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The World Scout Committee met at the World Scout Bureau (WSB) office in Kuala Lumpur from 20 to 22 March 2015. The meeting was attended by Committee Members, Youth Advisors and some WSB Senior Management Members. The executive organ of WOSM made...
Following the resignation of Mr. Gilbert Mussumba from his position as member and Chairperson of the Africa Scout Committee upon his election as the Chief Commissioner of Federation des Scouts de la Republic Democratique du Congo; the Africa Scout...
Ten days after the devastating passage of cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, a small island republic in the South Pacific, is slowly beginning to recover from the worst cyclone hitting this area in hundred years. Gaël Audras, a Scout Leader engaged in civilian...
Chief Scout of Singapore, President Tony Tan Keng Yam spent time with the Scouts during the launch of the Annual Job Week on 10th March 2015 at the Istana, the official residence and office of the President of Singapore. -- The Singapore Scout...
BACKGROUND Luzira is a suburb of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Luzira lies in Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala. It is located approximately 12 kilometres, by road, southeast of the central business district of...
Benvingut Raül a "l'equip porpra" de l'Oficina Scout Europea a Ginebra! Please join us in welcoming Raül Molina, from Barcelona (Spain), who has joined the Educational Methods team of the European Scout Office of the World Organization of the Scout...
As active citizens and Messengers of Peace, Scouts in Africa continue to drive positive social impact and development in their continent. In their quest to create a better world, they have made a difference through their services and contributions...
“The future of Africa, and indeed the entire world, to a great extent, depends on the efforts it deploys to promote and develop its human resources, particularly its youth. Young people will be called upon to assume various responsibilities in their...
The Diversity & Inclusion Priority Project Group of the European Scout Region has been very active in reaching out to all National Scout Organisations (NSOs) in Europe since the European Regional Scout Conference in Berlin in August 2013. But do you...
The environmental problems facing mankind has today moved to centre stage. The awareness of the importance of keeping the environment clean and healthy, of not threatening the survival of habitats and species in order to satisfy the needs and "wants"...
Since the start of the big wave of the Ebola epidemic in March 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) figures showed that there were 22,000 officially recorded cases, with around 8,800 deaths in West Africa. When the Ebola pandemic first broke out...
The Alan Sol Foundation has donated 250 000 Rand to SCOUTS South Africa for their continued efforts in contributing to the enhancement and preservation of the environment with its objective being either that of fauna, flora and human beings. “We are...
During the Africa Scout Day celebrations on 13th March Scouts in Cote d’Ivoire undertook tree planting with the Cub Scouts. This also marked the official launch of the project "A Tree for Peace" as part of marking the Centenary of Cub Scouting in...
For an adventurer and mountaineer it is always very exciting to begin the year on a high! I got the chance to return to South America as a guide for an Adventure Dynamics Aconcagua expedition. We left South Africa on the first week of January and I...
James, a scout from North Kivu, tells us about his commitment to the U-Report project, a completely free sms system that gives voice to young Congolese on issues that concern them. I discovered U-Report thanks to a training we received in Munyonyo –...