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On 25 April last year, Nepal was devastated by 7.9-magnitude earthquake. It was the second massive quake to hit the country since the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake, which registered 8.1 on the Richter scale. More than 8,000 perished and no less than 21...
The World Scout Seminar on Environmental Education is being held at the the Kaprálův mlýn SCENES Centre in Brno, the Czech Republic. Thirty-seven participants representing 25 countries and 10 SCENES centres, four guests, six organising team members...
The recent 3rd Europe-Eurasia Leadership Training and Partnership Meeting held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 13 to 16 May 2016, was the more then fitting background for a small ceremony during which Irina Pruidze and Andrea Demarmels, Chairpersons of the...
In coincidence with the Europe-Eurasia Leadership Training & Partnership Meeting and with the Eurasia Scout Committee meeting on the 15th of May 2016 in Tbilisi (Georgia) the European and the Eurasian Scout Regions signed an important partnership...
The Organizing Committee of the third Regional Youth Forum met in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13th of May, just before the Regional Scout Committee meeting. The agenda of the meeting included: -mainstreaming the theme “Intergenerational Dialogue” through all...
The ultimate goal is to connect 40 million Scouts engaged as Messengers of Peace participating in creative and innovative social entrepreneur activities, with relevant impact in their local, national or regional community. The Bharat Scouts and...
The word on Youth Empowerment is out and we are beginning to see how it is causing an impact in the associations. In 2015, Romania organized its first Rover Forum. We asked Cristi Stavarache, from the planning team, to tell us this story of youth...
(WSBERO/Geneva) – I’m sure many of you reading this have had a similar encounter as I have; our friends wondering what is Scouting all about, and why are we involved in such an organisation? WHY?! What an important question! A question that my Scout...
There was pomp and colour as Scouts from different countries across Africa and beyond gathered at the Baden Powell Centenary Memorial Hall in Accra, Ghana for the celebrations of the Africa Scout Day. This was the culmination of a series of...
It’s International Women’s Day, and we took the opportunity to ask Scouts across the world “What is gender equality? How can you #StepItUp4Gender as a Scouts?”. Here are some of the responses we got: Grace Wanja, Rover Scout, Kenyatta University...
This year’s All Africa Scout Day celebrations will be held between 9 - 13 March 2016 in Ghana; hosted by the Ghana Scouts Association. The event will bring together Scouts, aged 14 years and above, from different countries in Africa and beyond for a...
Del 19 al 21 de febrero de 2016 se realizó en las instalaciones de la Oficina Scout Mundial – Centro de Apoyo Interamérica, la reunión de trabajo sobre la Red de Jóvenes. A esta reunión asistieron Iliëne Corsen y Tiago Lacerda, miembros de la...
Every two years the informal network of Sea Scout and Sea Guide branches of National Scout Associations (NSAs) and Member Organisation (MOs) of the European Regions of WOSM and WAGGGS organise a European Sea Scout Seminar. Hosted by Związek...
No! There are not just male ICT experts in Scouting and Guiding. And: no! They don't all were squareshaped spectales. Need a proof? Here is the traditional Family Photo taken during the annual meeting of the informal Communication and...
As part of its strategy towards Youth Involvement in decision-making, the Ghana Scout Association (GSA) in collaboration with the Africa Regional Team organized its maiden National Scout Youth Forum. The objective of this forum is to provide an...