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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...

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The new scout.org was launched on October 15, welcoming Scouts from all over the world to connect with each other. For 72 hours (starting at 12.00 GMT today) you will be met by JOTA-JOTI when you visit scout.org, an event that gives you the...

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On September 23, during the 83rd Saudi National Day in Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 7 Scouts from across the world were recognised as Messengers of Peace Heroes. This annual award was presented to the Scouts by His Highness Prince Faisal bin...

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KENYA - My name is Paul Mwangi Mwaniki. I was born in 1987 in Shauri, in the Embu District of Kenya. I am the youngest of a family of four. My late mother, Dorcas Wakina, raised us thanks to the money she earned with beer illicit sales. We lived in...

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Street children living in four towns in Karachi, Pakistan, are now receiving basic education after joining Scout troops under the Asia-Pacific Region Ticket-to-Life Project. Since mid-February last year, these Scout troops in Karachi have created a...

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Carin Grundberg-Sandell is one of two prizewinners of Children’s Welfare Foundation Sweden’s Grand Prize for 2013. She is currently the project manager for Safe from Harm at the Guides and Scouts of Sweden. Carin was one of the key persons supporting...

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From 16th to 18th of August, in the city of Comayagua, the Scout Association of Honduras developed a Level 2 Course for Adult Leaders and Trainers. Sixteen participants, coming from all over the country, attended the course to develop their skills in...

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Forty-five Scouts and Adult Leaders visited and cleaned up some of the shoreline on Robben Island on Monday the 8th of July as their 67 minute tribute and in preparation of Mandela Day on the 18th of July. The Scouts were from three different Scout...

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From past June 27 to July 1 was held in Bogotá (Colombia) the physical meeting of the Level 2 Course for Trainers of Trainers being currently run in the Inter American Region. In that way, 40 adults coming from six countries (Colombia, Dominican...

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The World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region, located in the City of Knowledge, Panama, again became home to the Interamerican Scout Committee meeting. From Friday June 7, very early, began arriving Committee members and special guests to this...

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World Scouting’s Priority Area Working Group for 2011-2014 on “21st Century Leadership” launched a Discussion Paper recently on leadership development in Scouting. This area of work largely focuses on the Youth Programme aspects of leadership...

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World Scouting’s Priority Area Working Group for 2011-2014 on “21st Century Leadership” launched a Discussion Paper recently on leadership development in Scouting. This area of work largely focuses on the Youth Programme aspects of leadership...

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“World Scouting: Educating for Global Citizenship”, a reference book for a better understanding of our Movement What is the magic in Scouting that has attracted millions of young people all over the world for decades and decades, to share values...

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A WOSM delegation is visiting Myanmar this mid-May for a historic mission of re-opening the possibility of reviving Scouting in the country. Regional Chairman Dr Chao Shou-Po is leading the delegation. Scouting in Myanmar was strong in the 1950s...

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Charles Ng, our newly appointed Manager, Global Projects, has now fully integrated the Messengers of Peace (MoP) team at the World Scout Bureau Central Office and is supporting Regional Offices throughout project implementations. Also, Charles...

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