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Incredible! That’s the word that best describes my recent visit to Kenya, Africa. I was at the Rowallan National Scout Camp in Nairobi, which hosts the World Scout Bureau (WSB) - Africa Regional Office, the headquarters of the Kenya Scouts...
Ticket to Life is a flagship project by the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Started in 2006, it is now in its ninth year of operation. The project involves street children, guided and mentored by young but...
The xenophobic attacks in and around Durban shook our nation and the world, undermining the idea of Ubuntu and our aspiration for an inclusive society. The Scouts in the Durban area took initiative and acted as true Messengers of Peace when they...
As a change to the Scouts of the World Award format, you will now need to report back to WOSM on scout.org about your SW project to become part of the SW Network. Please notify any person who is finishing up or has just finished their project to use...
“In Scouting, we are One, one Family, one World!” A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the western part of Nepal on Tuesday, less than three weeks after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook and claimed 8,000 lives in the Himalayan nation. Several...
The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, expressed appreciation of the Scout Movement’s efforts in nurturing a generation of dedicated, educated and value-oriented Armenians. He also cited the Messengers of Peace (MoP) initiative as an important...
In 2011the Australian Rovers were in Timor-Leste from the 4th of July to the 15th of July. The Timor-Leste (East Timor) Partnership Project 2011 was run by Rover Scouts from all around Australia. Much of this project was done with aid and assistance...
As an initiative under the Messengers of Peace project, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines continues to equip Scouts in different parts of the country, training them what to do in times of emergency and disaster. Two recent trainings were conducted...
Last month, the 2nd Youth Work Convention, five years after the first, brought together some 500 participants active in the youth work field. The aim of the Convention - organised in the framework of the Belgian presidency of the Committee of...
The Interamerican Youth Involvement Policy, adopted in the 24th Interamerican Scout conference in 2013, says: “Youth are valued for their capacity to contribute new and fresh perspectives to the traditional ways of operating. When youth area excluded...
Together with hundreds of other young people from around the world, Scouts and Guides from Austria ( Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs, Poland ( (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, ZHP), the United States ( BSA Troop 427, of Vienna, Autria...
ZIMBABWE: National Scout Organizations of the Southern Africa Zone held their 41st Zonal Conference and 12thZonal Youth Forum between 28th April and 3rd May 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe; under the theme, “One Tree, Many Branches.” A total of 10 NSOs...
The 9th Eastern Africa Zonal Youth Forum was held in December 2015 at Ndera Minor Seminary in Kigali, Rwanda. The forum, among other things elected a new zonal youth committee led by Murtadhwa Rashid from Tanzania. While sharing the report of the...
In the week after the Easter holiday, WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare visited the Africa Scout Regional Office at Rowallan National Scout Camp in Nairobi, Kenya. Accompanied by Abdullah Rasheed, Consultant and Special Advisor to the Secretary...
The large public enjoying the beauties of Lake Treska and the nice weather over the bank holiday weekend at the beginning of May 2015 were witnesses of activities the country had not seen so often for a quarter of a century: Slobodan Naskovski and...