Life on Land
Nairobi, 16 October 2020 – More than 400 young Africans were today honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution in their communities as part of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge. At a high-level event, political leaders, senior UN...
When COVID-19 hit Nepal, the government imposed a lock down. One community in Damak City at Jhapa district has been severely affected where hunger is a daily struggle. This community has 15-20 families where most men work as construction workers in a...
The Sustainable Development Goals could be sometimes perceived as an out-of-touch topic for young people. That is why It is crucial to constantly establish a meaningful link between these global goals and the reality of local communities. Youth...
A group of Scouts and leaders took extra miles to serve their community, largely in the slum areas, during this unusual times. They undertook activities to help the most vulnerable and worst-affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since April, Scouts...
Plastic has been with us for ages due to its affordability and durability. However, the use of plastics over time has led for it to pile up in our landfills – due to its slow disintegration – and eventually our seas and oceans. With the campaign of...
A Scout group from Pathfinder Scouts Vietnam conducted a tree planting activity for some rural households in Quang Nam and Lam Dong provinces, two mountainous areas in the country late in September 2019. A total of 68 Scouts and non-Scouts...
17 September 2019 Anni, a 10-year-old Cub Scout from Finland, wrote to Finland’s Prime Minister about how much she cares about the environment and received a surprising answer from Prime Minister Antti Rinne on a public Facebook post. Early in...
Scouting in Africa has launched of a regional campaign named Africa SDGs Oven that will be a catalyst of commitment and action for the Scouts to implement and adopt SDGs in their day to day activities. The Africa SDGs Oven campaign starts on 9 th...
Today, World Scouting unveiled the Discovering the SDGs Action Kit, the latest in a series of tools and resources that are being developed to engage over 50 million Scouts in making the world’s largest coordinated youth contribution to the...
Scouts together with Girl Guides, University Students and Junior Achievement Club joined UN- Environment and the Clean Seas Campaign to share their progress on the implementation of the Plastic Tide Turners Challenge Badge programme since the launch...