News and Stories
Benvingut Raül a "l'equip porpra" de l'Oficina Scout Europea a Ginebra! Please join us in welcoming Raül Molina, from Barcelona (Spain), who has joined the Educational Methods team of the European Scout Office of the World Organization of the Scout...
As active citizens and Messengers of Peace, Scouts in Africa continue to drive positive social impact and development in their continent. In their quest to create a better world, they have made a difference through their services and contributions...
“The future of Africa, and indeed the entire world, to a great extent, depends on the efforts it deploys to promote and develop its human resources, particularly its youth. Young people will be called upon to assume various responsibilities in their...
The environmental problems facing mankind has today moved to centre stage. The awareness of the importance of keeping the environment clean and healthy, of not threatening the survival of habitats and species in order to satisfy the needs and "wants"...
Since the start of the big wave of the Ebola epidemic in March 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) figures showed that there were 22,000 officially recorded cases, with around 8,800 deaths in West Africa. When the Ebola pandemic first broke out...
James, a scout from North Kivu, tells us about his commitment to the U-Report project, a completely free sms system that gives voice to young Congolese on issues that concern them. I discovered U-Report thanks to a training we received in Munyonyo –...
On February 28, 2015 a ceremony to install the new National Committee of the Associação de Escuteiros de Angola, elected on January 31, 2015 took place. The new committee comprises of the following: 1. National Commissioner - ANTÓNIO SILVESTRE ALVES...
A message from the Africa Scout Regional Director to all National Scout Organizations in the Africa Region on the occassion of marking the 2015 Africa Scout Day Download the Speech (in English and French) below:
Chief Commissioner Hussain Abdullah and five national commissioners joined 80 Scouts and 50 volunteers in cleaning up the entire beach area in G.Dh Thinadhoo, south of Maldives. This was the first time that "Founders Day" was celebrated nationally...
Twelve Scout leaders from Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Philippines and Scouts of China, participated in the first ever APR Scout Shop Management: Leaders Meet on 5-8 March 2015 at Yangmingshan Scout Camp, Taipei, Taiwan. Several...
Congratulations to more than 100 Cub Scouts who were invested on 17 January 2015 at Vatbo Primary School in Siem Reap.
NAIROBI – Ms. Eline Kitaly, the newly appointed National Executive Commissioner of Tanzania Scouts Association recently underwent a two-weeks on job training at Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau. The training was part of the office’s...
Mr. Nelson Ochieng Opany is our new Communications and Public Relations Officer. He replaces Mr. Amos Ndegwa who left us last month Nelson joins us from Environmental Research Mapping and Information Systems in Africa where he worked since 2011 in...
At the beginning of February 2015, the European Scouts and Guides ICT Network held its annual meeting in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. 31 participants from National Scout Organizations (NSOs) and Member Organisations (MOs) from across the...
As part of their public debate "Skills for Life: Scouting and Guiding - a cost effective answer" on 25 February 2015, the European Regions of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World Organization of the Scout...