Peace
By: Rafe Lucado Interamerican Scout Committee Member rlucado@scout.org In the Scout Movement the good turn, as little or as big as each one has done it, is a spontaneous voluntary action taken up as the need or situation arises. This is very similar...
As I travel and meet with Scouts and Scout Leaders, I observe that Scouting and the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Initiative are helping to create, what I refer to as, a "We" generation. Think back with me to the not-so-distant past before Facebook, cell...
Many of us have been horrified by the senseless violence that we have witnessed on our streets, on our televisions and in our country. As our late patron, Mr Nelson Mandela wrote: “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his...
Sometime back we shared a story on how Scouting Making a Difference in a Ugandan Prison. Below is a conversation with one young person, Sande Ronald, who attained his freedom from Murchison Bay Prison in Luzira as he explains the important role...
About the "Workshop Youth for Change" and regarding to the Priority Strategic "Youth Participation": These are young people who attended to the 1st. and 2nd. Edition of the "Intermerican Leadership Training" (ILT). This program, an initiative from...
Scouts of China (Taiwan) has organized countrywide tree planting event in March, involving 2200 Scouts from 12 Scout councils in Taiwan that planted 20,000 trees. A rover crew also organized their own tree planting event in an offshore island. Around...
Dear Brother and Sister Scouts; It’s time for me to take a bow! My experience as a National Youth Representative, serving together with my counterpart Grace Michuki, has been one filled with its own fair share of good and sometimes very challenging...
The former Chief Commissioner (2008 – 2012) of Tanzania Scouts Association, Scouter Lawrence Mhomwa, passed on on 20th March 2015. He lived a life of good character, service, love, compassion and excellence; and always set an example to be emulated...
Moses Engadu, from Uganda, introduces himself as a passionate Scout, a Messenger of Peace and an agent of Change; an ingenious, resilient and futuristic individual who is very proud of his Scouting experience. He joined Scouting in 1991 at the age of...
Ten days after the devastating passage of cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, a small island republic in the South Pacific, is slowly beginning to recover from the worst cyclone hitting this area in hundred years. Gaël Audras, a Scout Leader engaged in civilian...