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LILONGWE, May 1, 2009 — African NSOs (National Scout Organizations) from the Southern Zone today started their zonal conference, at the Korea Garden Lodge in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Malawian Principal Secretary (P.S.) in the Ministry for Youth, Sports...
It was Easter weekend and 13 Rovers decided to spend it together. It was Singapore’s 4th Scouts of the World Award Discovery Workshop held at the Singapore Scout Association (SSA). Besides the participation of 13 Singapore Rovers, SSA also had the...
NAIROBI, 15 April 2009 – Members of the Africa Regional Scout Committee are in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2nd Africa Scout Summit that will be held at the KCB Leadership Centre in Nairobi from 16 to 20 april 2009. The Summit will bring together two key...
The fifth event on Scout pedagogy, organized by “Scouts Valencians” was held from the 5 to the 7 of March in the University of Valencia. This event was a success because the great number of assistants, the quality of the presentations and the great...
Imagine an international opportunity to be a part of the real adventure of today's world: protecting the environment, sustainable development, challenging prejudices and building peace within and between communities; in one thought, contributing to...
Geneva, 21 March 2009: At its first meeting of the year, the World Scout Committee appointed Luc Panissod as Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Mr Panissod, who had been fulfilling this function on an interim basis...
Cairo, Egypt -19 march 2009 60 Web masters and web editors came from 19 Arab countries to gather in Cairo from 17 to 23 march 2009, to evaluate the usage of the internet in scouting, comparing the websites of all the participants to define the...
Geneva, 13 March 2009 - On the occasion of the Africa Scout Day, World Scouting launches a fund-raising campaign to “help young people to help themselves” with the support of The Scout Universal Fund (“U” Fund). This fund was established in 1963 to...
Geneva, February 20th 2009 – The members of the World Scout Bureau working in Geneva gathered this afternoon with Luc Panissod, Acting Secretary General, for a celebration of Founder's Day, two days early. A way for them to take a break, at the end...
NGOZI - On February 16, 2009, Scouts from Ngozi area in Burundi, with their Area Commissioner, Engineer Bonaventure Nduwimana (pictured), started the Scout week with charitable activities such as blood donation. The Scout week, that Scouts of the...
Ms. Michele Jankanish, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC ) and Mr. Luc Panissod, Acting Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), signed a new Memorandum of...
The 14th Africa Scout Conference beat all odds to become yet another important milestone for the Region. From Monday 9th to Thursday 12th November 2009, the event brought together 134 people. The conference took place at Ghana College of Physicians...
NIAMEY – In the wake of the destruction of the town of Agadez by floods, 40 Scouts left Niamey, destination: Agadez, with a mission of helping the floods victims. Their response was swift and generous. Upon arrival, they put up several tents for the...
NAIROBI - In the annals of Scouting in Africa, the period 2005 - 2008 has perhaps been one of the most eventful eras. Whilst there was no shortage of challenges, as you read this report you will be pleased to learn that significant progress was made...
From 16 to 20 September 2009, a five-day workshop on bio-intensive farming was held at Ezemvelo Nature Reserve in South Africa. Participants came from England, Kenya, Ireland, South Africa, Swaziland, USA and Zimbabwe. Swaziland was represented by...