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29 August 2018, Harare: Hundreds of Scouts from all parts of Africa and the rest of the world have began trooping in to Harare for a series of events that will be taking place in the country over the next 3 weeks. At least 300 Scouts, Scout Leaders...

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German Guiding and Scouting has been awarded the International Peace of Westphalia Prize, Youth Prize, in recognition of the Movement’s common values and its contribution to mutual understanding and peace. The Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnen und...

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A BackStage Story by the Scout Donation Platform Amid a deepening economic crisis in Venezuela, hundreds of people are crossing the border into northern Brazil every day in search of a better future. Now, Scouts from across Brazil are setting up...

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More than two million Muslims from around the world are in Mecca this week to complete the Hajj, and thousands of local Scouts have been deployed to assist them as they move around the holy city. The Saudi Arabia Scout Association works with the...

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The Jamboree On The Air / Internet will be run for the first time just like a World Scout Jamboree. You can experience the same atmosphere and similar activities; all connected through amateur radio and internet. Without even leaving home! It is a...

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PROYECTO SUMA QAMAÑA, OBJETIVO CUMPLIDO Durante el III MOOT SCOUT INTERAMERICANO , se realizó el lanzamiento de la campaña SUMA QAMAÑA, que consistió en la venta de una insignia de diseño exclusivo con el objeto de cooperar con el pago del Membresia...

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NOMBRAMIENTOS DE EMBAJADORES DE LA FSI Durante el III MOOT SCOUT INTERAMERICANO , se realizó el lanzamiento de la campaña SIEMPRE SCOUT, destinada a pequeños y medianos donantes recurrentes . La misma consiste en el aporte, a partir de los U$S 10...

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Thousands of Scouts from Gerakan Pramuka (Indonesian Scout Movement), including Indonesian President Joko Widodo, gathered in Cibubur Camp at the eastern sub-district of Jakarta to commemorate their annual National Scout Day on August 13. Cub Scouts...

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Coinciding with the celebration of the International Youth Day and the Centenary of Rover Scouting, the APR Scout Foundation launched its youth membership category at The Plaza Restaurant in Macau on Sunday, August 12. The APR Scout Foundation...

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By the time he was 16, Sam Chatterley had been in Scouting for a decade and, by his own admission, was losing interest in his group’s weekly meetings. Then, in 2015 he went to the World Scout Jamboree. “I had never done international Scouting,” the...

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Scout Leaders readily responded to a motorcyclist who figured himself in a freak accident in the morning of 13 June 2018 in Nagcarlan, a small town in Laguna province, south of the Philippine capital Manila. Carmelo B. Francia, along with his other...

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UNICEF’s third Representative to Montenegro since the country regained its independence in 2006, Mr. Osama Makkawi Khogali, visited the Training for Young Leaders which was organised by Association of Scouts of Montenegro few weeks ago. Being a Scout...

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The Asia-Pacific Support Centre of the World Organization of the Scout Movement is pleased to announce the open call for application for the #ScoutingForAll: The APR Diversity and Inclusion Challenge. This challenge is part of our initiative to...

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The Marsa Scouts Pipes and Drums is one of the two official bands of the Marsa Scout Group that are part of the Scout Association of Malta. This summer, the band participated in the Basel Tattoo (in Switzerland), a military music event that attracts...

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An award-winning independent film director and an Emmy-nominated investigative documentary maker will join leading personalities in World Scouting on the jury for the World Scout Film Festival, the first time such an event has been organised by the...

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