The Messengers of Peace (MoP) programme is an initiative by the

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, which along with the

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and the

World Scout Environment Programme The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

s form the '' Better World Framework'' programme. Since 2011,

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have committed to projects, of various scales, to make the world a more peaceful place and logged their hours on the Messengers of Peace Global Network site. Projects fall into three categories: Personal, Community, Environment. The initiative is supported by

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and

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, and follows on from the ''Gifts of Peace'' initiative to mark the centenary of Scouting in 2007. Funding has been made available to support The Messengers of Peace Support Fund. Former

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Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo (; ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian former army general, politician and statesman who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 200 ...

has been appointed as a Messenger of Peace Ambassador by the Africa Scout Region.

Trees For The World

Trees For The World is an international Scouts Messengers of Peace project for Scouts around the world, in which each Scout will plant a tree on the Saturday after Earth Day. The idea of Trees For The World started during the First Interamerican Leadership Training, with delegates of Argentina, Canada, Curaçao, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States brainstorming about the common problems that strike their nations. After a consensus, the creation of a long-term project that involved the Scouts of the world to spread a culture of peace and at the same time give an impact on their community was created. In September 2014, Trees For The World received a Messengers of Peace Hero Award. The Trees For The World Organizing Committee (TFTWOC) ''(Spanish: Comité Organizador de Árboles Para El Mundo, COAPEM)'', founded in February 2014, is the group of Scouts involved in organizing and promoting the project. There are currently 12 TFTWOC members from 10 countries from the Interamerican Scout Region. Trees For The World 2014 was open from April 26 to September 27, 2014. A total of 14,645 Scouts from 24 countries planted a total number of 57,161 trees.

External links

Trees For The World Facebook Page

References

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