_0.png?h=6a973fdf&itok=y48M4fh1)
After the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge was launched in Cameroon in March 2021, some 30,000 Scouts, Scout Leaders, beneficiaries, and members of the public eagerly attended training to learn more about how the global youth initiative could address...
![Marci created the “Friendship Book”, a child-friendly activity book that the National Scout Organization (NSO) in Hungary has published and distributed to over 100 Ukrainian young people for the booklet’s reflective and peacebuilding nature.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/307872364_1226056311572408_7027003424819811519_n.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=4lELgO0M)
Marci Hajdu, 26-years old, is a Scout leader in Hungary, who was among the first responders at a railway station, assisting newly arrived refugee families from Ukraine. Marci holds a degree in psychology and has been actively involved in the UAct...
![European Communications Forum](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/dsc03430.jpg?h=a107cbc1&itok=grEoo3DY)
From brainstorming the shape of the European Network of Communication to support volunteers and staff of NSOs and NSAs in the field of communications to opening spaces for sharing practices on merchandise, Scout magazines and communication channels
![Scouts on stage after a successful events about Scouts for SDGs at the SDG Hub at COP27 in Egypt](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/screenshot_2022-11-12_at_10.21.12_pm.png?h=539b3a8b&itok=Nmp7OljX)
Scouts joined thousands of civil society organisations at COP27 to call on world leaders, climate negotiators, and business leaders to take urgent action on climate change.
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The first European Sustainability Forum concluded on Sunday, 23 October with the creation of a new European network of representatives from National Scout Organizations (NSOs), National Scout Associations (NSAs) and other partners to strengthen...
![WOSM Secretary General Ahmad Alhendawi visits Poland, where Scouts & Guides are welcoming and helping refugees arriving from Ukraine.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/konrad_kmiec_zhp_pl_27032022_32.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=yFz-yCaI)
Over the last six months, Scouts in Europe have provided humanitarian assistance to more than 800,000 Ukrainian refugees, of which 270,000 are children and adolescents, according to a report recently published by UNICEF and the Scout Movement.
![Scouts in Mexico pose in front of their clean up efforts](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/img_0508_0.jpg?h=658161e4&itok=6HP4mf-l)
Greater Mexico City, a megalopolis with over 22 million residents, produces almost 13,000 tonnes of garbage every day. Despite a ban on single-use plastics in 2020, implementation was slowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
![Valentina y algunos de los Jóvenes Líderes de la Red de Salud Mental](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/whatsapp_image_2022-10-21_at_9.23.19_pm_3_0.jpeg?h=29234840&itok=XBw-QgXd)
Valentina Leaño, Scouts de Bolivia shares the importance of Mental Health amongst Youth
![This project brought fun and beauty to the city of Coro, while raising awareness for environmental conservation and plastic pollution.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/8pr7ct7q_0.jpeg?h=96a96008&itok=KSzFM8s5)
This you have to see. A Scout Leader in Coro, Venezuela led a project to build a beautiful “sustainable wall” out of… bottle caps!
![Scouts Grecia and Kazi speak with a reporter during COP26](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-11/img-20211103-wa0021.jpeg?h=4521fff0&itok=lo2AEEoo)
This week, Scouts are headed to the United Nations’ largest annual climate change conference, COP27, and we have a lot to tell the political and business leaders we’ll be meeting.
![Scouts in Switzerland works cleaning their local community in autumn](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-10/vo10262012_79_1.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=yxRUI9-T)
Scouting’s leadership from 31 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) and National Scout Associations (NSAs) representing 25 countries will convene this week for the first European Sustainability Forum to share knowledge and advance an common agenda for...
![Scouts in Libya joined together to take part in the Jamboree On The Internet (@Joma.Tarua.n.sasi)](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_small/public/2022-10/ws_lby_jotajoti22_12.jpeg?h=56813256&itok=KYXPj5Ng)
Millions of young people connected from more than 150 countries across the globe this weekend, 14-16 October 2022, during World Scouting’s annual digital and radio jamboree. For many Scouts, JOTA-JOTI 2022 was particularly important as they reconnect...