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João Armando Gonçalves, member of the World Scout Committee, in his welcome speech, applauded the participants and their National Scout Organizations for making the 12th World Scout Youth Forum, the biggest ever to date. “Your participation in this...

More than 177 Scouts from 80 countries are in Rogla, a mountain resort in Slovenia, for the four-day 12th World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) that began today. The strong support from the National Scouting Organizations in sending their delegates to the...

The international Scout camp "Wonderland 2014 Azerbaijan" held in Lerik 10-17 July was organized by the Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan with the financial support of the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The first...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is very happy to announce its candidate running for a second mandate in the Board of the European Youth Forum and keeping up the good work done for youth organisations: "I am very honoured to be...

UGANDA - Rovers from the Uganda Scout Association embarked on a sensitization campaign through a cycling expedition. The main objective of the expedition was to educate the Lwengi District communities on how to prevent and control the spread of...

On July 18, 2014, South Africans marked the first Mandela Day since the anti-apartheid icon's death with a government call to clean up their country. The 1st Bothasig Scout Group from Scouts South Africa were not left out. They went to the Canal Walk...

Dear Colleagues; Dear Friends: It greatly saddens me to hear the tragic news of Malaysia Airlines flight MH#017 which crashed in eastern Ukraine enroute from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in the early hours today. Our deepest condolences go to the...

The Chief Commissioner, Scout Association of Rwanda, Fidèle Gakuba, welcoming the Minister of Youth and ICT in Rwanda Hon Jean Philbert Nsengimana who is a Scout. He visited Scouts during training on Leadership where he commended them for the...

NIGERIA - Scouting across Africa is changing lives and making a difference. As part of the Messengers of Peace in the Scout Association of Nigeria, the Assistant Training Commissioner Plateau State Nigeria, Mallam Ibrahim Hassan (WB) visited some...

NIGERIA - The Scout Association of Nigeria, celebrated the 2014 National Scouts Conference under the theme, “Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony”, in Uyo, the transformational City of Akwa Ibom State. The conference was attended...

For two decades, the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern DR Congo) has suffered from a series of conflicts resulting in regional and national instability. Poverty, environmental problems, violence and social marginalisation affect especially...

The winner of the JOTA-JOTI logo contest for 2014 is Taufik Umar Prayoga from Indonesia. This design will form the basis of the official badge for JOTA-JOTI 2014. Other entries can be seen here: http://www.scout.org/jota-joti-logo-contest-2014-stage1...

An international high level conference of Safe from Harm! in Brussels (Belgium) marked the end of a 18-month project run by the European Scout Region with financial support from the DAPHNE III programme of the European Union. Speaking to more than...

Over the past week, we have been following with great interest the exploits of European Sea Scout Teams from Finland, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom engaged in this year's William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup in California...

James Hetfield and fellow musicians of Metallica may not have had time to spot this rather familiar flag flying above the crowd during their recent concert at the Glastonbury Festival 2014 in south east England. Do you recognise the flag? (image via...