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The Tanzania Scouts Association & UK Hampshire scouts have entered into a partnership in which Hampshire scouts will volunteer to renovate the Tanzania Scout National Training Centre known as Bahati Camp located in Morogoro region. About 115 Scouts...
More than 250 Scouts and leaders and their families across Brunei participated in a peace run, held at the Menteri Besar of Recreation Park, in Jalan Menteri Besar, joining the rest of the Scouts around the world celebrate the International Peace Day...
A sunny sky, amazing alpine surroundings, a local music festival (Beiza Festival) and most importantly very committed Scouts: an ideal setting for another Global Support Assessment (GSAT). And a proof that GSAT works not only for big NSOs in Europe...
Hosted by Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego (ZHP, the Guides and Scouts of Poland), the European Sea Scouting Seminar #Euroasea13 has started at the Polish Sea Scout Centre Harcerski Ośrodek Morski w Pucku in Puck on the Baltic coast. The event (which is...
Thai Scouts Promotion Foundation formed the World Heritage Scout Troop to run important activities at the Ayutthaya World Heritage site located at the former capital of Thailand. The Scout Troop completed the training on Cultural World Heritage Sites...
Scouts will be at the UN General Assembly between 16 and 26 September. The team of young people from across the world will be representing World Scouting at meetings in and around the UN Headquarters. Topics will range across sustainable development...
Last week, Dominik Habsburg-Lothringen, President of Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs , the National Scout Organisation in Austria, joined representatives of the Österreichisches Rote Kreuz (Austrian Red Cross) and the Steirische Landjugend...
Earlier this week, H.E. Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, received a large delegation of German Scouts from Pfadfinden in Deutschland (Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände), the National Scout Organisation in Germany, with...
September is the month to celebrate peace and each year the International Day of Peace (Peace Day) is observed around the world on 21 September. According to the United Nations, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to...
The same as “proficiency” validates a high level of English language knowledge, to find that a person has been a Scout in a personal CV guarantees that the person has essential skills to deal with the current job market. These are the ten strengths...
We join World Scouting and the family of the late Atty. FRANCISCO S. ROMAN in paying our final salute to a great Scouter and outstanding civil leader. Fondly called by friends as Frankie, his rise to World Scouting was phenomenal, with the strong...
Managing risk is essential in any organization like Scouting. To highlight this, an APR Forum on Risk Management is currently held at the International Youth Centre in Kuala Lumpur, gathering 39 Scout Leaders from seven countries – Brunei Darussalam...
Asia-Pacific Region’s Financial Resources Sub Committee members met for two days in Singapore to review their achievements and discuss their targets for the 26 remaining months of their term. Sub-Committee Chairman David Jones presided over the...
Eighty-nine participants from 26 countries are currently attending the 8th WSPU General Assembly at the Swedish Parliament. The WSPU aims to strengthen National Scout Organizations and World Scouting through the influence of parliamentarians who...
The European Scout Region of WOSM and the Europe Region WAGGGS are launching this Renewed Call for Bids to host The Academy 2017 due to the withdrawal of the sole bid received following the original call. The Academy is a joint event of WOSM and...