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From 7th to 11th December, Scout from the East Africa countries converged in Kenya for the annual zonal Scout activities. NSO leaders, Junior, Senior and Rover Scouts came together for various events. The adults converged at the Embu Scout Centre for...

In early November, the Government of Sierra Leone and its partners announced the official end of the Ebola outbreak which had gripped the country for over 18 months. The Scouts of Sierra Leone are among the actors who have played a key role in this...

In September 2015, world leaders from all 193 United Nations (UN) Member States committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years: End extreme poverty; Fight inequality & injustice; Fix climate change. The Global...

The Africa Scout Committee held its first official meeting of the 2015-2018 triennium on 14-15 December 2015 in Nairobi. This is the first time the committee elected at the 16th Africa Scout Conference held in Uganda in August was officially meeting...

Between On 9 – 10 November 2015, UNICEF hosted the “Start-up to Scale-up: Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit” in Helsinki, Finland. There are many great innovations and solutions emerging in our newly connected world for accelerating...

On Sunday 3 January 2016, over 10,000 Scouts and leaders from around the world gathered at Cataract Scout Park as Scouts cheered the countdown to 7pm when two Melbourne Rovers and gang show veterans Mitch Groves and Ryan Leggett landed their...

To mark Founder's Day in 1955, the anniversary of Robert Baden-Powell, the Founder of Scouting, Scouts and Sea Scouts from different Groups of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός, the Scouts of Greece, decided to plant trees in the area surrounding the Temple of...

During past 16 and 17 December, Rafe Lucado (2nd Vice Chair of Interamerican Scout Committee) and Ralf Dillmann (Director Adults in Scouting) gathered with the authorities of Scouts of Panama to provide feedback and recommendations on their Adults in...

The 13th New Zealand Venture offered fun and excitement to Venturers from New Zealand and Australia as well as new experiences and lifelong memories. The event provides the perfect blend of responsibility and freedom where participants get to choose...

The 14th APR Scout Photo Contest for 2016 will be held in early March and we are encouraging all National Scout Organizations to promote this annual contest among Scouts and adult members. For this cycle, the theme is “Growth of Scouting”. The...

Dear Friends; We are happy to share with you the December issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter. You can read it below or at by clicking www.scout.org/kudumail44. Enjoy your reading.

We commemorate the going home of #BadenPowell, the Chief Scout of the World, today. He passed on peacefully in Nyeri, Africa on the morning of 8 January 1941. 75 years on, his vision of a better world and his spirit of service and peace continue to...