Asia-Pacific News

Congratulations to the Scouts go Solar Team Philippines for a successful road show and solar exhibit on 12 June 2017, coinciding the country’s Independence Day. Scouts took the opportunity to educate and encourage communities to use solar energy...

Scouting started in 1907 with what is now known as the Scout section, which was followed by the establishment of the Cub Scout section (Cub Scouts) in 1916. During World War I, the need for a Scouting Programme for young adults arose, leading to the...

Representatives from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and Pontificia Scholas Occurrentes (SCHOLAS*) signed on 9 June 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance environmental awareness among young people and, to improve...

Scouts from Balochistan painted their views on peace and solidarity at the art walls of their schools as they took part in the United Nations Wall Campaign on peace.

The Bharat Scouts and Guides is holding State Messengers of Peace (MoP) Coordinators Gathering on 5-9 June 2017 in Himachal Pradesh, India. This gathering of leaders has been instrumental in promoting MoP; serving as platform in receiving feedback on...

700 Scouts from different parts of Lalitpur served in the final day of the Rato Machindranath festival where thousands of pilgrims participated. Hindu and the Buddhist communities in Nepal celebrate the festival by towing a 32-feet high chariot...

The Σώμα Προσκόπων Κύπρου (Cyprus Scouts Association) is inviting Scout Patrols from every Desmos member NSO (Desmos is the International Link of Orthodox Scouts within the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to this year's Desmos...

You would have by now received the sad news of the Natural Disaster situation faced by Sri Lanka in the last one week. As at present more than 600,000 people are internally displaced and one-fourth of that number have lost all their belongings and...

Embu, Kenya: Forty-three leaders from 10 National Scout Organizations (NSOs) are attending the 1st ever Africa Regional Course for Leaders Trainers at the Embu Scouts Centre in Kenya. The week-long course has been organized by the World Scout Bureau...

Continuing the work of strengthening the local Messenger of Peace (MoP) network and training them how to effectively implement the MoP across the country, Pakistan Boy Scout Association (PBSA) is holding the MoP Team Pakistan Gathering Phase II in...

Are you an active Scout who likes to raise awareness about global issues, interested in creating social impact and willing to use your voice to represent youth? Then you're in the right spot! WOSM is recognised as a consultative organisation by The...

Vietnamese Scouts partner with Habitat for Humanity to build houses for people living in two districts of Thap province, including a bridge and water supply system.

We are happy to share with you the April 2017 issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter. You can read directly online by clicking https://issuu.com/africascoutregion/docs/kudumail_56_april_2017_en_lowres. In case you missed the previous...

The Board of the Africa Scout Foundation invites individual Scouts, Scouts Leaders, Former Scouts, and National Scout Organizations, Friends of Scouting in government or in business across the continent of Africa to become members of the Foundation...

Dear friends, good day. We are currently in Minsk where the work of our volunteers’ strategic groups has started. Let’s see how they work! Please open sub-titles in video.