The group also provides a space where Indigenous culture is actively woven into activities.


Across many Ava Guaranà communities, traditional knowledge is slowly fading, and fewer children are growing up speaking the language at home. To help reverse that trend, Mónica introduced workshops where local teachers and Guaranà speakers help children learn the language through traditional crafts.


«We start with Scout activities,» she explained. «Then we have time for language, crafts, and culture. Or we alternate: one Saturday Scouts, the next Guaranà culture. Making necklaces, practising the language ... and sometimes the children just love dancing pim pim. That’s part of our cultures.†


For 22-year-old Scout MartÃn, the group transformed far more than his weekends.


«Before, my life was ... doing nothing,» he said. «Since I joined Scouts, we started doing activities together. We sold cookies, learned to cook, and did things for the community.»


The experiences helped him develop confidence and new skills.


«I lost my shyness,» MartÃn said. “I learned different things: values, activities … we did many activities, for example, we wanted to do planting on the sidewalks of houses. A lot of nice things.†


Just as importantly, Scouting helped him reconnect with his cultural background.


«What worried me was that we were losing our Ava Guaranà culture,» he explained. «We wanted to recover it little by little so today’s young people could know what it was like before.»