Renewed Messengers of Peace funding!
We’re excited to announce renewed Messengers of Peace Funding for World Scouting: The transformative Messengers of Peace agreement was signed 13 April 2025, at the Human Capability Initiative event in Riyadh between HE Yousef bin Abdullah al-Benyan, Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and President of the Saudi Arabian Scout Association, and Siegfried Weiser, Board Member and Chair of the Messengers of Peace Oversight Committee of the World Scout Foundation.
- The agreement will provide an additional $50 million over the next decade to enhance Scouting’s core educational programmes and strengthen the capacity of National Scout Organizations to promote peace, dialogue, and community action worldwide, inspiring a global culture of peace.
- The agreement was signed in the presence of the World Scout Foundation Executive Committee and WSF Board Members HH Princess Sama Bint Faisal Al Saud and HE Faisal bin Abdulrahman I. Almuaammar, John Geoghegan, Special Advisor to the WSF Board, and Mark Knippenberg, CEO and WSF Board Member.
- World Scouting’s leadership was represented by Daniël Corsen, Chairperson of the World Scout Committee, Christine Pollithy, Member of the World Scout Committee, and David Berg, Acting Secretary General of World Scouting. A delegation of World Scout Bureau staff and Messengers of Peace Heroes also attended the signing ceremony.
Messengers of Peace connects with the priorities of Saudi Vision 2030, and aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), fostering innovative youth leadership, peace education, sustainability, and active citizenship.
We express our sincere appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this generous funding and for their trust and support of Scouting’s peace-building work. We also extend our thanks to the Saudi Arabian Scouts Association for their strategic support to this long-standing collaboration.
