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The Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement is pleased to share with its member National Scout Organizations, the call of applications for the 2019 Asia Philanthropy Awards. The Asia Philanthropy Awards, or shortly...
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The 6th Interamerican Scout Youth forum will be held on 24th, 25th, and 26th of November 2018 in the Radisson Decapolis Hotel in Panama City. This sixth edition of the Forum was organized by the Interamerican Scout Committee in the collaboration of...
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Hello friends, today I'm going to tell you what is happening in the 6th Interamerican Youth Scout. First of all, the organizing team has everything well-planned. From the delivery of the kits to the schedule of the sessions... excellent! With the...
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Five Rover Scouts from Singapore Scout Association sailed for over four days and three nights for one mission – to commemorate the centenary of Rover Scouting. They sailed from the 9th until the 12th of August 2018. Calling their team, #R100SE, short...
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The Afghanistan National Scout Association, in partnership with the Ministry of Education of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is rallying its members to scale up its green initiatives and to implement Scouts Go Solar in all its activities in order...
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On November 10th and 11 th 2018, 800 leaders from 14-17 years old (Ventures-Guides) gathered in Jambville for the launch of the "Welcome" year! What does "Welcome" mean ? It is a welcoming approach, launched as a challenge to the leaders of 14-17...
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The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) today unveiled Scout for SDGs, an unprecedented mobilisation of 50 million Scouts to make the world’s largest coordinated youth contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), at the...
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16 November 2018, New York: Millions of young people around the world know Bear Grylls as a Global adventurer, TV host, and best-selling author with a passion for Scouting. Now, as the new Chief Ambassador for the entire global Scout Movement, Bear...
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Bear Grylls has been appointed as the first Chief Ambassador of the Scout Movement. Hugely talented and popularly known to millions of people around the world as a global adventurer, inspirational speaker, TV host, and author, Bear is a natural fit...
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We sat down for a conversation with Sandrine Nikuze, the Deputy Chief Commissioner of Rwanda Scouts association. At the 22 years, she is possibly the youngest holder of that position in Africa. Here is her story! Sandrine Nikuze describes herself as...
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Volunteers are willing to take part in Scouting in various ways, not only as leaders, but also as journalists or creating multimedia content. We show you here how Scouts of Spain (ASDE España) have developed their own reporters team across the...
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Has visiting KISC been on your bucket list for some while already? Does it seem like a hard-to-reach goal and you are not sure on how to achieve it? One thing is for sure - your journey to KISC is not as scary as a windy mountain ride but a fast lane...
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