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After thousands of kilometres on the road, in dinghies and boats, in busses and overloaded trains, frequently moving form one means of transport to another, and often walking for days, refugees and migrants "finally" arrive at the border crossing in...
Each year, the Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya (MEG), one of the member associations of the Federació Catalana d’Escoltisme i Guiatge (FCEG), donates about 1% of its internal annual revenues in support of a specific cause. This year, following...
There may be lousy weather in Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesvos, where local Scouts have been very actively involved in refugee and migrant support activities for more than a year now: on the beaches and shores, on the streets and squares of...
“Cool. Fun and Happy” is the theme of Indonesia’s upcoming 10th National Scout Jamboree on 14-21 August 2016. Cibubur Scout Camp in Jakarta will house an estimated of 25,000 Scouts and leaders from 34 provinces of Indonesia and around 1,000 overseas...
A phantastic moment of public recognition for tens of thousands of Cub Scout Leaders and other Adults in Scouting in The Scout Association (United Kingdom, a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in the European Scout Region)...
On behalf of its Youth Empowerment Priority Project Group (YEPPG), the European Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) launches the #PassItOn Campaign! Within the #PassItOn Campaign we want to take youth empowerment far...
At the Annual Global Cristal Awards held in Courchevel, France in December 2015, the SCOUTS South Africa advert ‘Learn It Young. Remember It Forever.’ won a Gold Award in the Film category. The film, which currently has over 3.9 million views on You...
Yesterday, January 18, the National Scout Association of Panama, officially launched the Challenge 2023, with the meeting of some guests who were part of our organization and we now add the effort to generate growth project our membership to join in...
When the Ebola pandemic gripped West African countries, Scouts were among the people at the forefront fighting the deadly disease. Now that the disease is no more, we are pleased to share with you a very inspirational story from Marlaye Souma, a...
Started in May 2015, the Messengers of Peace project on organisational skills reinforcement for Scoutisme Béeninois endeavours to help the leaders of the NSO in the implementation of reforms on non-conformity areas identified from by the SGS audit...
On Thursday 12 November 122015, the first ever Nairobi Peace Talks were held at the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON). Jointly organized by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) of Kenya and Interpeace under the theme ‘I...
From 7th to 11th December, Scout from the East Africa countries converged in Kenya for the annual zonal Scout activities. NSO leaders, Junior, Senior and Rover Scouts came together for various events. The adults converged at the Embu Scout Centre for...
In early November, the Government of Sierra Leone and its partners announced the official end of the Ebola outbreak which had gripped the country for over 18 months. The Scouts of Sierra Leone are among the actors who have played a key role in this...
In September 2015, world leaders from all 193 United Nations (UN) Member States committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years: End extreme poverty; Fight inequality & injustice; Fix climate change. The Global...
The Africa Scout Committee held its first official meeting of the 2015-2018 triennium on 14-15 December 2015 in Nairobi. This is the first time the committee elected at the 16th Africa Scout Conference held in Uganda in August was officially meeting...