Food for Life! In KwaZulu-Natal, the Zola Scouts Group from the Wembezi Township started a vegetable garden at school in response to the need of children and people in their community living with disabilities, illnesses and in extreme poverty. While working on the garden, the group enhanced relationships between schools and community members. A common…
In Mpumalanga children and youths engaged in health and the emotional well being. One of the projects was the Sonqoba Youth Project where peers educate peers on HIV & AIDS. A variety of tools are used to create awareness, increase understanding and promote behaviour change. Discussions, drama, music and debate are just some examples. During…
As members of SCOUTS South Africa, children, youths and adults make constructive contributions to their communities and strive to be representatives of a social force that promotes civic engagement and a culture of peace and tolerance. South African youths have put honesty, loyalty and commitment as synonymous to being a “Messenger of Peace”. The funding…
1st Cho Cho Community Scout Group This brilliant initiative came from Scouters Sally and Chantal in Mpumalanga. The two Adult Leaders started a Scout Group named 1st Cho Cho Community Scout Group at the Children in Distress Home that currently looks after 459 orphaned and vulnerable children and their 242 Care Givers who themselves live in extreme…
On the 28th of June 2012 SCOUTS South Africa was awarded the Mail & Guardian’s Greening the Future Award for Schools and Institutions. The award is an annual celebration of efforts to create a cleaner planet without compromising progress. “Environmental training has always formed part of our Scouting programme. With climate change being a hot…