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Plast is Ukrainian scouting organization. Being non-political and non-confession organization,
Plast educates youth as conscious, responsible and valuable citizens of local, national and world
community, the leaders of the society. The aim of Plast is to promote an all-round, patriotic education
and self-education of Ukrainian youth on Christian principles. To reach it, Plast develops moral,
spiritual, social and physical abilities of its members; cherishes between the youth the idea of their
ancestors traditions and passing on and comprehending their history, culture and national traditions.
To reach its educational goals, Plast uses its own unique educational method. Its basic
principles include free-will membership, education and learning through game and work, gradual
system of studies and trials, self-governing in a circle, encouragement of initiative and selfmanagement,
perception of the nature and living in the nature, support of special interests and
talents of children and youth, who are main target audience of organization.
During the year Plast in Ukraine conducts more than 100 educational outdoor camps with
different specializations: sporting, marine, aeronautical, arts, skiing, alpinist, archaeological, horseriding,
ecological, etc. At these camps Plast members master their knowledge and practical skills
obtained during the year at weekly studies. Among the biggest events carried out by Plast on all-
Ukrainian level are: intellectual-art competition “Orlykiada”, creative festival “Den Plastuna”, sporting
event “Spartakiada”, distribution of Light of Peace from Bethlehem among local communities,
touristic contests “Stezhkamy herojiv” and “Osinniy reyd”. On a local level, Plast councils conduct lots
of social-cultural and educational events.
Plast has a lot of offices in all local centers, while the headquarters, where proficient staff
works, are situated in Kyiv. There are 7 full-time employees, the volunteer could assit: 1) executive
director; 2) deputy on regional development, who is in charge of the growth of Plast local centres in
all 24 administrative units and Autonomous Republic Crimea; 3) accounter that controls the financial
flows through the organization; 4) fundraiser, who raises finance from private sector and nongovernmental
funds; 5) PR-manager, in charge of advertisement, connections with mass media,
image creation and branding; 6) international commissioner who keeps contacts with organizations
from abroad, provides worthy representation of Ukrainian scouting at international projects, and
intensifies Plast international activity; 7) administrative assistant who provides uninterrupted
operation of Plast headquarters and document flows.