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There were more than 600 Scouts and Guides from different regions of Myanmar who participated in the 3rd National Camp on 1 – 5 March at No. 1 SHS in Kyaukpadaung Township, Bagan Nyuang U. The President of the Republic of Union of Myanmar, who is...

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Issue No. 2 of the Africa Scout Day Bulletin, for March 10, 2016 Contents: 1. Africa Scout Day Activities on Ghanaian Media 2. International Youth Camp Opens at Efua Sutherland Children’s Park 3. Africa Scout Committee Concludes its Meeting 4...

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The two-day training on youth engagement for good governance kicked-off today at Efua Sutherland Children’s Park. It is being attended by about thirty Scout leaders and young people from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania...

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Over the next one week, a lot of focus will be on Ghana as Scouts arrive from all parts of the Africa and the world for the All Africa Scout Day (ASD) celebrations. This follows the nomination of the Ghana Scouts Association to host this year’s...

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It’s International Women’s Day, and we took the opportunity to ask Scouts across the world “What is gender equality? How can you #StepItUp4Gender as a Scouts?”. Here are some of the responses we got: Grace Wanja, Rover Scout, Kenyatta University...

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The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes Scouting Antiano and Scouting Aruba as new members, and congratulates the Palestinian Scout Association for acquiring full voting rights. The announcement was made by the Secretary General...

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Just right after National Strategic Planning Workshop, Myannmar Scouts is now holding a Workshop on Youth Program Development still in Yangon, from 31 January to 5 February 2016. At the opening ceremony, Mayor of Yangon region government, U Hla Myint...

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Myanmar Scouts is currently holding a six-day National Strategic Planning Workshop at Yangon. The workshop, dubbed as ‘National Strategic Planning Workshop for Myanmar Scouts’’ is running from 24 to 29 January 2016. The workshop is geared towards the...

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During past 16 and 17 December, Rafe Lucado (2nd Vice Chair of Interamerican Scout Committee) and Ralf Dillmann (Director Adults in Scouting) gathered with the authorities of Scouts of Panama to provide feedback and recommendations on their Adults in...

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20 November marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. 

Scouting has always been taking responsibility to provide children...

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The Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) is today the sixth largest National Scout Organization in the world, with more than one million members. Since 2013, the membership of KSA has grown steadily by 702,498 to reach the current 1,026,427 members. In his...

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The 25th Asia-Pacific Region Scout Conference happening at the Kimdaejung Convention Center from 3-8 November 2015 in Gwanju City shows Korea’s rich experience in hosting world and regional Scouting events.

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“Dialogue doesn’t have the pressure (of having) to solve a problem. It is (about) the willingness to learn from another person or party. It is part of conflict resolution and peacebuilding,” said Anas Alabbadi, Programmes Officer and trainer with the...

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October 22 2015, Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Library of the First President of Kazakhstan - Leader of the Nation, Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (OSMK) presented our Project to develop a Non-formal Education Program for children and...

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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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