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Fifty Years After NASA Astronaut and Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong Set Foot on the Moon NASA Astronaut and Assistant Scoutmaster Drew Morgan and Fellow Crew Members to Speak to Scouts at the 24th World Scout Jamboree Directly from the International...
Rovers in the northeastern part of India have been mobilised to help people affected by flood due to incessant rains since the 14 th of July. Some Rovers braved the flood and evacuated residents who were trapped in their houses, others distributed...
Mother Theresa Scout Unit, a Rover Crew at the Mother Theresa Resource Center in Monarch location of Francistown, Botswana has been implementing a project of bring hope to the less privileged children of Monarch. Joining hands with Francistown Rotary...
In the framework of the Project: "Investing in Youth For Social Cohesion and Sustainable Peace in Burundi 2018-2020" to meet the SDGs on peace, security and gender equality, the Scouts Association of Burundi is leading advocacy on conflicts...
The Regional HADI workshop came at an opportune time when the Southern Zone was experiencing a series of disasters from Cyclone Idai to Cyclone Kenneth and the seasonal floods and droughts across different countries. National Scout Organisations are...
15 July 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: This summer, over 45,000 young people from around the world will come together for the adventure of a lifetime and a chance to experience one of the world’s largest outdoor events for young people - the 24th...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is alarmed by the findings of a new report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO) agency, released earlier this week. The report, Meeting Commitments, reveals that the...
A WOSM study has found that Scouting makes a difference in the lives of young people. Surveys and interviews looked at the effect on Scouting on the development of young people in France, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia.
Today, World Scouting unveiled the Discovering the SDGs Action Kit, the latest in a series of tools and resources that are being developed to engage over 50 million Scouts in making the world’s largest coordinated youth contribution to the...
In an effort to clean up their schools from wild grasses and plants, Scouts went on an unusual mission – to uproot marijuana plants around the school premises. Nearly 1,000 Scouts from different schools in Bhutan conducted series of clean-up...
More than 100 National Scout Organizations have now used World Scouting’s quality standard - GSAT, to assess themselves against international best practices in good governance and quality Scouting.
On 27 June 2019, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, Ahmad Alhendawi and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, along with other UNHCR representatives gathered to explore opportunities to strengthen the...
A group of Rover Scouts from Bangladesh Scouts’ Helds Open Scout Group in Phulpur, Mymensingh are helping poor farmers harvest crops from their paddy fields at no cost. The activity is part of the group’s social activities. Helds Open Scout Group is...
What started out as a goal of providing shoes to one school in the Cayo district of Belize, has turned into an extraordinary mission of giving. God gets all the credit because only, He could have brought together this special connection that enables...
Among the 1,800 Scouts who attended the 72 nd Provincial Scout Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines’ Ilocos Norte – Laoag City Council in Dingaras, Ilocos Norte, a particular Scout caught the attention of his fellow Scouts – Scout Daniel...