Africa
Charles Ng, our newly appointed Manager, Global Projects, has now fully integrated the Messengers of Peace (MoP) team at the World Scout Bureau Central Office and is supporting Regional Offices throughout project implementations. Also, Charles...
As a follow up to the audits that were carried out last year by the SGS consulting company for African NSOs (Benin, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and South Africa) and for the Africa Regional Office, executives of the audited entities and members...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes South Sudan as its latest member. The membership became official on 1 May 2013. The National Scout Organization, South Sudan Scout Association will be ceremonially welcomed at the 40th...
The weekend of 5 to 7 April 2013 was designated to the European Scout Symposium when the European Region would meet, review progress on its current Regional Plan, consider the impact of World issues, contributions from other Regions and other...
The International Scout Peace Camp (ISPC) opened in fanfare, reinforced with the dancing of hundreds of participants and guests attending the opening ceremony at the Cibubur Scout Camping Ground, east of Jakarta, on 25th March 2013. The peace camp is...
From the 16 to 22 December 2012, Unit Leaders and Commissioners from all corners of Lesotho participated in a course for assistant leader trainers at the Mineworkers of Lesotho conference centre just outside Maseru Berea District. Lesotho Scout...
Even as the final results of the anxiously awaited Kenyan elections are yet to confirm a clear winner, Scouts in the country have been extensively advocating for peaceful behaviour amongst citizens. Not so long ago, Scouts from Ghana in western part...
The inaugural weekend of the World Centennial of Catholic Scouts and Guides took place in Mouscron (Belgium) on 12 and 13 January. Situated close to Belgium’s border with France (Lille), Mouscron is the place where 100 years ago the first troop of...
NAIROBI - In its quest to strengthen the capacities of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), four executives from Malawi, Botswana, Ghana and Burkina Faso arrived in Nairobi for the month long training, from 16th June to 13th July 2013 taking place at...
KINSHASA – Within the framework of the Messengers of Peace project, the Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo (FESCO) launched a new youth program on 6 April 2012. Through this program, the Scout method is used to support...