Rovers

This weekend JOTA-JOTI broke a number of Scouting records, becoming the biggest Scouting event by participant numbers that the world has ever seen. JOTA-JOTI had over 11,000 groups registered, some of these with over 500 participants! The final...

One of the main conclusions from the previous European Scout Region's RoverNet and VentureNet Meetings was the need and desire of Venture and Rover Commissioners to continue to have exchange opportunities and to continue to meet regularly as a...

Many athletes are currently competing for gold, silver and bronze at the Paralympics in rio2016. Quite a number of them are Scouts. This is the story of Beatrice, the new Paralympic Fencing Champion and member of Agesci - Associazione Guide e Scouts...

Roverway 2016 ‪#‎RW2016‬ starts today! This is the main event for Rovers and Rangers in the European Regions of WOSM and WAGGGS and all partcipants are now #‎OnTheRoad‬! Follow the event on the event's website and download the new ‪#‎RoverwayApp‬! -...

Twenty four participants including male and female cub scout leaders, Scout leaders and Rovers attended a workshop focused on young people with special needs in Scouting from 25-29 June 2016, at the national campsite in Bat-Sumer, about 3 hours west...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement is hosting an exhibition at the ongoing 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly that is taking place at the United nations Office at Nairobi. The exhibition titled, “youth-led environmental conservation...

More than 330,000 people or 100,000 families have been affected by severe floods and landslides caused by continuous heavy rain in Sri Lanka since Monday, 16 May. According to official reports, the death toll has risen to more than 58. Another 36...

Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (45): a story from Vienna in Austria. “What are pancakes?” – “Come, let’s cook them together!” This is the kind of dialogue you may have heard last...

Skautský svět (The Scout World) features the World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves in its February-March 2016 issue. The bi-monthly magazine by Junák – Czech Scouting covers João Armando’s visit to Prague, Czech Republic last year...

The word on Youth Empowerment is out and we are beginning to see how it is causing an impact in the associations. In 2015, Romania organized its first Rover Forum. We asked Cristi Stavarache, from the planning team, to tell us this story of youth...