Gifts for Peace is our key centennial programme for all Scouts to tackle local issues and make a difference in our communities.
These Gifts for Peace are gifts of education, understanding, tolerance and respect for others, given by Scouts in the form of community projects to other young people and their communities in order to help to build a better world.
Scouts worldwide are tackling issues in the following three working areas:
Managing Conflict without violence
- Conflict resolution, problem solving, negotitation and mediation, anger management
Challenging Prejudice
- Identifying and challenging prejudices and stereotypes, for example: racism, religious intolerance, bullying and gender
Encouraging greater solidarity
- Solidarity with underpriviledged groups, for example: refugees, internally displaced people, asylum seekers, street children and ethnic minority groups.
Scouts in over one hundred countries are already working on Gifts for Peace projects. For example: Scouts in South Africa are working on an HIV/AIDS awareness project, Scouts in Egypt are working to tackle child labour, Scouts in Saudi Arabia are working to develop inter-cultural and inter-religious understanding, Scouts in New Zealand are working on health issues and tackling youth suicide, Scouts in Brazil are working to disarm young people and tackle violence in the home and on the streets and Scouts in Namibia are combating domestic violence and the abuse of women and children. To find out more, visit the Projects section.
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