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Scouts pose outside the UN headquarters in New York

A new United Nations (UN) Youth Office, announced on Thursday, 8 September following the passing of a UN General Assembly Resolution, will integrate and expand on the work of the Envoys of the Secretary-General on Youth and advance engagement and...

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Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet of flowers from young Scouts

The World Organization of the Scout Movement expresses its deepest sympathy at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a dedicated supporter of Scouting and youth education.

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Nour Mahmoudi (left) poses with Generation Unlimited sign

At the age of seven, Nour Mahmoudi joined Scouting in Algeria and has been an active and outstanding Scout ever since, focusing her efforts on youth engagement and youth empowerment in her country.

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A group of Malaysian Scouts laugh in front of a laptop while they video chat with Scouts in another country
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Have you ever met a friend from another country? It can be life-changing! As you discover new things about people and places around the globe, you can come to appreciate commonalities and differences, expand your perspectives, develop new skills, and...

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Campfire at night

National Scout Organizations (NSOs) gathered at this year’s first virtual Growth Campfire to share how WOSM Services helped mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing partnerships, strengthening youth and adult programmes...

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Girl Scouts in India in the Outdoors

As Scouting continues to adapt to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, National Scout Organizations around the world are discovering ways to maintain and grow their membership.

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Group of Scouts from Tunisia

In February 2021, Scout Leader and primary school teacher Meriam Mechiri attended a Scout Group Leaders Forum in Gafsa, Tunisia. Hailing from a small village called Bir Thalathine in Tataouine, a city close to the country’s southern borders, she has...

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New Scout.org homepage

Today World Scouting is excited to announce the launch of our new and improved website: scout.org!

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For Amar Chettri, a lifelong Scout and National Coordinator of the Bharat Scouts and Guides Messengers of Peace initiative, meeting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and sharing the impacts of Scouting’s peace-building efforts was a once in a lifetime...

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Ivy Akii, a lifelong Scout, runs a community organization in Kibera, the poorest district in Nairobi, Kenya, that empowers teenage mothers by teaching them how to be entrepreneurs. Thanks to her initiative, girls are able to return to school and...

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