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Scouting puts a smile on your face.

What scouts do …

• weekly group meetings
• gather in groups of similar ages 
• elect their own speakers

life under the microscope

• are curious about their environment (nature)
• discover their surroundings (urban life)
• talk about their life as it is and how they would love it
• improve their lifelyhood

creativeness

• make music
• enjoy singing
• draw maps
• design games

outdoors

• sleep in tents
• go canoeing
• go hiking
• go swimming
• lay in the sun
• enjoy dancing in the rain
• cook on fire
• build tree houses

are friends

• enjoy the scout spirit
• meet and greet other scout groups (on a city, dioceses, national and international level)
• worldwide brotherhood

Our Vision:

Creating a better world

The World Scout Bureau explains our scouting in its pamphlet “28 million young people are changing the world”:

Mobilising young people at a global level

Scouting is a global force that takes action at an international level. It is a leading global movement for advocacy in the following fields:

• Understanding the effects of globalisation
• Sustainable development
• Cultural diversity
• The rights of children and young people
• Youth employability
• Responsible governance
• [...] against racism
• [...] against social exclusion
• Equal opportunities for men and women
• Youth involvement and youth citizenship
• Youth policies
• [...] non-formal education
• [...] the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
• Protection of the environment

Our Mission:

Educating young people to play an constructive role in society

Taking action at a local level

The Scout Movement makes a constructive contribution to the society. Scouts do “good deeds” in many diverse areas:

• Agriculture and food production
• Emergency and humanitarian aid
• Literacy
• Renewable energies
• Street children
• [...] life skills
• Professional training
• Sanitation
• Integration of people with disabilities
• [...] engaging against child labour
• Support for migrants and indigenous communities
• [...] AIDS
• Drug prevention
• Family violence prevention
• Child protection
• Rehabilitation of child soldiers
• Child and adolscent health

World Scouting

The Scout Movement is a non-partisan movement of active volunteers in a global network of local groups that belong to national scout organizations in 155 countries.