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It is Scouts Australia’s turn to meet the Regional Scout Committee for the CNV programme, the 18th NSO to be visited. First Vice Chairman Prakorb Mukura led the team together with Fazlur Rahman and Regional Director Abdullah Rasheed. Scouts Australia...
Focus on youth involvement in the Asia-Pacific Region dates back to the 1970s through regional conference resolutions, reinforced with a world conference resolution in 1990. The first ever regional seminar was held in Thailand on 13th-16th November...
In Leyte province in southern Philippines, a new troop of street children joined the Ticket to Life, making it the 35th troop to be registered under the project, now having 1,200 members in eight countries across the Asia Pacific Region. Twenty-five...
The Hong Kong Scout Centre becomes the meeting place of 40 participants, comprised of 27 locals and 13 overseas from Scouts of China, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore as they gather to take part in the 15th Course for Assistant Leader Trainers (CALT)...
All is set for the 45 Vietnamese Scout Leaders as they begin today their Advance Unit Leader Training Course at Mt. Makiling, in Laguna Philippines. The participants all come from over 30 different Scout groups currently running in various parts of...
In the aftermath of heavy flooding in Pakistan, Rovers and Scout Leaders of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association are continuing the work to respond to the needs of people living in the affected areas. Rovers and Leaders are largely involved in...
In the mid of devastating floods in Pakistan, Rovers including leaders are taking part in the rescue and recovery efforts in the nearest relief camps in the affected areas. Presently, Rovers and Scout Leaders assist in relief efforts by collecting...
At the two-day Committee NSO Visit (CNV) held at the Hong Kong Scout Centre on 23-24 July, the Scout Association of Hong Kong (SAHK) has proven itself as a well-managed Scout association and a leading youth organization in Hong Kong. Key leaders of...
The 7th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Leaders Summit was ceremonially inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Hansraj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka State, India at Atria Hotel in Bangalore on 24th June 2010. More than 130 prominent Scout leaders from 22 countries in...
“Visibility of Scouting through community projects can encourage a Scout to bring in others to join Scouting,” said National Chief Commissioner of Malaysia and Consultant to the Regional Scout Committee, Dato’ Kaharudin bin Haji Mo’min, at the APR...
Toodyay is a tiny town – 4000 people, three pubs and a handful of community organisations, including a Scout Group. It’s a quiet little town, but it’s a town where the community spirit is unfailingly strong. In December 2009, our Scouts were...
At the 8th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest, the photo entry “Nothing is Impossible” photographed by Frederick Bonifacio from the Philippines bagged the Gold Prize from among the 125 entries received from nine countries, namely, Australia...
Boy Scouts of America team has embarked in Sri Lanka on 20th March 2010 for the last leg of their four-nation visit in the Asia-Pacific Region. The BSA team comprised of International Chairman Roger Schrimp, past International Chairman Kent Clayburn...
The street leading to the grand arena was peppered by colours, grace and style as Scouts participated in a parade in the morning of 1st January 2010. Foreign and local Scouts representing different sub-camps, gorgeously dressed in their native...
The young NSOs’ leaders from the Eurasian countries - members of the Council of Europe had a unique opportunity to participate in one of the most interesting and ambitious projects of the European Scout Region - Academy - at October of this year...