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Emmanuella Ayisi-Lartey (Ella) from Ghana has joined the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre on a two-months internship period from 7th June to 29th July 2016, on her own initiative. She is a student at Zenith University - Ghana pursuing a...

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The Asia-Pacific Region in collaboration with the General Association of the Scouts of China is organizing the APR Workshop on revisiting The Scout Method. This is to contribute to achieve the targets under “Innovating Scouting” of the WOSM’s global...

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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...

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The Asia-Pacific Support Centre is taking a new approach to strategic planning and monitoring with the introduction and utilization of StrategyConnect, a web-based application designed to help organizations develop, implement and monitor their...

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We are pleased to share with you the new look Kudumail e-newsletter from the Africa Region. The content covers stories from the activities of Scouts in the Africa Region for the period between February and April 2016. To subscribe to the monthly...

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The World Scout Foundation Annual Report for 2015 is out! The report highlights some of the most amazing and inspiring stories of Scouts around the world who have embraced the essence of Scouting and the Messengers of Peace Initiative and are...

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Sherman Sheng Hsiao Ming from Scouts of China (Taiwan) was part of the World Scout Bureau Global Support Centre, Kuala Lumpur from July 2015 until April 2016. During this time, he supported the Communications team and the Office of Secretary General...

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Scout leaders from 13 countries underwent training on Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT) to support National Scout Organizations in raising NGO best practices and WOSM policies and standards. The training was held from 21-23 May 2016 in Brunei...

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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...

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The World Organization of the Scout Movement has over 40 million young people as members in more than 220 countries and territories around the world. Yes, we have young leaders that are trained in emergency preparedness. Yes, they have the leadership...

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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...

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In less than a month from now, some 270 representatives of National Scout Organisations (NSOs) and National Scout Assocations (NSAs) of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) will come together for the 22nd...

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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Honorable Sutham Phanthusak, former International Commissioner of the National Scout Organization of Thailand (NSOT). Mr Sutham Phanthusak passed away Wednesday morning of 18th May 2016. He was 69 years old...

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The World Scout Seminar on Environmental Education is being held at the the Kaprálův mlýn SCENES Centre in Brno, the Czech Republic. Thirty-seven participants representing 25 countries and 10 SCENES centres, four guests, six organising team members...

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The recent 3rd Europe-Eurasia Leadership Training and Partnership Meeting held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 13 to 16 May 2016, was the more then fitting background for a small ceremony during which Irina Pruidze and Andrea Demarmels, Chairpersons of the...

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