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Incredible! That’s the word that best describes my recent visit to Kenya, Africa. I was at the Rowallan National Scout Camp in Nairobi, which hosts the World Scout Bureau (WSB) - Africa Regional Office, the headquarters of the Kenya Scouts...

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Ticket to Life is a flagship project by the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Started in 2006, it is now in its ninth year of operation. The project involves street children, guided and mentored by young but...

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The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, expressed appreciation of the Scout Movement’s efforts in nurturing a generation of dedicated, educated and value-oriented Armenians. He also cited the Messengers of Peace (MoP) initiative as an important...

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Read about Tatiana Cuadra Bermúdez great Scouts of the World Award Project here: It all started in January of 2010 after a process of research, awareness and a rain of knowledge started flowing ideas, to see the needs that were in my community, then...

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Last month, the 2nd Youth Work Convention, five years after the first, brought together some 500 participants active in the youth work field. The aim of the Convention - organised in the framework of the Belgian presidency of the Committee of...

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The Interamerican Youth Involvement Policy, adopted in the 24th Interamerican Scout conference in 2013, says: “Youth are valued for their capacity to contribute new and fresh perspectives to the traditional ways of operating. When youth area excluded...

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The World Organization of the Scout Movement is partnering with the Right Start Foundation International, KAICIID Dialogue Centre (King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue) and other partners to...

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Cambodia Scouts (CS) created another milestone as 30 Scout Leaders were trained in the first Assistant Leader Trainers ever to be held in Cambodia. The course ran from 27 April to 3 May 2015 in Siem Reap. In addition to local participants, there were...

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ZIMBABWE: National Scout Organizations of the Southern Africa Zone held their 41st Zonal Conference and 12thZonal Youth Forum between 28th April and 3rd May 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe; under the theme, “One Tree, Many Branches.” A total of 10 NSOs...

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To support the team in Mongolia and Cambodia in developing the organization’s vision for 2020, BOOKBRIDGE is looking for a COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER for Asia. The person will also take the lead to bring BOOKBRIDGE to Sri Lanka as its third country...

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The 9th Eastern Africa Zonal Youth Forum was held in December 2015 at Ndera Minor Seminary in Kigali, Rwanda. The forum, among other things elected a new zonal youth committee led by Murtadhwa Rashid from Tanzania. While sharing the report of the...

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In the week after the Easter holiday, WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare visited the Africa Scout Regional Office at Rowallan National Scout Camp in Nairobi, Kenya. Accompanied by Abdullah Rasheed, Consultant and Special Advisor to the Secretary...

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For the understanding of the Interamerican Youth Programme Policy is needed to start in its principles: · An updated Youth Programme. · A relevant Youth Programme. · A significant Youth Programme. · Young people as the center of the programme. · A...

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This story was written by Eudoxia Korana, 18 y.o., Rover Scout from Thessaloniki, Greece. During 2013 - 2014, I had the opportunity of taking part in the “Scout of The World Discovery” and “Scout of the World Voluntary Service” which lasted six...

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Youth for Change Workshop was held during May 1-3.

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