News and Stories
Every year the Arab Scout Region holds an International Youth Gathering with the objective of Strengthening ties of friendship and brotherhood among the participants from all over the world, Capacity building of the participants and encouraging them...
(SP-FS/Helsinki) - Partionuoret Lauri Koistinen ja Milla Kajala veivät jouluterveisiä Mäntyniemeen partiolaisten adventtikalenterien muodossa. Adventtikalenterit vastaanottivat Tasavallan presidentti Sauli Niinistö ja hänen puolisonsa Jenni Haukio...
Uganda - Uganda Scouts Association this year welcomed 17 Canadian Scouts (4 Leaders and 13 Rovers) from the 1st Wartford Scout Group from Toronto. They came to Uganda under the church called Pentecostal Assemblies of God – they wanted to work with...
Kenya - On 21st September, Alshabab terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack on the Westgate Mall in the West of Nairobi. During the terror attack, 67 people lost their lives and more than 200 victims were badly injured. Scouts and other...
Kenya - Kenya Scouts Association participated in a peace walk dubbed, “Education for Peace: Peace Begins with me”. The Walk was an initiative by the Peace Ambassadors Kenya, a national initiative of youths drawn from various institutions of higher...
South Africa - Buntu Tsotsobe, Assistant Troop Scouter for 1st Liwa Scout Troop in Guguletu, was flown to Paris on a trip where he surprised King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on his 60th Birthday. In 2007 Buntu met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during...
An innovative partnership between The Scout Association (UK) and the nationwide Bright Sparks Project has resulted in a record number of contributions from across the United Kingdom and saw a Scout Leader from Sutton Coldfield win this nationwide...
South Africa - South African Scout Johan Harzon (16) from the 1st Pinelands Scout Troop was the first youth from the Western Cape to receive the LEAD SA Youth Hero Recognition, for his service to others and leading by example. “I feel humbled and...
Again a highlight at a gathering of Scout and Guide Leaders from all over Europe: participants attending the European Region's Academy 2013 enjoyed watching a short video produced in 2010 by the Flemish speaking Scout Associations in Belgium (and at...
The three Scout Associations in Bosnia-Herzegovina have finalised the draft of a common Youth Programme which will be submitted at the next general assembly for approval. An important step in the development of Scouting in that country, worth a three...
The Forest Challenge Badge and the Ending Hunger Challenge Badge are now available in the scout.org library. These YUNGA programme materials, supported by WOSM, can be used to empower Scouts to have a greater role in society, support UN related...
Demonstrating the international dimension of the Scout Movement was at the centre of activities in the Flemish part of Belgium and in Portugal this weekend, organised by Internacional CNE and Internationaal - Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen, respectively...
During the last week of October, more than fifty representatives of different European Scout and Guide Centres are gathered at the Neihaischen Scout Centre in Luxembourg for the 13th European Guide and Scout Centre Managers Conference. Another...
In 2005, a group of European Scouts travelled to Mongolia. During a visit to a rural elementary school, the Scouts noticed that the children asked many questions in English and were very eager to learn. But the school‘s library was empty - no books...
UN Secretary General says the MDG's have helped cut world's poverty by half and he brings focus now on the Post-2015 development agenda with emphasis on sustainable development. How can we as Scouts help contribute to the global efforts in creating a...