A campaigning project to rescue and revive an endangered and environmentally-sensitive urban park in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has won the 2008 Volvo Adventure and the US$10,000 first prize. The five students of the 'Green Sail' team, beat off stiff competition at the World Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, earlier this week.

The finalists, aged 13 - 17 from 15 countries, had all presented outstanding projects tackling a wide range of environmental challenges facing their community, with flow on benefits to the worldwide environment.

Maltese Scouts and Girl Guides took the streets of Valletta by storm on Sunday 5th May, as they paraded through the capital for their ninth joint annual parade. This year's event holds particular significance to the Scout Association of Malta, which is celebrating its national centenary.

Some 4,500 Scouts and Guides, music blaring and drums booming, brought cheer to the city, which is usually quiet on a Sunday morning.

Como una forma de presentar los alcances de la ejecución de los proyectos realizados durante el verano de este año, Oficina Scout Mundial preparó una memoria fotográfica de los momentos más importantes vividos por los niños y jóvenes que participaron del Programa de Campamentos Recreativos Escolares, desarrollado en el Centro Scout Mundial Picarquín entre el 3 de enero y el 7 de febrero.

En un emotivo encuentro junto a los más de 1.200 niños y niñas que participan del Programa de Campamentos Escolares en el Centro Scout Mundial Picarquín, el jueves 10 de enero del presente año la Presidenta de Chile, señora Michelle Bachelet, inauguró un nuevo año de esta iniciativa que ejecuta la Oficina Scout Mundial, Región Interamericana.