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A group of Afghan Scouts comprised of Scout Masters and staff of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Services for Afghanistan (PARSA) paid a visit to the new Minister of Education and the Deputy Minister of Youth, Dr. Kamal on 30 November 2015 to...
Fabien Baudelet of French Scouts et Guides de France has been a Scout at a very young age. He is passionate about Scouting, especially in areas related to protecting the environment and finding solutions to climate change. He initiated and...
The Parliamentary Scout Union of Sweden and The Guides and Scouts of Sweden are hosting the 8th General Assembly of the World Scout Parliamentary Union in Stockholm, Sweden, at the end of next summer, from 31 August to 2 September 2016. The World...
"Peace in me - peace with you" - was the central theme of this year's ecumenical service organised by the Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs in Vienna, Austria, yesterday afternoon. During the ceremony, Niklas, this year's Peace Light Child...
Scott Teare, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), announced on behalf of the 40 million Scouts worldwide that the Movement will intensify its efforts in making the world a better place during the COP21 event on 9...
The 2016 National Rover Conference on 29th January – 3rd February is an annual significant gathering for Rovers in Taiwan. The event gives young people the avenue to enhance their skills in decision-making at the institutional level of Scouting, to...
Organisation calls for stronger involvement of young people in combating environmental issues and climate change. 9 December 2015, Paris, France: Today, Scott Teare, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), announced...
The Conference of Parties (COP), an annual conference of all countries that want to take action and address climate change, continues this week in Paris with further meetings and discussions. The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has...
(WSBERO/Chios) - “The scale of the refugee tragedy is incredible. Hundreds if not thousands of people – a third of them children - arrive daily on this small but beautiful Greek island having fled atrocities of war hoping for a better future...
At the concluding series of disaster and risk reduction training, since it started in 2014 by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), 30 Scouts and 29 Scout leaders from different provinces in southern Philippines (Mindanao), are learning skills in...
In an interview held in conjunction with the 30th International Volunteer Day, WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare shares about the volunteer who inspired him, his experience as a volunteer and volunteering in Scouting. 1. You joined the Scout...
Today, on International Volunteer Day, six volunteers share about their passion to serve and to nurture the growth of young people through Scouting. Maina Kiranga, Kenya 1. How long have you been volunteering? I started my Scouting journey at Fahari...
Tomorrow, watch João Armando Gonçalves, World Scout Committee Chairperson as he speaks to Rover Scouts and Adult Volunteers at the International Volunteer Day celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic. You can view it here at 10:00 CET (GMT +1 hour) -...
Today is Education Day at COP21, the climate change conference in Paris, France. To recognise the importance of climate change education in combating the worrying effects of climate change on children, young people and their communities, the World...