NAIROBI - The ARO (Africa Scout Regional Office) conducted a training programme for the "Food For Life" Project between 6th and 8th August 2008. This is partly as a response to an acute food shortage in Africa and in the world as a whole.

Winston Adams of the Africa Regional Office was recently Awarded the Silver Fox Award by Scouts Canada. The ceremony was conducted in Korea during the World Scout Conference that ended on 18 July 2008. The regional executive and Scouter was presented with the top award in Canada's Scouting. The citation on the award reads: ''for services of the most exceptional character to Scouting in the international field"

Patience Mabaku Lubuaku is a Scout from the Democratic Republic of Congo. During her visit, on 24 July 2008, at the Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, after the World conference, she spoke about her experience in Korea.