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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)...
On behalf of its Youth Empowerment Priority Project Group (YEPPG), the European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) launches the #PassItOn Campaign! Within the #PassItOn Campaign we want to take youth empowerment far...
At the Annual Global Cristal Awards held in Courchevel, France in December 2015, the SCOUTS South Africa advert ‘Learn It Young. Remember It Forever.’ won a Gold Award in the Film category. The film, which currently has over 3.9 million views on You...
From 7th to 11th December, Scout from the East Africa countries converged in Kenya for the annual zonal Scout activities. NSO leaders, Junior, Senior and Rover Scouts came together for various events. The adults converged at the Embu Scout Centre for...
Between On 9 – 10 November 2015, UNICEF hosted the “Start-up to Scale-up: Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit” in Helsinki, Finland. There are many great innovations and solutions emerging in our newly connected world for accelerating...
On Sunday 3 January 2016, over 10,000 Scouts and leaders from around the world gathered at Cataract Scout Park as Scouts cheered the countdown to 7pm when two Melbourne Rovers and gang show veterans Mitch Groves and Ryan Leggett landed their...