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UNESCO and WOSM agreed to co-operate accordingly to achieve common goals through World Scouting – UNESCO World Heritage Recognition. This initiative consists of a badge and certificate, jointly recognized by UNESCO and WOSM, to be called Patrimonito...
In conjunction with Singapore’s 50 years of nationhood, Singapore Scout Association will be organizing the SG50 International Jamboree from the 17 to the 22 November 2015.
You were among the 8000 volunteers supporting the recent 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan? Then you may share some of the personal reflections of Harald, responsible unit leader of Troop 2 "Stein P. Aasheim" of the Norwegian Contigent! Today I...
This four-day workshop on community-based Scouting is organized to achieve Objective No. 3 of Young People Strategic Priority, which is to support national Scout organizations in expanding Scouting in communities.
Wooh #wsj2015 is over for now but we can't wait for the 24th World Scout Jamboree in America in 2019. What a fantastic time we had and it was soo great to meet so many future SW Awardees. Keep up the good work to make a #BetterWorld!! #...
Participating in a World Scout Jamboree is the lifelong dream of every Scout. However, it is a dream many cannot afford. That’s where Operation Kirara comes in. The solidarity programme has enabled some 452 Scouts and leaders from 85 less...
Young people from 150 countries joined hundreds of Nagasaki students at the International Youth Peace Forum that commemorated the 70-year anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing that turned Nagasaki into a wasteland. The forum was a special programme...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, honoured the Scouts with a two-day visit to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan. The UN is an important partner of the global Scout Movement...
I am delighted to send warm greetings to brother and sister Scouts from all over the world. Congratulations on your 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan. I thank the organizers, 10,000 adult volunteers and Scout leaders from around the world for making...
Wa! Let’s try that again...WA! Honourable Minister of Education for Japan, Hakubun Shimomura san; UN Secretary General’s Youth Envoy, Ahmad Alhendawi; Camp Chief of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, Takayasu Okushima san; Distinguished Guests; Brother...
What does peace mean to you? What does the Spirit of Unity mean to you? Are they one and the same? Similar, perhaps; a cause-effect combination. To have peace, there needs to be unity; and when there is unity, there will be peace. In essence, unity...
The United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, began a two-day official visit to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan today. He likened the Jamboree to the Olympics. “First, it happens every four...
“The whole intention of the Boy Scouts training is for peaceful citizenship.” – Baden-Powell Since its inception in 1907, the Scout Movement has inspired billions of its members to work towards a better and more peaceful world. Through its Messengers...
Through a solidarity fund "Operation Kirara," 101 Scouts and leaders from 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific Region got the chance to set foot on the biggest camp and did not miss the experience of being part of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, in...
Por: Ralf Dillmann, Director de Adultos en el Movimiento Scout en la Región Interamericana By: Ralf Dillmann, Director of Adults in scouting. Interamerican Region Durante los días 11-14 de julio se desarrolló la capacitación para el Grupo Regional de...