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Environment education has been a key thrust for World Scouting and continues to play an important role in the Scout Movement since it was founded. With most of the Scout programmes and activities focused on environment education and its flagship...
Dozens of children in Vanuatu are thrilled with their bright and shiny life-changing packages after the first delivery of solar lights made by compassionate Scouts from Australia through an exciting new collaboration with charity SolarBuddy. Scouts...
Nairobi , 23 February 2019 – The African regions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM Africa) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Africa) are strengthening their collaboration to stimulate and empower young people to become...
UN Environment held the first cohort of the Trainers of Trainers (ToT) workshop under the Plastic Challenge Badge programme in collaboration with the UK Government.
A delegation of 11 members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) of Thailand who are also members of the World Scout Parliamentary Union (WSPU), together with their Kenyan counterparts were recently in Nairobi on four-day visit. Led by the...
By now, you will have already heard about how the World Organization of Scout Movement (WOSM) has signed up to help the United Nations (UN) make the world a better place for everyone through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Scouts are...
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines and the International Labour Organization has launched two new merit badges on Occupational Safety and Health for the more than 2.6 million Scouts in the Philippines. The launch was conducted during the 59 thAnnual...
The 2019 Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations took place on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 at the Rowallan Scouts Camp in Nairobi. The campaign's slogan, "Together for a better internet", is a call to action for all stakeholders to join together and play...
Scouts Australia is partnering with fellow not-for-profit SolarBuddy.org, to deliver an environmental and socially responsible activity for 2,000 Scouts and Leaders at the 25th Australian Scout Jamboree taking place at Tailem Bend in South Australia...
Scouts Australia is partnering with fellow not-for-profit SolarBuddy.org, to deliver an environmental and socially responsible activity for 2,000 Scouts and Leaders at the 25th Australian Scout Jamboree taking place at Tailem Bend in South Australia...
The Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement is pleased to share with its member National Scout Organizations, the call of applications for the 2019 Asia Philanthropy Awards. The Asia Philanthropy Awards, or shortly...
The Afghanistan National Scout Association, in partnership with the Ministry of Education of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is rallying its members to scale up its green initiatives and to implement Scouts Go Solar in all its activities in order...
On November 10th and 11 th 2018, 800 leaders from 14-17 years old (Ventures-Guides) gathered in Jambville for the launch of the "Welcome" year! What does "Welcome" mean ? It is a welcoming approach, launched as a challenge to the leaders of 14-17...
Nairobi – Kenya: For the first time in 23 years the Africa Scout Foundation has launched its own website. Previously hosted on the scout.org/africascoutfoundation, news, stories, projects and other information about the foundation will from 1 st...
The 9th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Youth Forum held from 9 to 12 October in Tagaytay City was a tremendous success. The forum, attended by 125 young adult delegates and observers from 27 NSOs broke the record as the biggest in attendance in the...