News and Stories
It was in 2011 that we began to hear with greater regularity the phrase “Messengers of Peace”. From around the world came stories of what scouts were doing in their communities to Build a Better World. Soon the number of projects grew. Hours of...
Two lead coordinators of Messengers of Peace, took off from New Delhi to Katmandu to support rehabilitation activities. 27 member team with S,S. Ray and Ms.Ruby Parbat with truck full of Blanket entering border districts by 100 pm ( Noon today) for...
Singapore Scouts of the World Award Descovery in Malaysia Project Orion IV (Rovering with Turtles) is the fourth project in the series of annual project collaborations with the host organization, World Wide Fund for Nature – Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia)...
Within 24 hours of its launch, World Scouting’s #ScoutAid for #Nepal fund has received individual donations amounting to some US$28,000. The Messengers of Peace Support Fund will issue an emergency grant of US$10,000 as add-on to the collection...
Last week Scouts of the World Award team met in Paris with UNESCO World Heratige Education department. Together WOSM and UNESCO developed a badge that you can get along side the SW Award called the Patrimonito Scout Badge, if you complete your...
By: Rafe Lucado Interamerican Scout Committee Member rlucado@scout.org In the Scout Movement the good turn, as little or as big as each one has done it, is a spontaneous voluntary action taken up as the need or situation arises. This is very similar...
As I travel and meet with Scouts and Scout Leaders, I observe that Scouting and the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Initiative are helping to create, what I refer to as, a "We" generation. Think back with me to the not-so-distant past before Facebook, cell...
Many of us have been horrified by the senseless violence that we have witnessed on our streets, on our televisions and in our country. As our late patron, Mr Nelson Mandela wrote: “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his...
Sometime back we shared a story on how Scouting Making a Difference in a Ugandan Prison. Below is a conversation with one young person, Sande Ronald, who attained his freedom from Murchison Bay Prison in Luzira as he explains the important role...
About the "Workshop Youth for Change" and regarding to the Priority Strategic "Youth Participation": These are young people who attended to the 1st. and 2nd. Edition of the "Intermerican Leadership Training" (ILT). This program, an initiative from...
The Scouts of the World Award was successfully relaunched in 2014 during the 40th World Scout Conference in Slovenia, and since then much have been achieved. Read the attached Circular to obtain the latest updates on the programme.
Scouts of China (Taiwan) has organized countrywide tree planting event in March, involving 2200 Scouts from 12 Scout councils in Taiwan that planted 20,000 trees. A rover crew also organized their own tree planting event in an offshore island. Around...
Caitlin Wood from Australia has recently been selected for a 6 months internship with the World Scout Bureau - Kuala Lumpur Office. Caitlin has been a member of Scouts Australia since she was 12 years old. As a Rover she has attended the Australian...
Dear Brother and Sister Scouts; It’s time for me to take a bow! My experience as a National Youth Representative, serving together with my counterpart Grace Michuki, has been one filled with its own fair share of good and sometimes very challenging...
Ten days after the devastating passage of cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, a small island republic in the South Pacific, is slowly beginning to recover from the worst cyclone hitting this area in hundred years. Gaël Audras, a Scout Leader engaged in civilian...