We completed the National Challenge as set out by Scouts South Africa to do two projects in each of the first four Sustainable Development Goals. We did the following:

Goal 1: Poverty

a. Run the “Creating a Better World” Cub programme with your Pack to introduce the Cubs to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

b. Create a poster to educate your community on how the misuse of our natural resources can lead to poverty  

Goal 2: Zero hunger

a. Earn the Gardening Interest badge.

b. With your Pack start a ‘little goes a long way’ challenge by collecting any spare change. Use the money collected to purchase groceries for a feeding scheme in your community.

Goal 3: Good health and well being

a. Invite a health professional to visit the Pack to talk about communicable diseases (TB, Malaria, etc.) and non-communicable diseases (diabetes, allergies, asthma, etc.) and how to prevent them.

b. Learn the difference between immunisation and vaccination. Find out what diseases your family have been vaccinated and immunised against. Should they receive any other protection, and do they need any booster doses?

Goal 4: Quality Education

a. Start a community book drive and donate the books collected to a local school/library.

b. Create ‘busy bags’ or ‘activity packs’ for an Early Childhood Development Centre in your community (https://childhood101.com/busy-bag-ideas-preschoolers/).