Scout Society

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A nonprofit organisation based in Romania with the main objective to promote active citizenship, sport for all, protection of the environment and the development of the community. Încurajăm activismul şi voluntariatul în regiunea noastră, Oltenia, pentru toate persoanele - cu un accent special pe tineri deoarece ei sunt un atu important în comunitate. În plus, vrem să încurajăm adulţii şi seniorii

să se implice în comunităţile lor, în scopul de a simţi că fac ceva important și, de asemenea, pentru a oferi servicii pozitive pentru societate.

Without biodiversity, our food system collapses. 🌾This might sound dramatic. It isn't.Every crop we grow depends on a we...
19/06/2026

Without biodiversity, our food system collapses. 🌾

This might sound dramatic. It isn't.
Every crop we grow depends on a web of living things working around in, insects that pollinate, soil organisms that break down nutrients, birds that control pests, fungi that help roots absorb water. Remove any part of that web and the whole system becomes fragile. Remove enough of it and yields drop, crops fail, and the cost of food rises.

We are already seeing this happen. Populations of wild pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and hoverflies, have declined sharply across Europe over the past decades. Intensive agriculture has reduced the variety of plants, insects, and microorganisms in farming landscapes to a fraction of what existed a generation ago. The soil in many agricultural areas is becoming depleted, compacted, and less able to support healthy crops without heavy chemical input.

The good news is that biodiversity can recover when given the chance. Diverse crop rotations, reduced pesticide use, rewilding field margins, and protecting native habitats all make a measurable difference.
But recovery requires awareness first.

Swipe through to understand the connection between biodiversity and the food on your plate. 👉
💬 Share this post with someone who eats food. So, everyone.

This post is part of our project Youth Engaged for Change: a youth-led initiative co-funded by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps, working to raise awareness about environmental issues and ecological action.

As part of RURAL 2.0, we are creating 12 short training videos to provide young people in rural areas with practical too...
18/06/2026

As part of RURAL 2.0, we are creating 12 short training videos to provide young people in rural areas with practical tools for participation, active citizenship, and community transformation.

🎥 Module 5 is dedicated to understanding how the European Union works. Many young people perceive the EU as something distant or difficult to understand, yet its decisions have a direct impact on everyday life in rural communities.
From education and youth employment to agriculture, digitalisation, and regional development, European policies influence many of the opportunities available in rural areas.

This video helps demystify European institutions, explains how decisions are made, and shows that rural youth can also play an active role in shaping Europe’s future.
Europe is not built only in Brussels. It is also built in our villages and rural communities.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Erasmus+ Youth Exchange "Game On for the Planet" 🇵🇹 Braga, Portugal📅 3–9 August 2026We are look...
18/06/2026

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Erasmus+ Youth Exchange "Game On for the Planet"

🇵🇹 Braga, Portugal
📅 3–9 August 2026

We are looking for 4 participants and 1 group leader to join the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange "Game On for the Planet"!

🌱 Interested in environmental protection, sustainability, and climate action?
🎲 Curious about using games as a tool for learning and raising awareness?
🌍 Ready to meet young people from different countries and work in multicultural teams?

During the project, participants will design and test educational board games focused on:
♻️ Climate Change
🌿 Biodiversity Conservation
🔄 Recycling & Circular Economy
🛍️ Responsible Consumption
⚡ Renewable Energy
🌱 Sustainable Lifestyles

More information about the project and how to apply in the first comment.

*This call is open to Romanian citizens and individuals holding a valid residence permit in Romania.

Korfball came to Târgu Jiu, and it was just the beginning! On June 9th, Scout Society hosted a Study Visit as part of ou...
17/06/2026

Korfball came to Târgu Jiu, and it was just the beginning!

On June 9th, Scout Society hosted a Study Visit as part of our Erasmus Sport project HSTK: Health and Sport through Korfball, bringing together participants from Romania, Cyprus, and Turkey for a day dedicated to one of the world's most unique sports.

The day had two sides to it: first, a theoretical deep-dive into korfball: its rules, history, and why it stands out as the only fully mixed-gender team sport in the world. Thank you to Bandor Nagy , from the Magyar Korfball Szövetség , for presenting us with important information. And then the best part: young people actually stepping onto the field and playing it together. 🎯

Korfball isn't just a sport. It's a statement, that sport can be equal, inclusive, and for everyone.

Stay tuned for more from the HSTK project! 💛

One T-shirt. That's all it takes to use 2,700 litres of water 💧That's enough drinking water for one person for almost 3 ...
17/06/2026

One T-shirt. That's all it takes to use 2,700 litres of water 💧

That's enough drinking water for one person for almost 3 years, for a single piece of clothing that might only get worn a handful of times.

And water is just the beginning.

Before that T-shirt reaches your wardrobe, it has already travelled across 3 continents, released 2.1 kg of CO₂, and been treated with nearly 2,000 chemicals, many of which end up in rivers and oceans.

The price tag never tells the full story.

Next time you reach for that 20 lei tee, ask yourself: who actually paid the rest? 💚

Save this post and share it with someone who thinks fast fashion is harmless 👇

This post is part of our project ReThink Fashion: a youth-led initiative co-funded by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps.

"NGO" is one of those words everyone uses and almost nobody explains.So let's fix that.A Non-Governmental Organisation i...
15/06/2026

"NGO" is one of those words everyone uses and almost nobody explains.

So let's fix that.

A Non-Governmental Organisation is an independent, non-profit organisation built around a mission, not a market. No shareholders to please, no political party to answer to. Just a team of people committed to making something better: a community, a system, a life.

NGOs educate young people outside of classrooms. They include the people formal institutions leave behind. They advocate for communities that don't have
a platform. And they connect people across borders, cultures, and backgrounds in ways that governments and businesses rarely do.

They're not a replacement for public services. They're what happens when people stop waiting and start building.

At Scout Society, that's exactly how we started. A small team in Târgu Jiu, Romania, in 2011, who believed that young people here deserved the same opportunities as young people anywhere in Europe.

15 years later:
→ 100+ Erasmus+ projects implemented
→ 1,270 young people involved in 2025 alone
→ Partners in over 137 organisations across Europe
→ Projects in non-formal education, sport, digital skills, environmental awareness, and more

All of it built by people who chose to show up.

Swipe through the carousel to understand what NGOs are, what they do, and why the world genuinely needs more of them.

And if you've ever thought about getting involved, as a volunteer, a participant, or a partner, our door is open. 💚

5 things the fast fashion industry hopes you never find out. 👀We've all heard them: "just donate it," "cotton is natura...
14/06/2026

5 things the fast fashion industry hopes you never find out. 👀

We've all heard them: "just donate it," "cotton is natural so it's fine," "at least I recycle my clothes." But how many of these are actually true?

Swipe through our latest carousel to find out, and share it with someone who still believes the myths.

Here's a preview:

🔴 Myth: Fast fashion is cheap.
✅ Reality: The price tag hides the real cost, paid by workers and the planet.

🔴 Myth: Donating solves it.
✅ Reality: 73% of donated clothes end up exported and often discarded overseas.

🔴 Myth: Cotton is always sustainable.
✅ Reality: One conventional cotton T-shirt uses 2,700 litres of water.

🔴 Myth: Clothes get recycled.
✅ Reality: Less than 1% of textiles are recycled into new garments.

🔴 Myth: Sustainable fashion is a trend.
✅ Reality: It's the only way forward, and you're already part of it.

Save this post and come back to it next time someone tells you fast fashion "isn't that bad." 💚

This post is part of our project ReThink Fashion: a youth-led initiative co-funded by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps.

We are thrilled to announce that our Erasmus+ Training Course Building Skills Brick by Brick has officially kicked off i...
13/06/2026

We are thrilled to announce that our Erasmus+ Training Course Building Skills Brick by Brick has officially kicked off in the beautiful mountain town of Novaci, Romania! 🎉🧱

From June 13 to 20, our team joins youth workers from across Europe for an intensive week of experiential learning, where simple construction materials become powerful tools for non-formal education. Participants will develop hands-on facilitation skills, explore "learning by doing" approaches, and design activities they can bring directly back to their local communities.

This is more than a training, it's a week of building connections, competences, and creativity. Stay tuned for updates from the field! 💛

International partnerships in youth work are often reduced to a logistical necessity, a requirement to access funding, a...
12/06/2026

International partnerships in youth work are often reduced to a logistical necessity, a requirement to access funding, a box to tick before a project can begin.

But the organisations that do this work well know they're something far more important than that.

When two or more organisations from different countries decide to build something together, they're making a statement: that young people benefit from encountering perspectives they wouldn't find at home. That discomfort is a learning tool. That Europe is not just a geography, but a shared project.

The real value of an international partnership isn't measured during the project — it's measured in what participants carry with them afterwards. The confidence to communicate across difference. The ability to collaborate without a shared cultural script. The understanding that their challenges are rarely unique, and that solutions often already exist somewhere else.

For 15 years, this has been the foundation of Scout Society's work. Not partnerships as a means to an end, but as the environment in which real development happens.

You throw it away. But where does "away" actually go? 🍶Most of us have thrown away hundreds, maybe thousands, of plastic...
12/06/2026

You throw it away. But where does "away" actually go? 🍶

Most of us have thrown away hundreds, maybe thousands, of plastic bottles in our lifetime. We put them in a bin, or a recycling bag, and we move on. Out of sight, out of mind.

But the journey of that bottle doesn't end when it leaves your hands. It travels through a system, and depending on where you live, how it was sorted, and what infrastructure exists to handle it, it either gets recycled into something new, sits in a landfill for hundreds of years, or ends up in a river, a field, or an ocean.

A single plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to decompose. In that time, it breaks down into thousands of microplastics, tiny particles that enter the soil, the water supply, and eventually the food chain. Scientists have now found microplastics in human blood, lungs, and breast milk.

The good news is that plastic bottles are among the most recyclable items we produce, when they're sorted correctly and collected properly.
The problem is that globally, less than 10% of all plastic ever produced has been recycled.
Knowing what happens after you throw something away changes how you throw it away.

💬 Share this post, because what we don't see still affects us.

This post is part of our project Youth Engaged for Change: a youth-led initiative co-funded by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps, working to raise awareness about environmental issues and ecological action.

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Strada Traian 9
Târgu Jiu
210007

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

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+40769645994

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