Asia-Pacific News

We were glad to have Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, delivered a valuable seminar on nature conservation to members of the Scout Association of Hong Kong during her visit to Hong Kong in November 2014. Dr. Goodall shared with us her road to the success in the...

Dear Friends, It is with sadness that we have learned the death of Dr. Emmanuel Gasakure, a former Chairperson of the Board of Rwanda Scout Association who was also actively involved in Scouting until 2008. He was instrumental in the Association...

It doesn’t take much for you, a Scout leader, to have a profound impact on the life of a young person. Put another way: “The smallest gesture can spark a life.” In the case of Cub Scout leader and Nashville singer-songwriter Dean Madonia, that leader...

Congratulations to more than 100 Cub Scouts who were invested on 17 January 2015 at Vatbo Primary School in Siem Reap.

GOMA – On 25 January, 2015, the 30 Scouts and Guides who are members of the Bold Visionaries Peace Club led by Kavugho Kanyere Justine organized a cultural activity to educate young people on peace. The event took place at St. Emmanuel Shaba Primary...

NAIROBI – Ms. Eline Kitaly, the newly appointed National Executive Commissioner of Tanzania Scouts Association recently underwent a two-weeks on job training at Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau. The training was part of the office’s...

U-report that was developed by UNICEF in collaboration with Uganda Scouts Association has won a prestigious global award on mobile innovation in the m-Government and participation category. U-report was honoured with the global UN-based World Summit...

Mr. Nelson Ochieng Opany is our new Communications and Public Relations Officer. He replaces Mr. Amos Ndegwa who left us last month Nelson joins us from Environmental Research Mapping and Information Systems in Africa where he worked since 2011 in...

FREETOWN - Sierra Leone Scouts Association in partnership with St. George Foundation and with support from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs are constructing an Isolation Centre at the Grafton National Scouts Camp. The camp...

At the beginning of February 2015, the European Scouts and Guides ICT Network held its annual meeting in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. 31 participants from National Scout Organizations (NSOs) and Member Organisations (MOs) from across the...

After years of planning, brainstorming and consulting all levels of Scouting, WOSM’s updated policies on Youth Programme and Youth Involvement are finally ready! Why? What? How? To find out what’s in store for you, check out updated World Scout Youth...

As part of their public debate "Skills for Life: Scouting and Guiding - a cost effective answer" on 25 February 2015, the European Regions of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World Organization of the Scout...

His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, graced the celebration of the first National Scouts Day on 21st February 2015, coinciding with His Majesty’s birth anniversary. The celebration will be observed from this year onwards...

Members of the two Priority Project Groups and the three Core Groups of the European Scout Region have had their second All Groups Meeting for this triennium, this time in the European Youth Centre in Budapest, from 30 January till 1 February 2015...

Dear Friends, Today, all over the world, Scouts are gathered in different places to celebrate what would be the 158th birthday of Lord Baden Powell, Founder of the Scouting and Guiding Movements, alongside that of his wife, Lady Olave – with whom he...