Youth Empowerment
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...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (23): a story from Xanten, Germany Last month, an unused building the city of Xanten, in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany, had decided to open for...
The European Scout Region’s Youth Empowerment Study Session (YESS), which took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 2 to 6 September 2015, brought together over thirty participants and youth workers from all around Europe, including six participants...
Early October 2015, Josephie Zana represented some 1,6 million Scouts of the 40 National Scout Orgnisations in the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) at the “International Conference for a Green and Inclusive...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (22): a story from the Galatsi Olympic Centre in Athens, Greece With a number of friends from Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (the scouts of Greece, members of...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (21): a story from Uedem, Germany Uedem? Where is Uedem? Many refugees might have wondered where this town was situated on the map of Germany where...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (20): a story from Rotterdam, in the Netherlands "Okay. Let's go to the park and play!" - that’s what Scouts from Brownseagroep "66 in Rotterdam...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe: a story from the island of Kos, Greece "Do you note any difference in this picture? You should not really, because it is just another meeting of Scouts...
A group of Rovers from Venezuela successfully completed their SW Award Voluntary Service. The Project Turtles 2015, was held in La Playa Parguito located on the island of Margarita Nueva Esparta. The aim of the project was to create a sense of...
Earlier this month we shared with you two articles featuring stories of Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local community on the Greek island of Lesbos. Once we had published the second stroy this weekend on our...