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  • In 2015,

  • humanity came together

  • with a call to action

  • for a better world by 2030.

  • They agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals

  • to end poverty,

  • improve health and education,

  • reduce inequalities,

  • and tackle climate change.

  • It's going to take the entire world

  • to make these goals a reality.

  • And who better to lead the charge

  • than 50 million Scouts?

  • You may know us as the ones

  • who give a helping hand to the elderly,

  • keep forests clean,

  • run donation drives,

  • or who are generally just good,

  • active citizens.

  • And have you heard of the Scouts

  • welcoming refugees in Turkey?

  • Or leading peace talks in Colombia?

  • Or the ones giving thousands of students

  • access to clean water

  • in South Sudan?

  • We've already completed

  • over a billion hours

  • of community service for the SDGs.

  • Whether it's something really big or really small,

  • we can all do something to make these Goals a reality.

  • By taking millions of local actions

  • in almost every community,

  • we're making the world's largest youth contribution

  • to the SDGs.

  • We're just trying to make this world

  • a little better every day.

  • We're Scouts for SDGs.

In 2015,

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