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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (16): a story from the island of Kos, Greece “Yesterday, two groups of Scouts from Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός left for the islands of ‪Lesbos and Kos where...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (17): a story from the island of Lesbos, Greece “This weekend, some 40 Scouts from Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός were on their second mission to the island of...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (14): a story from Styria, Austria „Like a number of other regional Scout and Guide Associations in Austria and confronted with the realities of the...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (15): a story from Eidomeni, Greece As part of the many refugee support activities in local communities across Greece, members of Πρόσκοποι του Κιλκίς...

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João Morais completed a ‪#‎Development‬ themed ‪#‎SWAward‬ Voluntary Service at the Hospital São João in Porto, ‪#‎Portugal‬. During his service he helped children with Math homework and accompanied some of the patients to the hospital chapel for...

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The Ukrainian Scouts celebrated the International Day of Peace with the achievement of 1 million service hours on scout.org. Last year was a very difficult year for Ukraine and for Ukrainian Scouting. However, Scouts of the National Organization of...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (13): a story from Tirol, Austria "Due to the growing number of stories and pictures in the media, we noticed that there is a significant number of...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (12): a story from Dortmund, Germany “When it became evident that the many refugee families would continue their travel to different parts of Germany...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (2): a story from ‪the city of ‎Salzburg‬, ‪Austria‬. The provincial authorities of Salzburg approached them a couple of days ago as members of the...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (9): a story from Freistadt, Austria “When we realised that a growing number of refugee families were given accommodation in and around our city and...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (10): a story from Klagenfurt, Austria “We just wanted to make these children smile and laugh again”, says Monika, from the Kärtner Pfadfinder und...

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (11): a story from Mytilini on the island of Lesbos, Greece “Members of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (The Scouts of Greece, a member of the World Organization...

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When we see the world as a wonderful place. I decided to give this name to the introduction I usually write for this newsletter of the Interamerican Scout Region because during these days the idea that there are so many wonderful things happening in...

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Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns is one of the first ‪#‎UNESCO‬ World Heritage sites that will have a ‪#‎SWAward‬ project completed under the new UNESCO World Heritage Recognition Achievement. ‪#‎Sukhothai‬ was the capital of...

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When the Coordinating Group of the European Regions of WAGGGS and WOSM met the other weekend, the current situation of refugees and the manifold support actions by Scouts and Guides as members of their local communities was one of the issues...

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