News and Stories
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...
As our colleague Mercyline Busolo will proceed on maternity leave in October 2016, we have hired the services of Beryl A. Okuku, to temporarily relieve her until she resumes work in February 2017. Beryl has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance...
Back to back Sub-Committee meetings of APR Adult Support Sub-Committee in Macau and APR Financial Resources Sub-Committee in Singapore. Both Sub-Committees reviewed their triennial objectives and trained on the web-based monitoring tool...
Eighty-nine participants from 26 countries are currently attending the 8th WSPU General Assembly at the Swedish Parliament. The WSPU aims to strengthen National Scout Organizations and World Scouting through the influence of parliamentarians who...
The UNE-TL workshop for designing the National Strategic Plan started on Monday, 29th of August, with the opening ceremony held at the Peony Hotel in Dili. Amongst the 45 participants are the key Scout Leaders from UNE-TL, young Scouts and group...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes Myanmar Scout, the National Scout Organization of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. WOSM currently has a total of 164 National Scout Organizations in more than 220 countries and...
A warm welcome to Jacob Murray who has joined the Organisational Development Global Team as its Director of Project Management. Jacob is originally from Canada but has been working for the last 10 years in the non-profit and development field...
Revisiting the Scout Method is a way to encourage National Scout Organizations re-emphasise in their activities and projects the implementation of the World Youth Programme Policy, taking into consideration the outcomes of the 1st World Scout...
More than 1,200 Scouts from 14 African and 2 non-African nations have converged on Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the 7th African Scouts Jamboree (#7ASJ2016). The biggest Scout event on the continent in 2016, the Jamboree aims to further empower...
Linda Rainbow from Vancouver, Canada, joined the World Scout Bureau (WSB) Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur, as the Intern for Governance and Institutional Support in February 2016. During her time in Kuala Lumpur, Linda contributed heavily to the...
Yamoussoukro, 4 August 2016: The Young Correspondents and Spokespersons programme workshop kicked off within the framework of the Jamboree with 46 participants attending to learn and discuss about telling the Scouting story and how to represent...
109 years ago today, B-P brought together 20 boys for the first-ever Scout camp on Brownsea Island. Despite coming from different social backgrounds, the boys had an edifying and exhilarating time, learning vital practical skills using techniques...
The World Scout Bureau (WSB) Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur welcomes Sebastian Tay who commenced work as the Finance Manager on 2 August 2016. Sebastian holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Otago, New Zealand and brings with him...
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...
30 July 2016, Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire: In two days time, over thousands of Scouts from all over Africa and beyond will converge in a tented city in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire for the Africa Scout Jamboree that will be held from 1 - 10 August...