UNICEF is looking for contributions to the State of the World Children’s Report (SOWC) and a companion report which will be written and edited by young people under 20 years of age. This report will explore the situation of adolescents from their own...
In the past few years there has been a growing awakening to the need to preserve our environment, our natural habitat. Arguably some of these notions might be attributed to the mainstreaming of climate change and climate-related issues. However, this...
The Moot will take place at Rowallan Campsite, situated in Ngong forest near the centre of Nairobi. Rowallan campsite is home to both the national office of the Kenya Scouts Association and the Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau. The...
As the world went about its daily activities, history was being written at the Rowallan Scout Camp in Nairobi Kenya on July 28th, 2010. It is now official that Kenya is the first African country to host a World Scout Moot. After a chilly night that...
NAIROBI, 28 July 2010 – After many months of preparation, the 13th World Scout Moot officially kicked off in Nairobi, at Rowallan Scout Camp. A colourful ceremony that was graced by the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mwai Kibaki, signaled...
One of the most amazing stories so far told by moot participants is from three Ugandan Rovers, Daniel Nanghaka, Isaac Mubiru and Asaph Kasuja, who had the most spectacular ride to the Moot.While other participants used planes, trains or buses, the...
Rowallan’s closest neighbour, Kibera, is the second largest slum in Africa, only exceeded by Soweto in South Africa. To outsiders it is perceived as a dangerous place but Grishon Onyango and Ralph Musindi, two Kibera rover Scouts, give me a different...
From July 26th to 30th 2010, 10,000 Scouts from 14 to 17 years old, Pioneers and Caravelles, met in Cussac-Fort-Medoc, for a unique event in France: Cité Cap. They came from all over France, but also from Belgium, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Ireland...
“WAKA WAKA… This is how we greet each other during our Jamboree” says Brice Filaumart a Scout attending the HALP (Habiter Autrement la Planete/) Jamboree. Arriving on the 26th of July Venture Scouts and Guides, (pionnier caravelles) from the island...
Preparation for the 39th World Scout Conference and the 11th World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) are well underway. The Conference will be held from the 10th to the 14th of January 2011 at the Estação Embratel Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil. The...