Asia-Pacific
Fifty six participants from 15 National Scout Organizations participated in the regional workshop on Environment Education hosted by the Scouts of China in Fo Guang Shan Monastery at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed to be diverse and interactive using a...
Scouts in Zealand are finding ways to boost membership by 10% over the next year, and to help them fulfil this goal, Toyota has given them a brand new car. Jeff Percival, is the man behind the wheel of the Toyota Corolla car, and also the man at the...
A good blend of volunteers and professionals gathered from 13-14 June 2013, in Makati City, Philippines for this year’s Asia-Pacific Regional Management Meeting. The purpose of this annual management meeting was to review the region's performance...
Very good attendance and productive discussions concluded the first formal meeting of the Programme Sub-Committee held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Dr Ie Bin Lian chaired the meeting. Among the attendees were Mr Wendel Avisado as adviser, incoming Regional...
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...
A WOSM delegation is visiting Myanmar this mid-May for a historic mission of re-opening the possibility of reviving Scouting in the country. Regional Chairman Dr Chao Shou-Po is leading the delegation. Scouting in Myanmar was strong in the 1950s...
Currently, the second series of advanced Unit Leaders Training Course is running at PARSA Scouts Training Centre in Kabul from 20th to 26th May 2013. With the establishment of Scout units in PARSA orphanages since 2009, an increase in Scout...
During the current visit of the regional team to Timor Leste, the team met with the Patron of the Scout Association and President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste His Excellency Taur Matan Ruak at his office together with the key leaders of...
Rover Scouts, Leaders and Guides from Finland embarked on the journey in their second attempt to climb the Baden Powell Scout Peak in (5890m) in Kathmandu, Nepal. Heading the team was team leader Nepali Naresh Maharjan, with other sherpas, until the...
A three-member regional consultancy team joined the key commissioners of the Fiji Scout Association (FSA) for a working meeting on 20th to 25th April 2013, to review major elements related to the management and youth programme of the association. In...