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(WSBERO/Geneva) – I’m sure many of you reading this have had a similar encounter as I have; our friends wondering what is Scouting all about, and why are we involved in such an organisation? WHY?! What an important question! A question that my Scout...
It’s International Women’s Day, and we took the opportunity to ask Scouts across the world “What is gender equality? How can you #StepItUp4Gender as a Scouts?”. Here are some of the responses we got: Grace Wanja, Rover Scout, Kenyatta University...
In early November, the Government of Sierra Leone and its partners announced the official end of the Ebola outbreak which had gripped the country for over 18 months. The Scouts of Sierra Leone are among the actors who have played a key role in this...
This morning, the "Network Meeting of Scout and Guide Representatives in National Youth Councils" of the European Regions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)...
October 22 2015, Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Library of the First President of Kazakhstan - Leader of the Nation, Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan (OSMK) presented our Project to develop a Non-formal Education Program for children and...
Last month, the 2nd Youth Work Convention, five years after the first, brought together some 500 participants active in the youth work field. The aim of the Convention - organised in the framework of the Belgian presidency of the Committee of...
The welcoming was conducted by Mauricio Veayra, where young people are the heart of our Movement was reaffirmed. To this preceded the words of Leonardo Morales, Chairperson of Interamerican Scout Committee and Raul Arturo Sanchez Vaca, Regional...
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 future of Africa, and indeed the entire world, to a great extent, depends on the efforts it deploys to promote and develop its human resources, particularly its youth. Young people will be called upon to assume various responsibilities in their...
“Citizenship is not about having a birth certificate or a passport, that’s just about identity. Citizenship is about engaging and being involved in the development process - of themselves, of the community and of the nation that they come from.” – Dr...