No Poverty

A group of Rovers from Venezuela successfully completed their SW Award Voluntary Service. The Project Turtles 2015, was held in La Playa Parguito located on the island of Margarita Nueva Esparta. The aim of the project was to create a sense of...

On 5 October, President Giorgi Margvelashvili of Georgia met with the official delegation from WOSM, led by its Secretary General, Scott A. Teare. The delegation included Eurasia Scout Committee Chairperson, Irina Pruidze; Regional Director of the...

6 October 2015, Geneva, Switzerland: All 40 million Scouts worldwide were today honoured with a “Youth Leadership Award for the Environment” for their dedication to environmental protection at the Green Cross International Conference for a Green and...

All 40 million Scouts worldwide were today honoured with a “Youth Leadership Award for the Environment” for their dedication to environmental protection at the Green Cross International Conference for a Green and Inclusive Economy. Six Scouts...

João Morais completed a ‪#‎Development‬ themed ‪#‎SWAward‬ Voluntary Service at the Hospital São João in Porto, ‪#‎Portugal‬. During his service he helped children with Math homework and accompanied some of the patients to the hospital chapel for...

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, received the World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves, and WOSM Secretary General Scott A. Teare, at the Presidential Palace on 29 September 2015. During their meeting, WOSM...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) congratulates the United Nations and its member states for the decision to adopt the new framework, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is indeed a historic...

When we see the world as a wonderful place. I decided to give this name to the introduction I usually write for this newsletter of the Interamerican Scout Region because during these days the idea that there are so many wonderful things happening in...

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...

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...