2024 Impact of Scouting Seminar

Impact of Scouting Seminar

The Impact of Scouting Seminar at the 76th BP Fellowship Event, highlighted the inspiring work of Scouts making a difference in their communities.

On the afternoon of 26 October, the 2024 Impact of Scouting Seminar featured four Scouts from Brazil, Honduras and Mexico who highlighted how Scouting had impacted their lives, the lives of young people around them and their communities. Luiza (Brazil) shared the immediate action of Scouts following devastating flooding in Rio Grande do Sul; Max (Mexico) spoke about a Scout-led initiative to support young people’s health and wellbeing; Salatiel (Brazil) outlined Scout outreach to vulnerable communities in Bahia State and beyond; and Obek (Honduras) shared how Scouts are facilitating increased access to education. The afternoon was threaded together by our Rio Scout MC, Gui Viana.  

Our keynote speaker, Professor Claudia Costin, former Global Director of Education at the World Bank, spoke on the importance of free and equitable access to quality education, reflecting on Sustainable Development Goal 4, and how Scouting already responds to challenges and gaps in education, and aligns to global trends. She later joined a panel discussion on "Scouting's Global Impact and the Power of Non-formal Education" alongside Chrissy Pollithy, Member of the World Scout Committee and World Scout Foundation Board, and Marcos Versteeg, co-founder of CPO and VIDI, moderated by Felipe Marqueis, WSF Manager, Individual Giving.  

Photography: M. Hocherman/World Scout Foundation