News and Stories
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (14): a story from Styria, Austria „Like a number of other regional Scout and Guide Associations in Austria and confronted with the realities of the...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (15): a story from Eidomeni, Greece As part of the many refugee support activities in local communities across Greece, members of Πρόσκοποι του Κιλκίς...
João Morais completed a #Development themed #SWAward Voluntary Service at the Hospital São João in Porto, #Portugal. During his service he helped children with Math homework and accompanied some of the patients to the hospital chapel for...
The Ukrainian Scouts celebrated the International Day of Peace with the achievement of 1 million service hours on scout.org. Last year was a very difficult year for Ukraine and for Ukrainian Scouting. However, Scouts of the National Organization of...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (13): a story from Tirol, Austria "Due to the growing number of stories and pictures in the media, we noticed that there is a significant number of...
The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, received the World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves, and WOSM Secretary General Scott A. Teare, at the Presidential Palace on 29 September 2015. During their meeting, WOSM...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (12): a story from Dortmund, Germany “When it became evident that the many refugee families would continue their travel to different parts of Germany...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (2): a story from the city of Salzburg, Austria. The provincial authorities of Salzburg approached them a couple of days ago as members of the...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (9): a story from Freistadt, Austria “When we realised that a growing number of refugee families were given accommodation in and around our city and...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (10): a story from Klagenfurt, Austria “We just wanted to make these children smile and laugh again”, says Monika, from the Kärtner Pfadfinder und...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (11): a story from Mytilini on the island of Lesbos, Greece “Members of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (The Scouts of Greece, a member of the World Organization...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) congratulates the United Nations and its member states for the decision to adopt the new framework, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is indeed a historic...
When we see the world as a wonderful place. I decided to give this name to the introduction I usually write for this newsletter of the Interamerican Scout Region because during these days the idea that there are so many wonderful things happening in...
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein Peace. A simple word yet filled with complexity and meaning. In a common dictionary, it is defined as freedom from disturbance; freedom from or the cessation...
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns is one of the first #UNESCO World Heritage sites that will have a #SWAward project completed under the new UNESCO World Heritage Recognition Achievement. #Sukhothai was the capital of...