Peace
João Armando Gonçalves, member of the World Scout Committee, in his welcome speech, applauded the participants and their National Scout Organizations for making the 12th World Scout Youth Forum, the biggest ever to date. “Your participation in this...
After each World Scout Conference, the World Scout Committee develops a Triennial Plan based on resolutions adopted at the Conference and other ongoing projects. For the 2011-2014 triennium, the four Priority Areas have been: 21st Century Leadership...
NIGERIA - Scouting across Africa is changing lives and making a difference. As part of the Messengers of Peace in the Scout Association of Nigeria, the Assistant Training Commissioner Plateau State Nigeria, Mallam Ibrahim Hassan (WB) visited some...
NIGERIA - The Scout Association of Nigeria, celebrated the 2014 National Scouts Conference under the theme, “Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony”, in Uyo, the transformational City of Akwa Ibom State. The conference was attended...
For two decades, the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern DR Congo) has suffered from a series of conflicts resulting in regional and national instability. Poverty, environmental problems, violence and social marginalisation affect especially...
Today the World Scout Bureau opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These are the words I shared with our guests at the Grand Opening: - The Honourable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia - Simon Rhee...
Following a long-time tradition that happens every three years, Boy Scouts of America held the 2014 Omaha Beach Camporee from 25 to 27 April on the shores of Normandy, at Vierville-sur-mer, France. Around 5,000 Scouts and Leaders from the United...
From April 20 to 22, Scout Leaders from different countries in Africa participated in a Messengers of Peace three-day training held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue. Sixteen participants from Burundi, Congo...
Scouting in Kenya started on 24th November 1910 and is the largest Youth Movement with over 500,000 Scouts and 40,000 Scout Leaders. RAPID RESULTS INITIATIVE (RRI) TO RECRUITING 1 MILLION SCOUTS The Kenya Scouts Association has developed a Rapid...
In 2012, Ukraine started implementing the national project, "Peace Platform: Scouting unites Ukraine." On the 100th anniversary of Scouting in Ukraine and as part of the project, many Scout groups of the National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine...