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Scouts in Cameroon turning waste into new products

After the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge was launched in Cameroon in March 2021, some 30,000 Scouts, Scout Leaders, beneficiaries, and members of the public eagerly attended training to learn more about how the global youth initiative could address...

Scouts in Libya joined together to take part in the Jamboree On The Internet (@Joma.Tarua.n.sasi)

World Scout Bureau

Millions of young people connected from more than 150 countries across the globe this weekend, 14-16 October 2022, during World Scouting’s annual digital and radio jamboree. For many Scouts, JOTA-JOTI 2022 was particularly important as they reconnect...

Participants at the 18th Africa Scout Conference

Over 150 delegates from 37 National Scout Organizations in the Africa Region are meeting for the 18th Africa Scout Conference to shape the region’s policy and strategy for the next three years.

The first-ever Africa Rover Moot event for young adults will be held from 15th to 25th April 2023 at the Rowallan National Scouts Camp in Nairobi, Kenya. The event is organized by the Africa Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout...

Nairobi, 16 June 2022 – The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM Africa) and Africa for SDGs, an initiative of the My Goals Foundation, have entered a partnership to support youth-led education and innovation for sustainable development in...

Scouts of Cameroon at the Regional conference in Harare in 2018

The 9th Africa Scout Youth Forum will take place from 21-23 August 2022 while the 18th Africa Scout Conference will take place from 25–28 in Nairobi, Kenya. Youth Forum participants arrive on 20th and depart on 24th while conference participants...

Scouts across Africa commemorated the Africa Scout Day under the theme of “ultimate reconnection”, providing an opportunity for Scouts to come together again, virtually and in-person, after more than two years of staying apart due to restrictions to...

If we’re to achieve gender equality in Scouting - and beyond - we need to support and enact the meaningful membership, participation and leadership of women and girls in our Movement. According to UN Women, increasing women in leadership is key to...

To complement the measures taken by the government in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association des Scouts du Niger, in partnership with UNICEF, launched a public awareness campaign dubbed "Niger's Youth Taking Action Against COVID-19", at an...

The Brong Ahafo Regional Scout Council in Ghana has rolled out a four-months project to help rural communities fight against COVID-19. The project emphasises on proper handwashing practices, the need to observe social distancing as well as making...

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