Africa
Geneva, 13 March 2009 - On the occasion of the Africa Scout Day, World Scouting launches a fund-raising campaign to “help young people to help themselves” with the support of The Scout Universal Fund (“U” Fund). This fund was established in 1963 to...
NGOZI - On February 16, 2009, Scouts from Ngozi area in Burundi, with their Area Commissioner, Engineer Bonaventure Nduwimana (pictured), started the Scout week with charitable activities such as blood donation. The Scout week, that Scouts of the...
As the year begins, the Regional Scout Committee continues its Committee NSO Visit (CNV) to National Scout Organizations (NSOs) that will create closer relations and assess the key performance areas. The main purpose of the CNV is to assist NSOs in...
The opening of the 23rd APR Scout Conference on 27th October 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia showed Scouting’s staying power and its globality as the Scout Association of Malaysia hosted the regional conference after a gap of 45 long years. This...
CONAKRY - The Scouts of l' Association Nationale des Scouts de Guinée were honored during the celebrations of the 50 years of independence of the country. This was on 28 September 2008. At a ceremony attended by several delegations and Heads of...
ANTANANARIVO - A team national commissioners of Tily Eto Madagasikara, in Madagascar, led by its Chief Commissioner, NY Hasina Rakotondrajao, conducted a christmas charity activity on Saturday 27 December 2008 at the Centre Olom-Baovao Hospice et...
BANJUL - A Gambia Scout Project, based in The Gambia, has received a prestigious award for its Entrepreneurial education programmes in Africa. The Point Newspaper of 23 january 2009, has confirmed this. The projects are run by a UK based education...
NAIROBI - The World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office (ARO) team held a special meeting in Nairobi from 21 to 29 January, 2009. This forum was chaired by the Acting Regional Director (ARD), Winston Adams. In attendance was the Geneva-based, Anne...
African NSOs are invited by the Korea Scout Association and the Asia-Pacific Regional Office to an exchange programme that will roll out in March 2009. The venue of the programme is Suncheon Asia-Pacific Scout Centre, Korea's ecological capital. For...
DOUALA – The Association Les Scouts du Cameroun will conduct two parallel training courses: an ALT (Assistant Leader Trainer) and an LT (Leader Trainer) in Douala (economic capital of the country) from Sunday, March 29 to Saturday, April 4, 2009...