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A group of Afghan Scouts comprised of Scout Masters and staff of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Services for Afghanistan (PARSA) paid a visit to the new Minister of Education and the Deputy Minister of Youth, Dr. Kamal on 30 November 2015 to...
We are hiring an External Relations Manager who will be entrusted mainly with the task of managing relationships with WOSM’s key stakeholders. They include UN agencies and global organisations delivering non-formal education for young people...
Fabien Baudelet of French Scouts et Guides de France has been a Scout at a very young age. He is passionate about Scouting, especially in areas related to protecting the environment and finding solutions to climate change. He initiated and...
The Parliamentary Scout Union of Sweden and The Guides and Scouts of Sweden are hosting the 8th General Assembly of the World Scout Parliamentary Union in Stockholm, Sweden, at the end of next summer, from 31 August to 2 September 2016. The World...
After 30 years in the role as Scouts New Zealand International Commissioner George Fairbairn has retired. Over this time George has represented New Zealand Scouting on the world stage attending numerous Asia-Pacific Region and world conferences as...
To all Jewish Scouts, may the light of Hanukkah fill your heart and home with warmth and joy.
"Peace in me - peace with you" - was the central theme of this year's ecumenical service organised by the Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs in Vienna, Austria, yesterday afternoon. During the ceremony, Niklas, this year's Peace Light Child...
Scott Teare, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), announced on behalf of the 40 million Scouts worldwide that the Movement will intensify its efforts in making the world a better place during the COP21 event on 9...
The 2016 National Rover Conference on 29th January – 3rd February is an annual significant gathering for Rovers in Taiwan. The event gives young people the avenue to enhance their skills in decision-making at the institutional level of Scouting, to...
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Silver Elephant Award, the highest national award of Scouting and Guiding in the country, to WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare at an awards ceremony yesterday. Find out more on bit.ly...
Organisation calls for stronger involvement of young people in combating environmental issues and climate change. 9 December 2015, Paris, France: Today, Scott Teare, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), announced...
Bharat Scouts & Guides India, in its effort to strengthen its Messenger of Peace Team, is bringing the initiative at the local level by holding four MoP Local Coordinators Gatherings -- the first in the series was held on 2-6 December 2015 at the...
The Conference of Parties (COP), an annual conference of all countries that want to take action and address climate change, continues this week in Paris with further meetings and discussions. The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has...
(WSBERO/Chios) - “The scale of the refugee tragedy is incredible. Hundreds if not thousands of people – a third of them children - arrive daily on this small but beautiful Greek island having fled atrocities of war hoping for a better future...