Europe
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (15): a story from Eidomeni, Greece As part of the many refugee support activities in local communities across Greece, members of Πρόσκοποι του Κιλκίς...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (14): a story from Styria, Austria „Like a number of other regional Scout and Guide Associations in Austria and confronted with the realities of the...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (13): a story from Tirol, Austria "Due to the growing number of stories and pictures in the media, we noticed that there is a significant number of...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (12): a story from Dortmund, Germany “When it became evident that the many refugee families would continue their travel to different parts of Germany...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (11): a story from Mytilini on the island of Lesbos, Greece “Members of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (The Scouts of Greece, a member of the World Organization...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (10): a story from Klagenfurt, Austria “We just wanted to make these children smile and laugh again”, says Monika, from the Kärtner Pfadfinder und...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (9): a story from Freistadt, Austria “When we realised that a growing number of refugee families were given accommodation in and around our city and...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (2): a story from the city of Salzburg, Austria. The provincial authorities of Salzburg approached them a couple of days ago as members of the...
When the Coordinating Group of the European Regions of WAGGGS and WOSM met the other weekend, the current situation of refugees and the manifold support actions by Scouts and Guides as members of their local communities was one of the issues...
Last month, at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan, I had the privilege of attending the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony with some 150 Scouts. The memorial commemorated the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and...