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Scouts were among the 46 indigenous youth leaders from Africa, who came together to take part in the 1 st WWF Africa Youth Conference that took place on 22 nd -24 th May 2019 at the Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in Nairobi, Kenya. The participants...
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On June 2nd, in the Metropolitan Park Guangüiltagua, north of the capital, Scouts Ecuador together with representatives of the UN Environment, shared a spectacular message with more than 200 Scouts, among beneficiaries and leaders of the city of...
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3 June 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: World Scouting today announced the launch of a global activation campaign named Scouts #MakeItHappen that will mobilise over 50 million Scouts for 50 days of community service, tackling pressing global challenges...
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The Scout Association of Hong Kong formally inaugurated its centennial building on April 20. Officially called the “Hong Kong Scout Centennial Building,” the structure is a 21-storey building that was redeveloped from the former 5-storey Tang Shiu...
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The Scout Donation Platform is challenging all Scouts working on a project for any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and seeking funding. World Scouting is launching a worldwide competition as part of the larger Scouts #MakeItHappen digital...
26 May 2019, Nairobi: A delegation of World Scouting participated in the UN-Habitat Global Stakeholders Forum that took place on 25-26 May at United Nations Office in Nairobi ahead of the week-long 1 st UN-Habitat Assembly that kicks off on 27 May...
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The Steering Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) visited Jordan, Israel and Palestine during 10-19 May 2019 to promote WOSM’s Vision 2023 and provide impetus for advancing growth plans for Scouting in the region. Through...
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Nearly 100 Rovers and Scouts banded together in the early morning of May 1 to clean up a garbage-filled back street in downtown Yangoon. A civil society group, Clean Yangoon, spearheaded the activity in partnership with Myanmar Scouts and the Yangoon...
More than 550 teachers, community leaders and Scout leaders attended the 6-day Basic Unit Leaders Training of Nepal Scouts. This is an interesting development for the Scout Movement in Nepal where local government units in Province No. 1 sent their...
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The Steering Committee of the World Scout Committee (WSC) of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) embarked on a tour to the Middle East aiming to promote WOSM’s Vision 2023 and support the development plans for Scouting in the region...
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Thousands of students volunteered to make about 178,900 enzymatic mudballs to aid the river restoration project of a big university in Malaysia. The enzymatic balls, made by hands, will be thrown directly into the now polluted Damansara river located...
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KABUL, Afghanistan – United States Ambassador to Afghanistan John R. Bass received a couple of Scouts from the Afghanistan National Scout Organization who came to visit the US Embassy in Kabul on April 12 to promote peace and to celebrate the support...
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