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A contingent of Rover Scouts and Leaders from the Associação de Escuteiros de Angola (AEA) (Scout Association of Angola) pay the World Scout Bureau Africa Regional Office a courtesy visit before they head to Nyeri where the Founder's Day celebrations...

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23rd WSJ - Next year, 30 000 Scouts from all over the world will gather in Japan for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree (WSJ). Already last summer, 14 000 participants from 53 countries got a sneak preview of what is to come when participating in the Asia...

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The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is currently holding five-day Messengers of Peace Team Philippines Gathering from 10 to 14 February 2014 at the National Headquarters in Manila. The gathering promotes the MoP Network in the Philippines. BSP is...

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Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement Scott Teare and Asia-Pacific Regional Director J Rizal Pangilinan visited Indonesia from 7 to 10 February 2014 to personally meet the new Chairman of Gerakan Pramuka (GP), Mr Adhyaksa...

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H.H. Shaik Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad AI-Qassemi, the member of the supreme council of United Arab Emirates and the governor of the Sharjah Emirate launches the 6th International Scout Gathering, Sharjah 2014. The Sharjah Emirates - capital of Islamic...

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I am on an official visit to our largest Scouting nation in the world, Indonesia. Yesterday afternoon a police truck carrying 62 Scouts to a campsite lost control and overturned resulting in the death of 4 Scouts, the driver and his helper. 31 Scouts...

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(FNEL/Luxembourg) – The Fédération des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg (FNEL), one of the two National Scout Associations in the Grand Duchy, was very proud when the election results for the presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the...

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"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." -Albert Schweitzer As they began 2014, a group of Uganda Scouts winded down a very...

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"The rate of development of a country is measured primarily by the rate of development of its human resources." There are villages and communities in Angola who live precariously lacking basic needs like food, basic health care, clean water etc and...

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Typhoon Haiyan occurred on 9th November 2013, devastating many communities across central Philippines. Tens of thousands have died and millions have been displaced from their homes. The World Scouting team visited Scout Groups supporting...

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(WSBERO/Geneva) - "Developing Scouting. Supporting Growth." is the title of the Regional Scout Plan 2013-2016 (RSP) of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Initially adopted during the 21st European Scout...

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South African social rights activist, anti apartheid hero and Nobel Peace Prize (1984) laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been a great supporter of Scouting throughout his life. Today, he received representatives of World Scouting and the...

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The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is looking for a new Global Director for Communications and External Relations for its World Scout Bureau. If this position is interesting you do not miss the deadline and send in your application...

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The Consultancy Visit to Sri Lanka Scout Association (SLSA) on 11-15 January was a follow-up action from the previous Committee NSO Visit back in 2010. SLSA Chief Commissioner, Prof. Nimal De Silva, outlined the three focus areas of the consultancy...

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