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On July 18, 2014, South Africans marked the first Mandela Day since the anti-apartheid icon's death with a government call to clean up their country. The 1st Bothasig Scout Group from Scouts South Africa were not left out. They went to the Canal Walk...
The Chief Commissioner, Scout Association of Rwanda, Fidèle Gakuba, welcoming the Minister of Youth and ICT in Rwanda Hon Jean Philbert Nsengimana who is a Scout. He visited Scouts during training on Leadership where he commended them for the...
NIGERIA - Scouting across Africa is changing lives and making a difference. As part of the Messengers of Peace in the Scout Association of Nigeria, the Assistant Training Commissioner Plateau State Nigeria, Mallam Ibrahim Hassan (WB) visited some...
NIGERIA - The Scout Association of Nigeria, celebrated the 2014 National Scouts Conference under the theme, “Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony”, in Uyo, the transformational City of Akwa Ibom State. The conference was attended...
For two decades, the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern DR Congo) has suffered from a series of conflicts resulting in regional and national instability. Poverty, environmental problems, violence and social marginalisation affect especially...
An international high level conference of Safe from Harm! in Brussels (Belgium) marked the end of a 18-month project run by the European Scout Region with financial support from the DAPHNE III programme of the European Union. Speaking to more than...
Over the past week, we have been following with great interest the exploits of European Sea Scout Teams from Finland, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom engaged in this year's William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup in California...
James Hetfield and fellow musicians of Metallica may not have had time to spot this rather familiar flag flying above the crowd during their recent concert at the Glastonbury Festival 2014 in south east England. Do you recognise the flag? (image via...
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NAIROBI - From the 16th – 20th June 2014, the World Scout Bureau Africa Regional Office conducted a Staff Management Conference (SMC) at the regional secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s Staff Management Conference brought about a new dimension...
NAIROBI – In its quest to strengthen the capacities of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), three executives from Namibia, Lesotho and Cote d’Ivoire arrived in Nairobi for the month long training, from 12th May to 6th June 2014 taking place at the...
Sea Scout Teams from Finland, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom travelled to Long Beach, California (USA), where the are challenging teams from Brazil, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago as well as more than twenty Sea Scouts of America...
20-29 July, 2014 Host: Organisation of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan Idea: Nomads, life and customs Purpose: Disclosure of creative, educational, social, spiritual and moral potential of the younger generation, promoting friendship, mutual...
June 16th marked the 3 year of existence of the Chatsworth Scout Troop, Scouts South Africa. The date also coincides with South Africa’s Youth Day. To celebrate the occasion, the troop, which is based at the Nelson Mandela Youth centre, identified 20...
Today the World Scout Bureau opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These are the words I shared with our guests at the Grand Opening: - The Honourable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia - Simon Rhee...