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Next year will mark 100 years since the start of the Rover Scouts section and the very first Scouting Programme for young adults. Preparations for the celebration of the Rover Centenary worldwide are well under way, but you can still join! Here are...
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We are pleased to share with you report of the activities of the Africa Scout Foundation for the period between August 2015 to August 2017. Also included is a list of members in each category. We thank all those who have continually walked with us...
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We are happy to share with you the October 2017 issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter in both English and French. You can read directly online by clicking https://www.scout.org/kudumail62en and https://www.scout.org/kudumail62fr. In...
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The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) opened on Monday, 6 November, with over 20,000 participants contributing to discussions on climate change. Among them is a young and enthusiastic Scout delegation, representing Scouting worldwide, and...
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Cub Scouts, Boy and Girl Scouts, Rovers and Venturers from all over the world had an awesome JOTA-JOTI last weekend. This year, JOTA celebrates its 60th year of connecting Scouts. It brought together over 12,000 groups from the Africa, Arab, Asia...
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As is the office tradition during the JOTA-JOTI weekend, every year the WSB Africa Support Centre hosts a Station at its premises located at Rowallan National Scouts Camp in Nairobi and invites Scouts to take part. This year the office partnered with...
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During the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit held between 9-11 October 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, participants had the chance to share their own point of view, to speak up and let their voice be heard by Heads of States of the African Union and...
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A hundred and twenty young people from Africa and Europe are gathering in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 9-11 October 2017 to take part in the 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit. The delegates drawn from National Youth Councils, youth organisations and the...
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6 October 2017, Nyeri - Kenya: The World Scout Committee elected at the 40th World Scout Conference in August has converged in Nyeri, Kenya for their induction workshop. The three-day event is taking place at Outspan Hotel, which houses Baden Powell...
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Leadership from 167 National Scout Organizations representing over 40 million Scouts will convene on Monday for the World Scouting’s ‘general assembly’, the World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Conference will take place from 14-18 August...