News and Stories
“Not all heroes wear a cape, some wear a Scout scarf” Liberia – The Liberia Scout Association, with its increasing effort to help apprise the menace of Ebola virus, will launch a nationwide Ebola Prevention and Eradication Project. About 75 Scouts...
Dear brother and sister Scouts, Late December last year, Malaysia experienced one of its worst floods in decades. Severe weather brought heavy rains, and floodwaters ravaged parts of the northern and southern regions as well as East Malaysia. Most...
From Scouts to NGO volunteers, everyone is working hard to allay fear by increasing public awareness through community engagement. The World Health Organization says that in West Africa, the Ebola virus is spreading faster than the efforts deployed...
“Citizenship is not about having a birth certificate or a passport, that’s just about identity. Citizenship is about engaging and being involved in the development process - of themselves, of the community and of the nation that they come from.” – Dr...
"We need to educate young people to be resourceful, open-minded, and community-oriented. We must do everything to provide them with job opportunities which are the basis of stability, security, and development." - Lech Walesa, Former President of...
It’s that time of the year to celebrate and spread the festive cheer again. Download WOSM's Season’s Greetings cards below and send your holiday wishes to family, friends and acquaintances.
Do you have a background in non-formal education and some experience in Educational Methods in Scouting? If your answer is "yes", then check details about the job opportunity as Project Office, Educational Methods at the European Scout Office of the...
NIGERIA - As part of building our Scouting Capacity within the Nigeria National Scout Organization, no fewer than 80 young Sea Scouts and their Leaders attended a Capacity building Workshop organized by the National Unit of the Nigeria Scout...
Overnight, a historic milestone was achieved – a counter, set at zero just over 24 months ago, passed the 600 million mark. That’s 600,000,000 hours of service provided to local communities around the world by over 10 million people whom King...
"600 million service hours, 5 million community projects. How soon do you think we’ll reach 1 billion community service hours?” - Scott Teare, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
On 3 December 2014, WOSM and UNESCO signed an agreement to promote the World Heritage Education programme that encourages young people to take part in projects related to heritage conservation and protection. Through this agreement, WOSM and UNESCO...
Thirty-four volunteer Scouts from the Arab Region recently spent three weeks from 8 to 27 November 2014 in Cairo, Egypt, at the 7th Super Diploma in Media, Communications and Marketing Programme. They took time away from family and work/studies to...
Inside WOSM and UNICEF Collaborate to Establish Global Communications Network through the U-report Scouts Embark on Ebola Awareness Campaign Walk for Peace Scouts and Red Cross Volunteers say no to Ebola Africa Scout Foundation Member Chief Addy...
The European Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), the European Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau (WSB) and the team of EuroScoutInfo join the family of Scouting in Norway ( Norges speiderforbund and Norges...
The Scout Photo Missions Contest was organized with the aim of promoting the new Scout Photo Community (http://photomissions.scout.org) on scout.org. The contest, which ended on 20 October 2014, received more than 2,000 photos from at least 80...