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Sometime back we shared a story on how Scouting Making a Difference in a Ugandan Prison. Below is a conversation with one young person, Sande Ronald, who attained his freedom from Murchison Bay Prison in Luzira as he explains the important role...
About the "Workshop Youth for Change" and regarding to the Priority Strategic "Youth Participation": These are young people who attended to the 1st. and 2nd. Edition of the "Intermerican Leadership Training" (ILT). This program, an initiative from...
World Scouting will at one of the most significant environmental events of the year this 18 April. Join WOSM Secretary General, the Boy Scouts of America and over 250,000 people at the Washington Monument Grounds in Washington, D.C., USA, as they...
The Scouts of the World Award was successfully relaunched in 2014 during the 40th World Scout Conference in Slovenia, and since then much have been achieved. Read the attached Circular to obtain the latest updates on the programme.
Xenophobia is the unreasoned or irrational dislike or fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange. Xenophobia can manifest itself in many ways involving the relations and perceptions of a group of people towards another, including a fear...
Next event at the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region, stay tuned!!! #ScoutIAR #OneWSB
With a little over 100 days left before the opening of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan this summer, national contingents are busy preparing what will no doubt be an exciting adventure and lifetime experience for thousands of Scouts from the...
Ten years after the Scout Association of Macau (SAM) organized the first Course for Assistant Leader Trainers (CALT) in 2005, a new batch of leaders were trained from 4 to 8 April 2015 at the national headquarters in Taipa. There were 37 participants...
This morning, Marie Degrève represented Les Scouts ASBL and Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen in a public hearing organised by the European Economic and Social Committee on "The validation of skills and qualifications acquired through non-formal and...
SOUTH AFRICA - Over the past year I have been privileged to represent the Scouting Movement as the Chief Scout. It has been a true honour to meet so many wonderful Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and Adult Volunteers. It is clear that SCOUTS South Africa is an...
Scouts of China (Taiwan) has organized countrywide tree planting event in March, involving 2200 Scouts from 12 Scout councils in Taiwan that planted 20,000 trees. A rover crew also organized their own tree planting event in an offshore island. Around...
Caitlin Wood from Australia has recently been selected for a 6 months internship with the World Scout Bureau - Kuala Lumpur Office. Caitlin has been a member of Scouts Australia since she was 12 years old. As a Rover she has attended the Australian...
Today, 2 April, is the United Nations's World Autism Awareness Day. It is not just about sharing what autism is. Rather, it is a call to action to make sure that people with autism are fully integrated into all areas of society. Including...
Dear Brother and Sister Scouts; It’s time for me to take a bow! My experience as a National Youth Representative, serving together with my counterpart Grace Michuki, has been one filled with its own fair share of good and sometimes very challenging...