Youth movement in Flanders

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In Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, a youth movement (Dutch: jeugdbeweging) is a popular kind of organisation that holds weekly activities for children. Some 275,000 children, which is about 18% of those aged 5–24, are member of such organisations.^[1]

Popular ones include Chiro, Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen, Katholieke Studenten Actie (KSA), FOS Open Scouting, Katholieke Landelijke Jeugd, and Jeugdbond voor Natuur en Milieu (JNM).