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Discover what it means to build peace, celebrate diversity, and take meaningful action to make a positive impact in your community and beyond.

Ongoing

Postcards from home

Once only
11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+
Offline
Super Challenge: Peace & Inclusion Champion, International Friendship Challenge, Peace and Community Challenge, Scouts for SDGs Challenge

"An interactive place where we share and learn about ourselves, starting from our origins.
By reflecting on where we come from, presently, historically, emotionally or even ancestrally, we can open up to our global community, and move closer together in understanding.
Participants will upload a picture, and their reflection, as part of shared community learning."

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YUNGA Gender Equality Challenge

Ongoing
Under 10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+
Online
Super Challenge: Peace & Inclusion Champion, Bridge Builders Challenge, Scouts for SDGs Challenge

How much do you really know about gender equality - and are you sure your community is as fair as you think? Think you’re not influenced by stereotypes? Think again. Take our Gender Equality Quiz, step into the role of a YUNGA researcher to uncover the hidden gender norms shaping everyday life around you, and take real steps to challenge them. It’s your chance to join the Youth and the UNITED NATIONS Global Alliance – YUNGA - and become a changemaker in your local community!

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Democratic Values – Can You Remember What Matters?

Ongoing
11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+
Offline
Peace Circles Challenge, Peace and Community Challenge

A fast-paced Kim's game where Scouts test their memory and reflect on core democratic values. 

Participants discover how essential societal principles can easily be forgotten or disappear if we fail to actively protect them.

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Peace Circle!

Ongoing
Under 10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+
Offline
Peace Circles Challenge, Super Challenge: Peace & Inclusion Champion, Bridge Builders Challenge

What if one conversation could spark change in your community? This JOTA-JOTI, become a peacebuilder! Bring together friends, family, fellow Scouts or neighbours, host your own Peace Circle, and explore what a peaceful and inclusive world could look like where you live. Guided by the United Nations’ Hear Us. Act Now for a Peaceful World Peace Circle toolkit, you’ll listen to different perspectives, turn challenges into practical ideas and share your group’s peace commitment on our global JOTA-JOTI Padlet wall. Your circle can start small—but its impact can reach far beyond it.

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Introduction to Violence Prevention

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Ongoing
15-18, 19+
Webinar
Peace Circles Challenge, Peace and Community Challenge
en English

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We know that preventing violence may seem overwhelming or even impossible. That's why this workshop will introduce you to the Health Approach to Violence Prevention and will help you connect with your own capacity to interrupt cycles of violence and generate new possibilities of peace. This session is offered by the United Religions Initiative, a global grassroots network of interfaith activists leading initiatives of peace, justice and healing around the world.

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Peace video postcard

Ongoing
Under 10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+

This year, we’re inviting young Scouts from around the world to share their story through a new part of JOTA-JOTI Live: Peace Video Postcards.

We want to showcase the many ways young people experience Scouting around the world — the activities you do, the traditions and culture that make your Scout community unique, and the ways you contribute to building peaceful and inclusive communities.

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Virtual Museum Tour

Ongoing
Under 10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+
Online
Super Challenge: Peace & Inclusion Champion, Peace and Community Challenge, Scouts for SDGs Challenge

Delve into history, art, and culture from around the globe in a thrilling virtual museum tour! Unearth treasures, discover secrets, and share your knowledge with fellow Scouts!

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Influencer-for-a-day – Can you “sell” a democratic message

Ongoing
15-18, 19+
International Friendship Challenge, Peace and Community Challenge, Scouts for SDGs Challenge

How can social media be used as a platform for democratic debate, education and activism? 
In this simple session, you will create a post or video that conveys an important democratic message, and discover how social media can influence society and politics.
In addition, you'll also learn to formulate a clear message, and also to understand that different platforms convey messages differently.

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Pictionary: Democracy Edition

Ongoing
11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19+
Offline
Peace and Community Challenge

In this fast-paced drawing game, participants convey key democratic values, concepts, and symbols without using words or numbers.

It’s a fun, interactive way to strengthen understanding of democracy, promote teamwork, and explore how visual communication shapes civic life.

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