Eurasia News

August 22, 2010 - Sunday kicked off the setting up process and beginning of the World Youth Conference 2010 Mexico in Leon, Guanajuato. A group of approximately 40 scouts from all over the world gathered in Poliforum Leon Sunday morning and put their...

Clean Up the World Weekend on 17–19 September is fast approaching. It’s a weekend for celebrating your year-round achievements or organising your own local activity. This year, in support of the United Nation’s 2010 International Year of Biodiversity...

In December of 2009, the United Nations General Assembly in New York proclaimed, in resolution A/RES/64/134, that August 12 2010 – August 12 2011 will be the International Youth Year. This also coincides with the 25th anniversary of the first...

In the mid of devastating floods in Pakistan, Rovers including leaders are taking part in the rescue and recovery efforts in the nearest relief camps in the affected areas. Presently, Rovers and Scout Leaders assist in relief efforts by collecting...

The 13th World Scout Moot is over, the participants are leaving the camp to return to their countries or to go on a tour around Kenya. Once again Scouting achieved another challenge: to support a National Scout Association to deliver a world class...

The moot has attracted a lot of admiration from young children in the neighbourhoods where the participants have been carrying out expedition activities. Many of these children are Scouts, and they have been eager to interact with the Rovers from...

A group from the World Scout Bureau Support Team had a chance of making several rounds in Nairobi. One of the most exciting places they made a stop at was David Sheldrick Conservation Foundation. This is a safe haven for orphaned baby elephants...

Preparation for the 39th World Scout Conference and the 11th World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) are well underway. The Conference will be held from the 10th to the 14th of January 2011 at the Estação Embratel Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil. The...

“WAKA WAKA… This is how we greet each other during our Jamboree” says Brice Filaumart a Scout attending the HALP (Habiter Autrement la Planete/) Jamboree. Arriving on the 26th of July Venture Scouts and Guides, (pionnier caravelles) from the island...

From July 26th to 30th 2010, 10,000 Scouts from 14 to 17 years old, Pioneers and Caravelles, met in Cussac-Fort-Medoc, for a unique event in France: Cité Cap. They came from all over France, but also from Belgium, Egypt, Finland, Italy, Ireland...

Rowallan’s closest neighbour, Kibera, is the second largest slum in Africa, only exceeded by Soweto in South Africa. To outsiders it is perceived as a dangerous place but Grishon Onyango and Ralph Musindi, two Kibera rover Scouts, give me a different...

One of the most amazing stories so far told by moot participants is from three Ugandan Rovers, Daniel Nanghaka, Isaac Mubiru and Asaph Kasuja, who had the most spectacular ride to the Moot.While other participants used planes, trains or buses, the...

NAIROBI, 28 July 2010 – After many months of preparation, the 13th World Scout Moot officially kicked off in Nairobi, at Rowallan Scout Camp. A colourful ceremony that was graced by the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Mwai Kibaki, signaled...

As the world went about its daily activities, history was being written at the Rowallan Scout Camp in Nairobi Kenya on July 28th, 2010. It is now official that Kenya is the first African country to host a World Scout Moot. After a chilly night that...

The Moot will take place at Rowallan Campsite, situated in Ngong forest near the centre of Nairobi. Rowallan campsite is home to both the national office of the Kenya Scouts Association and the Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau. The...