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In February 2021, Scout Leader and primary school teacher Meriam Mechiri attended a Scout Group Leaders Forum in Gafsa, Tunisia. Hailing from a small village called Bir Thalathine in Tataouine, a city close to the country’s southern borders, she has...

Coordinators and interested parties of National Scout Organizations (NSOs) from Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal attended the Ticket to Life Workshop in the Eastern Region Headquarters of the Bharat Scouts and Guides in West Bengal, India.

What an inspiring way to camp. Young members of Pathfinder Scouts Vietnam (PSV) had lots of learning and fun at the Better World Camp 2022 held in Da Lat, Lam Dong on 1-3 July 2022.

The Asia-Pacific Regional Youth Leadership Training was conducted from 19-23 July 2022, hosted by the National Scout Organisation of Thailand.

For Amar Chettri, a lifelong Scout and National Coordinator of the Bharat Scouts and Guides Messengers of Peace initiative, meeting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and sharing the impacts of Scouting’s peace-building efforts was a once in a lifetime...

As families fled the escalating violence in Ukraine, young Scouts like 25-year-old Raluca were among the first responders at the borders of neighbouring countries, offering urgent support like food, accommodation and access to information to help the...

Bangladesh Scouts from Dhaka-based Amra Scout group extended their help to disaster-affected victims in Teota, Shivala Upazila, Manikganj in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) conducts a Basic Training Course for Rover Leaders at Batangas, Philippines wherein participants were introduced to the Messengers of Peace (MoP) initiative, including Peace-building, Diversity & Inclusion...

Ivy Akii, a lifelong Scout, runs a community organization in Kibera, the poorest district in Nairobi, Kenya, that empowers teenage mothers by teaching them how to be entrepreneurs. Thanks to her initiative, girls are able to return to school and...

As Scouting continues to adapt to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, National Scout Organizations around the world are discovering ways to maintain and grow their membership.

Kenyan Scout Ivy Akii is helping build a brighter future for the country’s growing number of pregnant teenagers, empowering them with an entrepreneurial skillset and network to address gaps in access to social, health, and financial support.

Over a thousand Scouts from all over Thimphu, Bhutan participated in boot camps organised by Bhutan Scouts Association (BSA) to revive Scouting following the pandemic’s lockdowns which limited large physical activities and gatherings.

National Scout Organizations (NSOs) gathered at this year’s first virtual Growth Campfire to share how WOSM Services helped mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing partnerships, strengthening youth and adult programmes...

Nairobi, 16 June 2022 – The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM Africa) and Africa for SDGs, an initiative of the My Goals Foundation, have entered a partnership to support youth-led education and innovation for sustainable development in...

For the past 30 years, the APR Scout Foundation has supported the development of Scouting in the Asia-Pacific Region by funding numerous capacity-building projects. To continue supporting Scout projects, the Foundation held a fundraising drive as way...