Driven by the need to find best ways of nurturing youths, Mpwapwa district launched a district-wide Scout movement. 74 out of 93 villages sponsored a girl and a boy, turning out 148 youth volunteers, for a one-week residential training. FMNR was one of the principle subjects taught. Given its connections with the national scouting movement LEAD Foundation was charged with overall coordination of scout movement training for the whole district.

For FMNR, this means there are at least 148 young people who, as part of their scout promotion, should be practicing and promoting FMNR in their villages. Some village governments have allotted plots to their scout leaders to establish their woodlots through FMNR, which will also serve as demonstration sites.