Asia-Pacific News

SWAZILAND: Emavulandlela Swaziland Scouts Association (ESSA) are using the storytelling technique in the dissemination of information on HIV/AIDS and life skills regarding the challenges life is throwing at us every day with the aim to reduce HIV...

ZIMBABWE: National Scout Organizations of the Southern Africa Zone held their 41st Zonal Conference and 12thZonal Youth Forum between 28th April and 3rd May 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe; under the theme, “One Tree, Many Branches.” A total of 10 NSOs...

To support the team in Mongolia and Cambodia in developing the organization’s vision for 2020, BOOKBRIDGE is looking for a COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER for Asia. The person will also take the lead to bring BOOKBRIDGE to Sri Lanka as its third country...

The 9th Eastern Africa Zonal Youth Forum was held in December 2015 at Ndera Minor Seminary in Kigali, Rwanda. The forum, among other things elected a new zonal youth committee led by Murtadhwa Rashid from Tanzania. While sharing the report of the...

In the week after the Easter holiday, WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare visited the Africa Scout Regional Office at Rowallan National Scout Camp in Nairobi, Kenya. Accompanied by Abdullah Rasheed, Consultant and Special Advisor to the Secretary...

The large public enjoying the beauties of Lake Treska and the nice weather over the bank holiday weekend at the beginning of May 2015 were witnesses of activities the country had not seen so often for a quarter of a century: Slobodan Naskovski and...

For the understanding of the Interamerican Youth Programme Policy is needed to start in its principles: · An updated Youth Programme. · A relevant Youth Programme. · A significant Youth Programme. · Young people as the center of the programme. · A...

This story was written by Eudoxia Korana, 18 y.o., Rover Scout from Thessaloniki, Greece. During 2013 - 2014, I had the opportunity of taking part in the “Scout of The World Discovery” and “Scout of the World Voluntary Service” which lasted six...

There is a hero in every Scout. It was once again proven when the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal 11 days ago, on 25 April. Here we share the firsthand experience of Rover Scout, Satindra Singh Maharjan who was with six other Rover...

Six months before the 8th APR Scout Youth Forum in Korea, the Scout Association of Macau organized its 3rd Macau Scout Youth Forum on 1-2 May 2015 at the Scout Headquarters, in Taipa. Thirteen Venture Scouts joined the group discussions and came up...

Youth for Change Workshop was held during May 1-3.

Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region flew at half-mast as a sign of mourning for the death of our brother Juan José López Trinidad, Venturer, member of the Nicaragua Scouts Association. We express his parents, family, friends and the Nicaragua Scouts...

Scouts of China’s (Taiwan) Ms. Hung, Ping-Lan is the Gold Prize winner of the 13th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest-2015. Silver prize winners are Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia’s Ashari Muhammad Hisbulloh and Boy Scouts of the Philippines’...

This week, more than 150 Scouts from across Europe will gather in Antalya (Turkey) for the 8th European Scout Educational Methods Forum of the ‪‎European Region‬ of the World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM. If you are not amongst those...

The successful candidate will lead a small team of professionals dedicated to improving the direct and logistical support provided to the 38 national member organizations which form the Africa Scout Region. The team's focus is to work with volunteers...