Youth Empowerment
As centennial cub Scouting worldwide is celebrated this year, several countries are preparing for something special, and Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association is one of them. At the 4th Brunei Darussalam Cubboree on 18-23 March 2016, over 600 cub...
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...
Diversity must not be perceived as a problem, but as a challenge and an opportunity to improve one of Scouting’s most important goals: Scouting open for all. All people. Including People with disabilities. People with a capital P, not a capital D...
Scouts are always there to help. "On my honour, I will do my best!" is their code of conduct and "Duty to Others" becomes their call to action. Last week, parts of Japan and Ecuador were ravaged by earthquakes. Our Scouts responded swiftly and...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (44): a story from Ullerslev in Denmark, first published in the Danish daily Politiken. No need to know Danish to understand the “peppermint game”: is...
The Scouts of the Nation Award is the highest achievement for youth members of Σώμα Ελλήνων Προσκόπων (Scouts of Greece, the National Scout Organisation of WOSM – the World Organization of the Scout Movement in Greece) and is presented to the...
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...
For this year, Earth Hour focused on climate change, and Scouts from different parts of the world echoed their commitment to create change for a better world. The Singapore Scout Association (SSA) joined other Southeast Asian countries in...
(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...
ACCRA, GHANA: On 10 March 2016 during the Africa Scout Day celebrations, Scouts got an invitation by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to appear on the Ghana Television Breakfast Show. On set were Nelson Opany, Communications and Public Relations...