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Scouts take part in JOTA-JOTI 2026
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Tily Analamanga Andrefana

From 16 to 18 October, Scouts from every corner of the globe came together for JOTA-JOTI, the world's largest digital and radio Scout event.

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Escoteiros de Portugal

At just 21 years old, Carolina believes that every young person deserves the chance to experience the kind of learning that changes how they see themselves and the world around them.

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Young people of different ages sit around a campfire while holding papers.
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Scouts of North Macedonia

For many young people, having ideas is not the difficult part. Finding a way to make those ideas heard is. In communities around the world, young people are often encouraged to participate, but too rarely are they given the knowledge, confidence and...

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Seven young Ukrainians wearing Scout scarves sit around a table, some of them laughing.
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In a country where young people continue to grow up surrounded by uncertainty, difficult decisions and an overwhelming flow of information, creating opportunities to slow down and reflect has never felt more important.

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Scouts for SDGs scarf

Greater investment in the Sustainable Development Goals, and in the young people who will carry this agenda long past 2030.

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Pengakap Malaysia

More than 7,000 Scouts, volunteers, and service team members from Malaysia and several countries took part in the seven-day Jamboree.

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Ava guarani person

In north-western Argentina, one volunteer created the country's first Indigenous Scout group, a space where young people recover their Ava Guaraní culture and grow in confidence and pride.

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Scouts in action
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Scouts Association of Mongolia

More than 1,000 Scouts, volunteers, and International Service Team members gathered in Khentii Province for the Scout Association of Mongolia’s Third International Jamboree, a week-long programme of adventure, leadership, and intercultural learning.

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The Scout Movement joined the 21st YMCA World Council in Toronto with a clear message: youth leadership is built on trust, belonging, and shared power, not symbolic spaces.

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Arab Support Center

Driven by Scouting’s mission as an informal educational movement that promotes diversity, equal access, and youth participation, the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, in partnership with the Arab Scout Organisations / Arab Scout Region, has...

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Boy Scouts of the Philippines

What if the next big idea came from a young Scout? Across the Philippines, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Impact Innovators Challenge is proving it through youth-led solutions to real community challenges.

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Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia

The idea that impact comes later in life is being challenged by thousands of Scouts across Indonesia.

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More than 3,000 Scouts and volunteers from across Europe and beyond gathered in Czechia last weekend as Intercamp 2026 returned to the country for the first time in ten years.

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Youth Reps pose for a photo
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© World Scout Bureau / Nelson Opany

Thirty-seven young people from around the world have been selected as World Scouting’s newest Youth Representatives, taking on an important role in bringing the voices, ideas, and experiences of Scouts into global and regional advocacy spaces.

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