News and Stories
Scouts and their leaders paid their respects to Col. Prof. Dato' Dr. Hj. Kamarudin bin Hj. Kachar, Chief Scout Commissioner of Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM) from 2005-2008, who passed away on 20th December 2016. He was 83. Kamarudin also served...
In celebrating Cubs100, the Scout Association of Macau (TSAM) held a Promise Party at the headquarters on 18 December 2016, with more than 500 cub scouts, scouts, ventures, leaders and parents took part in this party. The cubs lined up for the games...
Scouts and leaders from different parts of Thailand, with guests from France, Korea and Japan enjoyed the adventure of 8th Ratanakosin (Catholic) Scout Jamboree in Thailand from 5–9 December 2016. Total participants went up to 2,821. Participants...
Over 7,000 Scouts flocked to the Ilian Hills of Iriga City in the Philippines for the 5th One Southern Luzon Regional Jamboree from 22-27 November 2016. Five challenging modules were prepared for Scouts to conquer: Module 1 on Emergency Preparedness...
Highlights For its first regular meeting in the current triennium the European Scout Committee met in the Netherlands, home of the chairperson of the Europe Committee WAGGGS, with which a joint meeting was held at the same occasion. This meeting...
There have been some truly fantastic photos and stories coming in from all around the world showing Cubs celebrating their 100th year. In New Zealand Cubs have celebrated in a wide variety of ways, from Sea Cubs visiting Maritime museums, to land...
Nepal Scouts Ticket To Life (TTL) project organized its Local Coordinators’ Workshop in Kakani International Scout Centre on 15-16 November 2016, orienting them on the important issues of the project towards achieving the goal. Chief Commissioner...
On 23 November 2016, a select group of Scouts, Scout leaders and teams from around the world received the coveted Messengers of Peace Hero Award, an accolade bestowed by the government of Saudi Arabia on behalf of His Majesty King Salman bin...
The large hall of the Podgorica Culture and Art Centre was not big enough for the hundreds of Scouts and other guests who had travelled from all over the country and beyond to Montenegro’s capital city earlier this month to celebrate the first sixty...
PREPARED: FOR A CHANGING WORLD The 2nd World Scout Education Congress (WSEC) will take place at Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland, from 11-15 May 2017. This second edition of the event will focus on the core business of Scouting. It...
In the framework of their annual project the Ventures of the Lyon Croix-Rousse Scout & Guide Group of the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France (EEdF) decided to pass their autumn camp at the Tirol International Scout & Guide Centre near Innsbruck in...
Being a Scout or Girl Guide helps to lower the risk of mental illness later in life, according to researchers from Edinburgh and Glasgow universities. From their study of 10,000 people from across the United Kingdom who were born in 1958, they...
To celebrate 75 years since the official founding of Air Scouts in the United Kingdom (UK), a celebratory National Air Scout Camp was held in late October in Cornwall in the southwest of England. Although only founded in 1941, Scouts – in Britain and...
A Delegation of six Scouts will represent WOSM at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UNFCCC, from 7-18 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco. So Scouting will have a strong voice during the United Nations Conference on...
[THE ACADEMY 2016] Today, Scouts and Guides from across Europe are traveling to Larnaka in Cyprus, where they will be attending The Academy 2016, the main training, sharing and networking event of the European Regions of the World Organization of the...