On July 18, 2014, South Africans marked the first Mandela Day since the anti-apartheid icon's death with a government call to clean up their country. The 1st Bothasig Scout Group from Scouts South Africa were not left out. They went to the Canal Walk...
The Chief Commissioner, Scout Association of Rwanda, Fidèle Gakuba, welcoming the Minister of Youth and ICT in Rwanda Hon Jean Philbert Nsengimana who is a Scout. He visited Scouts during training on Leadership where he commended them for the...
Dear Colleagues; Dear Friends: It greatly saddens me to hear the tragic news of Malaysia Airlines flight MH#017 which crashed in eastern Ukraine enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in the early hours today. Our deepest condolences go to the...
NIGERIA - Scouting across Africa is changing lives and making a difference. As part of the Messengers of Peace in the Scout Association of Nigeria, the Assistant Training Commissioner Plateau State Nigeria, Mallam Ibrahim Hassan (WB) visited some...
NIGERIA - The Scout Association of Nigeria, celebrated the 2014 National Scouts Conference under the theme, “Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony”, in Uyo, the transformational City of Akwa Ibom State. The conference was attended...
The winner of the JOTA-JOTI logo contest for 2014 is Taufik Umar Prayoga from Indonesia. This design will form the basis of the official badge for JOTA-JOTI 2014. Other entries can be seen here: http://www.scout.org/jota-joti-logo-contest-2014-stage1...
For two decades, the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern DR Congo) has suffered from a series of conflicts resulting in regional and national instability. Poverty, environmental problems, violence and social marginalisation affect especially...
An international high level conference of Safe from Harm! in Brussels (Belgium) marked the end of a 18-month project run by the European Scout Region with financial support from the DAPHNE III programme of the European Union. Speaking to more than...
James Hetfield and fellow musicians of Metallica may not have had time to spot this rather familiar flag flying above the crowd during their recent concert at the Glastonbury Festival 2014 in south east England. Do you recognise the flag? (image via...
Over the past week, we have been following with great interest the exploits of European Sea Scout Teams from Finland, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom engaged in this year's William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup in California...