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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...
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...
Following Mary Waweru’s promotion to the position of Directors of Operations with the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre, we are glad to report that the recruitment of her replacement in the position of Development & Partnerships Support...
The International Training of Trainers (ITT) in Jambville, France welcomed 34 participants from 23 member countries last Sunday. For the past week, they have been engaged in various sessions on training systems, the assessment of their effectiveness...
Want to attend a Scout Jamboree without travel? Want to attend every year instead of waiting four years? Try JOTA-JOTI, which is active every year, the third weekend of October, and involves over 150 countries and typically one million Scouts. It...
As announced earlier, we will be organising a live Q&A session on what is like to intern with the World Scout Bureau this Monday 25 July at 8:30 am CET / 14:30 MYT. Talk to Caitlin Wood, the former intern of Youth Programmes - Scouts of the World...
Cambodia Scouts, aiming for safe and responsible Scouting, is having their National Risk Management Workshop in Phnom Penh from 18 to 22 July 2016. With 45 participants from 25 provinces and local councils, most of them are Scout Leaders who are...
Purpose The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) hosted an exhibition at the 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly that was held at the United Nations Office in Nairobi from Monday 23 to...
Scouting is a global youth movement whose purpose is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is hosting an exhibition at the ongoing 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly that is taking place at the United nations Office at Nairobi. The exhibition titled, “youth-led environmental conservation...
On 25 April last year, Nepal was devastated by 7.9-magnitude earthquake. It was the second massive quake to hit the country since the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake, which registered 8.1 on the Richter scale. More than 8,000 perished and no less than 21...
More than 330,000 people or 100,000 families have been affected by severe floods and landslides caused by continuous heavy rain in Sri Lanka since Monday, 16 May. According to official reports, the death toll has risen to more than 58. Another 36...
The 2nd bulletin of the 7th Africa Scout Jamboree to be held from 1 - 10 August 2016 in Cote d'Ivoire is out. In this issue you will find information relating to: 1. Online registration of Contingent Staff, International Service Team members and...
Last and final Disaster Risk Reduction Management Training Course happening now in Oroqueta City, Philippines. The training will run until 27 April 2016 providing Scouts with knowledge on how to respond to emergency situation such as emergency rescue...
Starting from 2013, the Scout troop of Biruh Tesfa School in Debre Birhan Scout Council has been helping over 180 orphans from poor families in their society. With the proceeds gained from their Food For Life project, the troop provided financial...