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As part of its strategy towards Youth Involvement in decision-making, the Ghana Scout Association (GSA) in collaboration with the Africa Regional Team organized its maiden National Scout Youth Forum. The objective of this forum is to provide an...
Some fifty Regional Volunteers, Committee members and members of the staff of the World Scout Bureau Europe Support Centres of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) spent a long weekend at the European Youth Centre Budapest. On the busy...
WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare, welcomes fellow members to the meeting of The Alliance of Youth CEOs in Kuala Lumpur. They are: - Anita Tiessen (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) - Johan Vilhelm Eltvik (The Young Men's Christian...
After the launch of several “Erasmus-Scout” initiatives by National Scout Organisations (NSOs) and National Scout Associations (NSA) in the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) over recent years, the delegates...
Just right after National Strategic Planning Workshop, Myannmar Scouts is now holding a Workshop on Youth Program Development still in Yangon, from 31 January to 5 February 2016. At the opening ceremony, Mayor of Yangon region government, U Hla Myint...
If you know Scouts with special needs, or young people and leaders in your Scout association helping in this area, Scout Association of Japan is inviting them to be part of the 12th Nippon Agoonoree, happening on 12-16 August 2016. The event will...
“It is our duty as Scouts and human beings to do everything we can to ensure that hope is not extinguished or lost”, wrote Θοδωρής Κεφαλάς, Chief Scout, in his message to members of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (the Scouts of Greece, members of the World...
Last weekend, the Scouts and Sea Scouts of Lesvos (GR) (members of Scouts of Greece and the World Organization of the Scout Movement) celebrated the 103rd anniversary of Scouting on the island. The first Scout activities had taken place in #Mytilene...
"In reality, I had no group in which I could grow," says Morlaye Soumah, National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of Guinea, on his 6-year-old self. The Scouts "allowed me to be in a group... allowed me to have friends, brothers." From Ebola to the...
Scouts of Cambodia shook hands with Chief Scout and Prime Minister Hun Sen, Kingdom of Cambodia, as they joined the celebration of Cambodia’s historical victory against the Khmer Rouge regime on 7 January 2016. Scouts joined representatives from the...
After thousands of kilometres on the road, in dinghies and boats, in busses and overloaded trains, frequently moving form one means of transport to another, and often walking for days, refugees and migrants "finally" arrive at the border crossing in...
Each year, the Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya (MEG), one of the member associations of the Federació Catalana d’Escoltisme i Guiatge (FCEG), donates about 1% of its internal annual revenues in support of a specific cause. This year, following...
There may be lousy weather in Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesvos, where local Scouts have been very actively involved in refugee and migrant support activities for more than a year now: on the beaches and shores, on the streets and squares of...
“Cool. Fun and Happy” is the theme of Indonesia’s upcoming 10th National Scout Jamboree on 14-21 August 2016. Cibubur Scout Camp in Jakarta will house an estimated of 25,000 Scouts and leaders from 34 provinces of Indonesia and around 1,000 overseas...
A phantastic moment of public recognition for tens of thousands of Cub Scout Leaders and other Adults in Scouting in The Scout Association (United Kingdom, a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in the European Scout Region)...