Asia-Pacific News

Here is an impressive postcard which reached us from Escutismo (Corpo Nacional de Escutas) in Portugal: "More than 22.000 #scouts gathered at Acanac XXII (the 22nd National Jamboree) from all age sections are ready to embrace the future and make the...

Durante 3 días (21 al 23 de julio de 2017) el Centro de Apoyo Interamérica albergó a 19 participantes del continente para el Taller de Gestión de Adultos en el Movimiento Scout, Orientaciones para la implementación. Su tuvo la compañía de asesores...

En el marco del Taller de implementación de la Guía de Diversidad e Inclusión, el día 24 de junio de 2017 se realizó una experiencia de actividades unificadas con los atletas de Olimpiadas Especiales Panamá. Durante la actividad se conoció la misión...

The 13th World Scout Youth Forum is now happening at Gabala, Azerbaijan! Over 325 young people from 120 NSOs spread across the six Scout Regions are taking part in World Scouting’s biggest and most diverse Forum yet! Organised by WOSM and hosted by...

Welcome to the 13th World Scout Youth Forum! This is the biggest Forum ever! And it is also the most diverse, largely due to a very generous solidarity programme which enabled the participation of many countries that would otherwise have difficulties...

On 2 August 2017, 38 Scouts from the Tily Eto Madagasikara National Scout Association (NSA) met with an accident while travelling to join over 2,000 other Scouts at a National Scout Camp under the Messengers of Peace Project that is supported by the...

WOSM and the Government of Malaysia have signed today an agreement to support the work of our Global Support Centre in Malaysia. The World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves and the Secretary General of the World Organization of the...

Before a crowd of more than 5,000 Scouts from 30 countries attending the 31st APR Scout Jamboree, WOSM Secretary General Ahmad Alhendawi, addressed the organisers and participants through a video message saying “the Jamboree is a time to fully...

The Scouts of Stroggili in Corfu (Greece) feel close to the children of the village of Vrissa in Lesvos, also in Greece. Vrissa and other areas on the island of Lesvos experienced a particularly powerful earthquake last June which not only resulted...

Over 5,000 Scouts from all over the world, aged between 18 and 25, gathered in Iceland from 25 July to 2 August 2017 to participate in the biggest Moot ever in Scouting history. At the closing ceremony, WOSM Secretary General, Ahmad Alhendawi called...

The 31st Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree is set to begin on 28 July 2017, with the official ceremony scheduled for 8.00pm at the Nairamdal International Children’s Centre, Mongolia. With an anticipated of over 5,000 participants from more than...

The Republic of Guiné-Bissau is (officially) a Portuguese-speaking country located in the western coast of Africa, sharing borders with Senegal and the Republic of Guinea. Scouting was introduced in Portuguese Guiné in the year 1966, through the...

The Scout Association of Malta has launched a new youth programme targeted at children aged between eight to nine years who are attending the SkolaSajf 2017 centres across the country during this summer. In line with this year's theme of SkolaSaif...

“Scouting is a movement, because it moves forward. As soon as it stops moving, it becomes an organisation, and is no longer Scouting” – Baden Powell Suncheon, South Korea – In cooperation with Korea Scout Association (KSA), the Asia-Pacific Support...

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) National Scout Jamboree 2017 kicked off earlier this week at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia, USA, with an estimated 31,000 Scouts, volunteers and staff. This location will be the...