2008 has seen another milestone achievement for the Scouts of the World Bases – this time in Singapore.

Riding on the momentum of the 10th World Scout Youth Forum and 38th World Scout Conference in Korea, the Singapore Base completed its second successful Scouts of the World Award Discovery Workshop on 14 September 2008.

The number of participants increased from nine to eleven this year. Led by Tan Sijie, the Course Director (who is the SWA Coordinator for Singapore), the group first went on a field trip in June to Pulau Semakau, one of Singapore’s unique offshore landfills.

His Majesty the King of Sweden was in Vienna, Austria in mid-September to help Scouting. In a press conference he and other speakers praised the work being undertaken by Scouts in Austria, and he spoke about the values of Scouting to himself and to society.

The press conference was among several activities of the World Scout Foundation, of which he is the Honorary Chairman. It resulted in considerable positive publicity.

El Secretario General de la OMMS, Sr. Luc Panissod, y los Vicepresidentes del Comité Scout Interamericano Sr. Omar Lugo y Sr. Nigel Taylor, visitaron la sede en Santiago de la Oficina Scout Mundial – Región Interamericana, los días 3 y 4 de octubre.

El pasado mes de agosto, la Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela y la Fundación Internacional Jóvenes por los Derechos Humanos, realizaron en un importante centro comercial de Caracas una jornada de recolección de firmas en apoyo a los Derechos Humanos, en el marco de la alianza firmada por ambas organizaciones el pasado mes de junio.