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A Statement of the European Scout Region on Peace and Reconciliation Creating a better world - Scouts around the world are inspired by these words. Our Movement is a global movement with a very clear vision and mission. As active citizens we do not...
Our world today is one in which “marketing” is always present. Companies invest huge amounts of money to advertisers, to create campaigns publicizing to the target populations the benefits of a product or service they wish to place on the market. So...
Scott Teare, the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), members of the Africa Scout Committee led by the Chairperson, Gilbert Mussumba and Frederic Kama-Kama, Regional Director World Scout Bureau Africa Regional...
From 3 to 6 January the National Meeting of Scout Groups of Bolivia took place. The beautiful city of Tarija, in the south of the country, received over 500 Cub Scouts, from all scouts districts, to enjoy an event filled with great activities that...
As part of the Opening Celebration of our National Patrol Camp that was held last December 25, was the signing of the agreement of cooperation between the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Scout Association of El Salvador that gave life to this...
After months of waiting we were finally in the beautiful city of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to begin the Interamerican Scout Moot II. It was on December 27 and after celebrating Christmas there we were about to experience this...
MY World is a global survey for citizens led by the United Nations and partners, of which WOSM is one. It aims to capture people's voices, priorities and views, so that global leaders can be informed as they begin the process of defining the new...
For its second regular meeting in the 2013-2016 triennium the European Scout Committee travelled to Zagreb (Croatia) on the first weekend of March 2014. Apart from discussing regular matters, the Committee used this opportunity to meet with members...
The Africa Scout Day is to celebrate Scouting in Africa. Its spirit is to unite Scouts and to bring the oneness of the Africa Scout Region. Candle light vigil concept aims to bring about a reflective moment during this year’s celebrations. Motivation...
Rovers from Bangladesh Scouts and CJK – which stands for Scouts of China, Japan and Korea, reached out to communities in Jamalpur district, Bangladesh in mid February 2014. They did awareness campaigns on primary health care, sanitation and garbage...
Read the Africa Scout Region news in our monthly newsletter, Kudumail Inside Founder’s Day celebrations all over Africa MSA 4th MOOT - Venturing into the wilderness Ugandan President presides over ground-breaking ceremony of Uganda Scouts’ Hotel...
In many parts of Europe it is carnival season, so in Gloggnitz in Austria, where members of the local Scout Group (member of Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs) decided to dress up like the "Four Daltons" for their town's carnival parade...
The official World Scout Education Congress Report is now available! The Report includes background about the event, the Congress itself, the outcomes and conclusions as well as the steps forward. The aim of the Congress was simple but ambitious: to...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is happy to announce that the “Association des Guides et Scouts de Monaco” is a full member of WOSM since 16 February 2014, after being an Accredited National Scout Organization since 1990. The...
An “A” rank school-jamboree got started on February 21 in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. Gevorg Gasparyan, Chief scout of the National Scout Movement of Armenia, had a short speech during the opening ceremony and emphasized that our organization’s aim is to...