Every day Scouts around the world contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the Scouts for SDGs initiative. The SDGs are a call to action to end inequality and poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that everyone has access to health, justice, and prosperity. Scouts for SDGs is the world’s largest coordinated youth programme that ensures and enables young people to take local actions that contribute to solving global challenges.

SCOUTS South Africa has adopted “Our Heritage” as the National Challenge for 2025! According to UNESCO, ‘Heritage’ is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. The 2025 National Challenge aligns with the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme and with World Scouting’s Scouts for SDGs initiative (SDGs 4, 10, and 11). Embracing “Our Heritage” drives the SDGs in several ways, including deepening our understanding of one another, honouring our shared customs and traditions, and building a more inclusive and united future for the South African Scout Movement.

SCOUTS South Africa’s “Our Heritage” Challenge will encourage our young people to think about what they would like the world to be, and the heritage they would like to create.