Response
On 23 November 2016, a select group of Scouts, Scout leaders and teams from around the world received the coveted Messengers of Peace Hero Award, an accolade bestowed by the government of Saudi Arabia on behalf of His Majesty King Salman bin...
The APR Management Sub-Committee Meeting met on 13th October at Yellow Ribbon Hotel, in Bangkok, Thailand. Sub-Committee Chairman Dr. Somboon Bunyasiri of Thailand chaired the meeting with Vice-Chairmen Neville Tomkins and Justine Kim from Australia...
Experts from 18 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) recently participated in a workshop on disaster mitigation, preparedness and response in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Held from 9 to 11 October 2016, the workshop was organised by the World Organization of...
In the past years, several countries in the Asia-Pacific Region were hit by natural disasters such as tsunami, earthquake, forest fire, typhoon and others almost every year. And in any disaster, Scouts are always there to help. Living out the Scout...
On 4 October 2016, Haiti was struck by Hurricane Matthew, which the United Nations confirmed is the country’s worst disaster since its 2010 earthquake. So far, hundreds of lives have been lost and the numbers continue to rise. In the southern part of...
This past weekend, from 12 to 14 February 2016, some 80 participants from a number of German speaking Scout and Guide Associations in the European Regions of the World Organizations of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and the World Associations of Girl...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe: What’s next after the #RefugeeResponseSeminar During the last weekend in November, Guides and Scouts from 27 countries gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (28): a training course offered by IICoS in France Nadine Lyamouri-Bajja, from IICoS and one of the workshop facilitators at the upcoming...
This year, nearly 600 000 refugees and migrants fleeing war or seeking new lives have reached Europe and the European Union (EU) by sea. Countries hardest hit by the economic crisis, like Greece and Italy, have also served as the main points of entry...
“Not all heroes wear a cape, some wear a Scout scarf” Liberia – The Liberia Scout Association, with its increasing effort to help apprise the menace of Ebola virus, will launch a nationwide Ebola Prevention and Eradication Project. About 75 Scouts...