A BackStage Story by the Scout Donation Platform

Camilo Ayala knows what it’s like to live without hope, so he decided to do his part to try and help other young people caught up in gang violence in Colombia with the “Heroes of the Future” project; an initiative that...

The UK Scout Association has launched its strategy for growth over the next five years, with the aim of equipping young people with the skills they need for life, and adding 50,000 more young people to its membership.

Skills for Life – our plan to prepare...

Scouting in the Czech Republic was banned three times under the country’s authoritarian regimes, and many of its leaders sacked from their jobs or even thrown in jail, but 30 years after the collapse of Communism, young Czechs are queuing up to become Scouts, and the Czech...

Robert is a serial offender. Jailed in the sprawling Murchison Bay Prison in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, he faces two more years behind bars.

But a year ago he joined the Scouts, and now he’s a Patrol Leader in his block. It’s changed his life.

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The World Scout Committee has awarded the Bronze Wolf to four leaders – Dr Joao Armando Gonçalves, Ms Karin Ahlback, Mr Ian Langford-Brown, and Ms Brigitte Therivel– in recognition of their outstanding commitment and service to Scouting.

Former World Scout Committee...

Kuala Lumpur, 3 May 2018 – The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has selected Brazil to host the 3rd World Scout Education Congress to discuss the development of Scouting’s educational programmes in a rapidly changing world, and strategies to ensure the...

Kuala Lumpur, 24 April: The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes the independent progress study on Youth, Peace and Security, and the first open debate on the topic held by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Monday.

Every week, over 50...

Scouts in Thailand are taking a lead role in the conservation of the historic city of Sukhothai, a masterpiece of Siamese architecture, which has been a World Heritage site since 1991.

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Singapore​, 13 March 2018 – ​WWF and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) are deepening their collaboration to drive global awareness and action on nature and the environment, in recognition of the enormous challenges facing our planet and the important...

Volunteer members of Indonesia’s Scout Task Force joined rescue efforts in central Java after a landslide triggered by heavy rain swept through the village of Pasir Panjang in Central Java, leaving at least seven people dead.

The 200 Scouts, from the Movement’s “...