Asia-Pacific
Did you know that by 2050, if the world does not change its current consumption and production patterns, and with global population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our lifestyles? There is an urgent need to...
Enhancing the synergy of youth programme and Adults In Scouting, are what the 62 key leaders from 10 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) aimed to achieve as they gathered at the National Office of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) in Manila...
SCOUTS New Zealand launched their new 10 year strategy named ‘Better Prepared’ on Saturday 23 May in Wellington, with the leadership team brought together from all over New Zealand. The strategy will see the Movement preparing to achieve their vision...
The Bhutan Scouts Association (BSA) has introduced mushroom cultivation to the Shaba community in Paro, southwest of Bhutan, with the support of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Foundation. The initial stage of the project included the construction of...
In the aftermath of 7.9-magnitude earthquake that shook and claimed thousands of lives on 25th April 2015 in Kathmandu and other districts of Nepal, Scouts of Bangladesh was one of the first to send an emergency disaster team to help in the massive...
Governor General Michael Ogio, Chief Scout of Papua New Guinea, welcomed the participants of the Council of South Pacific Scout Associations (CSPSA) Forum and workshop on 25-28 May 2015 in Port Moresby. He said that Scouting greatly contributes to...
His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, was inducted as the Chief Scout of Sri Lanka Scout Association in a special ceremony on 20 May 2015 at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Chief...
Ticket to Life is a flagship project by the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Started in 2006, it is now in its ninth year of operation. The project involves street children, guided and mentored by young but...
As an initiative under the Messengers of Peace project, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines continues to equip Scouts in different parts of the country, training them what to do in times of emergency and disaster. Two recent trainings were conducted...
Cambodia Scouts (CS) created another milestone as 30 Scout Leaders were trained in the first Assistant Leader Trainers ever to be held in Cambodia. The course ran from 27 April to 3 May 2015 in Siem Reap. In addition to local participants, there were...