Africa
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, Scouts as is their nature sprang into action with numerous initiatives aimed at helping their communities to cope with the effects of the disease. The situation was further compounded by the...
Four Burundian local Scout groups celebrated Africa Scout Day by making donations to support victims of gender based violence at Seruka Centre in Bunjumbura. The Scouts from Saint Gautier, Charles de Foucauld, La Colombe and Trone de la Grance Scout...
13 March 2020, Nairobi, Kenya: In the spirit of Africa Scout Day celebrations, the staff of the World Scout Bureau Africa support Centre were joined by some Kenyan Rover Scouts at a visit to the Cerebral Palsy Society of Kenya (CPSK) secretariat in...
As part of their reaching out activities, the Scout Group Les Fourmis Laborieuses in Cameroon initiated a fun, educational and humanitarian outing to the Bafoussam Central Prison. The prison which hosts 32 juvenile offenders was pleased to open its...
In response to a national call to citizens by the Botswanan Ministry of Health to help replenish the national blood bank, the Botswana Scout Association last year mobilised 53 Scouts from around the capital Gaborone. The Scouts marched into the...
Forty-nine visually impaired children (25 boys and 24 girls) from the CCAP School for the Blind situated at Ekwendeni in the northern Malawi got introduced to Scouting during a visit by some Rover Scouts.
In consultation with the Uganda Scouts Association and after careful considerations of the public health concerns associated with the spread of COVID-19 virus, the Africa Scout Committee and the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre regrettably...
UN Environment held the first cohort of the Trainers of Trainers (ToT) workshop under the Plastic Challenge Badge programme in collaboration with the UK Government.
The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre is pleased to invite entries for the inaugural Africa Scout Storytelling Contest, which offers the opportunity for Scouts to use their skills in writing, videography, photography, animation, drawing...
The two-day meeting of the Africa Scout Committee concluded today at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.