Eurasia News

MANILA, Philippines – The Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement has released on Monday the winners of its 16th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest. This year’s contest highlights the centenary of Rover Scouting...

Estamos a pocos días para que el III Moot Interamericano comience en la ciudad de Cusco, Perú. Más de 2,000 jóvenes entre 18 y 25 años estarán reunidos en la Hacienda Paucartika. Por más de una semana estarán reunidos para hacer proyectos de servicio...

Every year thousands of children around the world spend their summers at Scout camp enjoying the great outdoors, and this week a group of seven Roma children from Paris are joining the fun. The children are camping alongside Scout groups at Jambville...

Scouts Australia successfully hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Youth Involvement inspiring the participants to engage more young people in decision-making at national, local and institutional levels. The workshop was held during the...

The Bangladesh Scouts is rallying Scouts and Scout Leaders to contribute to nation building, by becoming more involved in various Scouting activities and community development projects and services. Speaking during the Agreement Signing Ceremony for...

Millions of people have been forced from their homes by conflict in the past few years – 68.5 million according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - and some continue to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean to find safety in...

After marathon talks at the EU summit last week in Brussels, which heavily focused on migration, a collective agreement on reforming the EU asylum policy is still missing. In fact, the European Union is still struggling to strike a balance between...

Nairobi, Kenya: A total of 20 selected participants from 19 National Scout Organizations across the Africa Scout Region have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2018 Regional Messengers of Peace Workshop. They include selected MoP coordinators...

Welcome to Summer 2018 at Kandersteg International Scout Centre. The time has come and we have fully started into our busy Summer season. In the past months programme bookings have been processed, meal plans prepared, and the campsite groomed for the...

The Asia-Pacific Region, the largest Scout region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, has successfully rolled out the promotion of diversity and inclusion, convening key Scout Leaders in Manila for a 5-day workshop to establish a common...

A total of thirty-one Scout Leaders across Asia met in South Korea for the APR Seminar on Disaster Management to address and to identify the best preventive methods in disaster management, and to equip each National Scout Organization on how to best...

Rob McArthur and Poldy van Lyden swam the English Channel on Sunday, clearing a major hurdle in their Arch2Arctic expedition to raise £100,000 for UK Scouts. McArthur completed the swim in 12 hours and 40 minutes, while van Lyden took 18 ½ hours...

When Hurricane Matthew pummelled Haiti in October 2016, leaving more than 500 people dead and some 175,000 people in emergency shelters, Benjamin Antoine was at home in the country’s capital Port-au-Prince. The region around the town of Jérémie...

In celebration of its Silver Jubilee, the APR Scout Foundation introduces its special membership category, the “APR Foundation Youth Members”. This initiative extends the opportunity to young people who are actively supporting Scouting through their...

Last call for the APR-MoP Heroes Award 2018! The APR-MOP Heroes Award recognises individuals who have contributed and accomplished significant MoP Projects that have focused on making positive changes in the communities/people’s lives. Submission of...