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NIGERIA - As part of the efforts of Scout Association of Nigeria of building Leadership Capacity towards the development of Scouting Strengths, no fewer than 41 Scout Leaders participated at the just concluded, 1st Assistant Leader Training Course...
It is with great sadness that we announce the demise of Garnet de la Hunt, who was until the time of his death Chairman and Board Member of the National Scout Council, Scouts South Africa. He was also former Chairman of the World Scout Committee and...
IVORY COAST - As part of the MoP project, “Trees For The World”, a team of 20 Scouts from Ivory Coast led by the MoP National Coordinator Marie Louise Ycossié engaged in a tree planting exercise at a Scout Camp site in Konkondékro (Bouaké). While...
From the 9th - 10th April 2014, the World Scout Bureau Africa Regional staff and volunteers working directly with NSOs in the region went through a training on the understanding of the concept of the Global Support Assessment Tool at the Regional...
The contest to design the logo for JOTA-JOTI 2014 will be launched tomorrow (23 April 2014). Entries will be able to be submitted via this website and via www.facebook.com/jota.joti.wosm
Group Leaders from Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen, one of the National Scout Associations in Belgium, will gather on 27 April 2014 in Ghent, Beligum, for ScoutingDNA, their next Group Leaders Congress. Discussing the direction in which their...
L-iScout Association ta' Malta ( The Scout Association of Malta) ser torganniza l-ewwel National Scout Youth Forum aktar tard dan ix-xahar għall-membri tagħha li għandhom bejn l-14 sa 26 sena. Fost il-preparamenti għal dan l-avveniment membri marru...
Some time ago I had written on this subject. Back then I did so for Scout Magazine “Youth Forum” of the Scout Association of Mexico, AC. Now I would like to share with you this reflection using new words, as I don´t remember what I used on that...
Some time ago I had written on this subject. Back then I did so for Scout Magazine “Youth Forum” of the Scout Association of Mexico, AC. Now I would like to share with you this reflection using new words, as I don´t remember what I used on that...
Following a long-time partnership, this year the World Organization of the Scout Movement and Earth Hour joined forces to promote and advocate a more sustainable planet. Andy Ridley, the CEO and Co-Founder of Earth Hour, who is also a former Scout...
The Course for Assistant Leader Trainers (CALT) recently held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia considered to be historical as Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM) opened the course to Scout states and received an encouraging response. Out of 17, 15 Scout...
Yesterday, April 11 with a day of enriched work in the discussion of "Best Practices" in the context of WOSM, the Central America Communications Network continues to work on the second day of the meeting being held in Iztarú School Camp located in...
On April 13 lots of people gathered in Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral and its yard to celebrate the Palm Sunday, one of the most beloved and beautiful Christian fests. Scouts from various chapters of the National Scout Movement of Armenia...
Photo: The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Secretary General John May and WOSM Secretary General Scott Teare signing the joint statement The World Organization of the Scout Movement and The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award...
“Scouts, be ready at all times” was the message of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before the crowd of about 9,000 Scouts from the South Asian countries for the First South Asia National Scout Organizations (SANSO) Jamboree, held in Mouchak...