“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein Peace. A simple word yet filled with complexity and meaning. In a common dictionary, it is defined as freedom from disturbance; freedom from or the cessation...

Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns is one of the first ‪#‎UNESCO‬ World Heritage sites that will have a ‪#‎SWAward‬ project completed under the new UNESCO World Heritage Recognition Achievement. ‪#‎Sukhothai‬ was the capital of...

Rabbi Peter Hyman, the national Jewish chaplain for the Boy Scouts of America since 1981, recently travelled with the Boy Scouts of America's contingent to the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Kirara-hama, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Honshu island in...

When the Coordinating Group of the European Regions of WAGGGS and WOSM met the other weekend, the current situation of refugees and the manifold support actions by Scouts and Guides as members of their local communities was one of the issues...

Last month, at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan, I had the privilege of attending the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony with some 150 Scouts. The memorial commemorated the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and...

Scouting takes another step forward on green environment as the Solar Badge (Global) was launched during the APR Workshop on Environment Education, in Islamabad Pakistan on 14-18 September 2015. The badge was developed by the World Organisation of...

United Kingdom – Members of a Scout group from Coxhoe, a village in Durham County, are stunned that their simple act of kindness has garnered the kindness and generosity of the local community. All they did was organise a call for contributions in...

Regional Workshop for Heads of NSOs’ working groups on the development of national adult leaders training systems, 09-13 SEPTEMBER, 2015 г. MINSK, Belarus. Regional Workshop for Heads of NSOs’ working groups on the development of national adult...

From the day we as Scouts pledge the Scout Promise, we set out as agents of change, on a mission to create a better world. With a sense of brotherhood and understanding which transcends race, gender, socioeconomic status, we apply our leadership for...

Escoteiros do Brasil (The Boy Scouts of Brazil) held the first Brazilian Scout Education Congress in São Paulo from 5 – 7 September 2015. Some 200 participants from around the country, Scouts from Uruguay and Portugal as well as representatives from...