South Africa - Buntu Tsotsobe, Assistant Troop Scouter for 1st Liwa Scout Troop in Guguletu, was flown to Paris on a trip where he surprised King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on his 60th Birthday. In 2007 Buntu met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during...

South Africa - South African Scout Johan Harzon (16) from the 1st Pinelands Scout Troop was the first youth from the Western Cape to receive the LEAD SA Youth Hero Recognition, for his service to others and leading by example. “I feel humbled and...

Salt Lake City, 29th October - Over 20,000 Scouts, parents and friends joined leaders of the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) for an amazing show to celebrate 100 years of LDS participation in the Scout...

Again a highlight at a gathering of Scout and Guide Leaders from all over Europe: participants attending the European Region's Academy 2013 enjoyed watching a short video produced in 2010 by the Flemish speaking Scout Associations in Belgium (and at...

For the first time in 50 years, Scouting in Myanmar is up and running with a training of Unit Leaders now on-going in Mandalay. After the initial visit of a high level delegation to Myanmar from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in...

The three Scout Associations in Bosnia-Herzegovina have finalised the draft of a common Youth Programme which will be submitted at the next general assembly for approval. An important step in the development of Scouting in that country, worth a three...

Scouts of China gave a heartwarming welcome to the members of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee who met at the Chien Tan International Youth Activity Center in Taipei on the 19th and 20th of October. For two days, the Regional Scout Committee...

In 2005, a group of European Scouts travelled to Mongolia. During a visit to a rural elementary school, the Scouts noticed that the children asked many questions in English and were very eager to learn. But the school‘s library was empty - no books...

During the last week of October, more than fifty representatives of different European Scout and Guide Centres are gathered at the Neihaischen Scout Centre in Luxembourg for the 13th European Guide and Scout Centre Managers Conference. Another...

Demonstrating the international dimension of the Scout Movement was at the centre of activities in the Flemish part of Belgium and in Portugal this weekend, organised by Internacional CNE and Internationaal - Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen, respectively...