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Continuing the work of strengthening the local Messenger of Peace (MoP) network and training them how to effectively implement the MoP across the country, Pakistan Boy Scout Association (PBSA) is holding the MoP Team Pakistan Gathering Phase II in...
Dear friends, good day. We are currently in Minsk where the work of our volunteers’ strategic groups has started. Let’s see how they work! Please open sub-titles in video.
At the beginning of May, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) attended the “Youth and Their Social Impact” Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. WOSM was represented by a delegation of young people, led by Secretary General Ahmad Alhendawi...
Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi made his maiden trip to the Africa Scout Region since assuming office as the Secretary General (SG) of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) when he visited Kenya between 15-17 May 2017. His visit was informed by the...
He entered the hall in a suit but decided that he had to put a scout scarf around his neck in order to feel home. John May, Secretary General of the Duke of Edinburgh`s International Award started the second day of the 2 nd World Scout Education...
This weekend, World Scout Education Congress is currently happening at Kandersteg International Scout Centre, one of the scouting hearts in Europe. The purpose is to assist NSOs in building capacity in the areas of Youth Programme and Adults in...
More than 7000 guests attended this year’s remembrance ceremony at Mauthausen Concentration Camp near Linz in Austria, commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the liberation in May 1945. Among them once again a large delegation of Guides and Scouts of...
With another Learning Centre set up in Kekirawa, Sri Lanka Scouts Association continues to partner with Bookbridge in taking the English language and IT to the rural folks of Sri Lanka. It was in September 2016 that Bookbridge entered Sri Lanka and...
It was a great day for these seven teenagers from Lesvos: ten days ago the group of Ventures from Lesvos (Scouts aged 15 to 18) received World Scouting’s “Messengers of Peace Hero Award” on behalf of Σώμα Ελλήνων Προσκόπων (the Scouts of Greece) for...
WOSM is challenging Rover Scouts and young leaders to contribute to WOSM’s Promising Practices on Diversity and Inclusion by developing, implementing and sharing with us projects that are making great impact in their communities and raising Scouting...
“Kuzuzangpo la, do you segregate your waste at home?” asked Karma Dolma, a 13-year old Scout to the two elderly people. When the two answered that they don’t, Karma explained the importance of waste management. Karma is one of the 2,600 Scouts and...
Fiji Scouts Association (FSA) successfully commenced its 1st Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators Training Workshop on 1st May at Trans International Hotel in Nadi, gathering 25 participants and 12 staff members to build an MoP network in the...
When she attended a counter-demonstration at a far-right rally, Lucie Myslíková thought there would be a little bit of publicity from the local press. Now a photograph of her squaring up to a neo-Nazi has been seen by people all over the world. Lucie...
These days, 28-29 April, in Astana, Kazakhstan takes place the 1st Eurasia Educational Forum with the theme “Non-formal education of young people”. The Forum gathered more than 150 representatives from 16 countries: beside representatives of the NSOs...
With so much choice how do you prepare to use your time? First, think about the educational challenges facing your NSO and your society. Pick some sessions that would help you explore those issues. Perhaps pick some sessions on issues that you have...