Barely a month after Hurricane Sandy devastated Haiti, Cuba and the United States of America, and following a year full of storms, floods, droughts, earthquakes, forest fires, volcanic eruptions and every other natural disaster we can imagine...

5th of December was set as the International Volunteer Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. The theme for 2012 is ‘Celebrate Volunteering!’. International Volunteer Day offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual...

A mix of thanksgiving, recognition and celebration flooded the plenary hall of Bangabandhu International Conference Center ( BICC ), in Dhaka, Bangladesh as the 24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference came to a close on 29th November 2012. In his...

27 November 2012, Dhaka -- National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region voted for the five new members of the Regional Scout Committee for 2012-2018. Newly-elected members are Mr. Janaprith Fernando (Sri Lanka), Mr. Paul Parkinson...

In the period of November 24-25 the scout master group of Yerevan held “B” rank school-jamboree in Byurakan campsite. The main goal of this event was to give new scout knowledge to the participants. During the school-jamboree a number of lectures...

Scouts Australia has reinforced their commitment to fight child abuse and welcomed a recent decision by their Federal Government to establish a national Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child abuse in...

Thirteen Chief Scout Executives (CSEs) and seven representatives from 15 National Scout Organizations gathered at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22nd November 2012 and discussed the role of NSO and how they...

Participants of the 7th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Youth Forum elected six young leaders from different National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific forming the new Young Adult Members Group (YAMG) for the term 2012-2015. They are Pangkaj...

The 7th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Youth Forum is now going on from 17th to 21st November 2012 at BRAC Centre for Development and Management, in Savar, Bangladesh. The regional youth forum provides an opportunity for young people to discuss and...

First Eurasia Scout Region photo contest – “Catch the Moment in the Movement” started in November and ended before New Year. First experience of such joint communicational activity for Eurasia Region attracted more 300 Scouts and leaders from all...