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Mikaeel, 17, is leading by example and encouraging others to improve their communities.

"We have been in Scouting for a very long time before we joined the World Scout Foundation in 2014. We know from our own experience as well as via our children that Scouting does fantastic work at grass root level. Our journey with the Foundation has showed us many such examples in different countries, but this Field Visit gave us an in depth view of an unique Scouting in Schools project in South Africa as well as an inspiring insight in community-based Scouting in Townships and last but not least an understanding of the process that brought Scouting in South Africa from a dwindling organisation in 2012 with less than 20,000 members to a vibrant and engaged organisation in 2018 with over 200,000 members!", says Jenn Hancock.

Caleb Powell has achieved his Eagle Scout award, but just four years earlier he was in an orphanage in China and the clock was running out. Find out about Caleb's unusual route to obtaining the Boy...

 Meet the 2018 Messengers of Peace Heroes: 12 Scouts—six women and six men—recognized for their outstanding work to improve their communities and build a culture of peace. World Scouting has honoured...