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SCOUTING IN INDIA EMBARKS ON AMBITIOUS GROWTH STRATEGY WITH SUPPORT FROM WOSM SERVICES

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. The Bharat Scouts and Guides in India is a shining example of an organisation- despite the challenges of the global health crisis, it is working to engage even more young people and volunteers in Scouting by establishing a clear and actionable growth strategy for their whole organisation.

India is currently holding a fifth of the world’s youth, and more than half of the country’s 1.3 billion people are below the age of 25, representing a sizeable opportunity for the Bharat Scouts and Guides to equip the next generation of young leaders with the skills needed to be active

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global citizens. Already this growth effort is underway in places such as Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Shimla, Dehradun, Raipur and other communities where the Bharat Scouts and Guides aims to expand young people involved in Scouting from 3.7 million to more than 6 million in the next five years.

The development and implementation of a national growth strategy for the Bharat Scouts and Guides began with a request through the WOSM Services platform to receive support. Using guidance provided in World Scouting’s Growth Toolkit, along with expertise offered by trained WOSM Services Consultant, the National Scout Organization was able to turn their national growth strategy from an administrative document into a collective call to action with buy-in from both leadership and Scouts.

Key to the success of achieving membership growth for the Bharat Scouts and Guides was having a clear, actionable strategy with achievable targets that could be measured. Having a strong growth strategy in place also enabled the leadership of the National Scout Organization to share the impact of this effort with donors and other key stakeholders - helping to raise awareness and resources to engage more young people across India in becoming active citizens through community service projects.

The growth agenda has also positioned Scouting in India as an ideal partner to contribute to the national government’s efforts to extend education for all and expand Skill India as a key initiative to provide more young people with 21st century skills for the future. The role that Dr. K.K. Khandelwal, Chief National Commissioner, has played in this area is remarkable.

Mr. Raj Kumar Kaushik, Director of the Bharat Scouts and Guides, is a true advocate for the support this National Scout Organization, sharing that “WOSM Services provided us with longterm and holistic support in various areas of our organisation’s work and was truly tailored to our needs.”

Since the Growth Service was launched to all National Scout Organizations one year ago, as part of the WOSM Services platform, its resources and support have been helping Member Organizations to increase their capacity in managing membership growth. National Scout Organizations looking to strengthen or create an actionable strategy for membership growth are encouraged to explore the Growth Toolkit and request a service through the WOSM Services

platform.

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SCOUTS CONTRIBUTE 2 BILLION HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TOWARDS PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Scouts have now contributed an astonishing 2 billion hours of community service through the Messengers of Peace Initiative to improve the sustainability of our planet by promoting peace, acting as environmental leaders, and championingequality around the globe.

The milestone puts Scouting half-way towards fulfilling its commitment to make the world’s largest youth contribution of 4 billion hours of community service towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Scouting has made an extraordinary contribution for more than a century to improve the sustainability of our planet through its unique brand of non-formal education that equips young people with the skills and competencies to be active global citizens.

In 2010, Scouting pledged to inspire a culture of peace and dialogue through its flagship Messengers of Peace initiative by encouraging millions of young people to carry out peace-building projects in their communities and log their volunteer hours through Scouting’s online platform.

Since then, Scouts have delivered more than 16 million local projects and actions throughout the world,

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supporting communities devastated by natural floods and earthquakes in Haiti, leading peace-building efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, facilitating interfaith dialogues in Indonesia, standing up for gender equality in Saudi Arabia, and working to make refugees feel Welcomed in Turkey.

“In this Decade of Action for the SDGs we need to accelerate community and youth-led solutions for sustainability over the next ten years if we are going to put our planet on a path towards peace and sustainable development. Our Messengers of Peace Initiative is proof of what youth movements like Scouting can do to achieve the SDGs,” said Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement.

As the world adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Scout Movement continued its contribution towards the Global Goals through Scouts for SDGs, a global mobilisation effort to engage young people in taking action to end poverty, tackle climate change, reduce inequalities and more.

“Scouts for SDGs has helped to mobilise young people around the world into collective action to tackle some of the most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges affecting our world. Through voluntary service and local projects, Scouts are building stronger, sustainable and more resilient communities one act at a time,” said Jemima Nartey, Vice-Chairperson of the World Scout Committee and the Committee liaison for the Messengers of Peace initiative.

Through these efforts, Scouting is recognised globally as a vital force for humanitarian action and emergency response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Scouts around the world stepped up in different ways to ensure the safety of their communities and respond to their needs.

Scouts have been registering these community service hours and local projects since 2013 through the Scouts for SDGs online hub, which are monitored and reported by 171 National Scout Organizations and featured on an interactive map showing how they contribute to each SDG.

Scouting’s local actions and contributions towards the SDGs are being supported through a network of partners and supporters including the World Scout Foundation and its network of private donors, Alwaleed Philanthropies, United Nations agencies, development agencies and governments, namely the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

There is a heightened sense of responsibility and urgency now more than ever to take concrete, lasting actions to advance the SDGs. As a global Movement, 54 million Scouts will continue to take action, individually and collectively, to deliver on the 2030 promise.

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MONTHLY STATISTICS

This monthly statistical report shows the current progress of National Scout Organizations in the implemen- tation of the Messengers of Peace Programme through the data populated at WOSM’s Global Network of Service – www.scout.org. The results are primarily made on the basis of [a] the number of users registered, [b] the number of actual service hours rendered, and [c] the total number of projects posted.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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423 06-10 APRIL, 2021

427 09-13 MAY, 2021 424 13-17 APRIL, 2021 425 27-01 APRIL-MAY, 2021

428 18-22 MAY, 2021 429 01-05 MAY-JUNE, 2021

431 15-19 JUNE, 2021 426 04-08 MAY, 2021

430 08-12 JUNE, 2021

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Date of Publication: 25/02/2021 Total Pages : 36 Regd. as Newspaper RNI-14418/58 Delhi Postal Regd. No. DL(C)-01/1222/2021-23 Licenced to post without Pre-payment U(C)-33/2021-23 Posted in New Delhi P.S.O. on 25/26-02-2021

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