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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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At the concluding series of disaster and risk reduction training, since it started in 2014 by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), 30 Scouts and 29 Scout leaders from different provinces in southern Philippines (Mindanao), are learning skills in...
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In an interview held in conjunction with the 30th International Volunteer Day, WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare shares about the volunteer who inspired him, his experience as a volunteer and volunteering in Scouting. 1. You joined the Scout...
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Today, on International Volunteer Day, six volunteers share about their passion to serve and to nurture the growth of young people through Scouting. Maina Kiranga, Kenya 1. How long have you been volunteering? I started my Scouting journey at Fahari...
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Tomorrow, watch João Armando Gonçalves, World Scout Committee Chairperson as he speaks to Rover Scouts and Adult Volunteers at the International Volunteer Day celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic. You can view it here at 10:00 CET (GMT +1 hour) -...
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Today is Education Day at COP21, the climate change conference in Paris, France. To recognise the importance of climate change education in combating the worrying effects of climate change on children, young people and their communities, the World...
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(WSBERO/Skopje) - This morning, the 6th European Scout Symposium started in Skopje (MK) with more than 120 representatives of National Scout Organisations (NSOs) and National Scout Associations (NSAs) of the European Region of the World Organization...
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