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Today at 8:30 AM, marked the opening of the 11th World Scout Youth Forum in Blumenau, Brazil. Attended by over 160 participants representing more than 60, at present, countries this long awaited event is the first important institutional event in the...

For more than 100 years, Scouting has helped young people to connect with the outdoors, learn from nature and care for the environment. From identifying ways to reduce water consumption in Australia, educating communities on recycling in Mexico...

15th Africa Scout Conference The theme Scouting, a vehicle for the development in Africa Venue: The event will be held at Futungo de Belas in Luanda, Angola. Dates: From 06 to 09 June 2012. Participation fee: 150 USD More details here: Conference Web...

In 2012 we will celebrate the Africa Scout Day in Luanda , the Angolan capital. The theme : “Educate. Transform. Develop.” Venue: The event will be held at the beautiful DREAM SPACE in Luanda. Date : from 09 to 11 March 2012. Participants: African...

NAIROBI - In its quest to strengthen the capacities of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), five participants from, Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia , Rwanda and Swaziland participated in a month long training, from 27th September to 27th October 2011 in...

NAIROBI - The Africa Regional Office facilitated Scouts' participation in this year's JOTI whose theme revolved around : ”Peace, Environment and Natural Disasters". In addition to participation from various countries, the Regional headquarters also...

For almost twenty years, this young man had never known the luxury of a warm blanket or a well-cooked healthy meal. For Dennilson Onsom, life was about sleeping in the cold and eating from the garbage pit of the Kisii town of the western part of...

Dear reader, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our inaugural edition of Kudumail. This newsletter will join our array of communication channels in our quest to keep you informed about what’s happening in the Africa Scout Region. This launch...

The Uganda Scout Association celebrated the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers [IYV+10] by camping for a week at the Uganda National Scouts Camp, Kaazi. The scouts numbering about 3, 900 camped from the 12th to the 17th of...

The Mauritius Scout Association recently inaugurated its newly refurbished headquarters: the 30-year-old Baden Powell House. The NSO’s building was renovated thanks to the Corporate Social Responsibility programme of the Mauritius Telecom Foundation...

RINKABY - On Saturday July 30, 2011, the staff of the World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office in collaboration of the management of the 22 World Scout Jamboree hosted a reception with a view to fundraise for the Africa Scout Foundation and raise...

The long awaited 22nd World Scout Jamboree Sweden 2011 is finally here with the stage being the fields of Rinkaby at Kristianstad in the Southern Sweden. As part of the Scout family, the Africa region has sent a large contingent among them 77...

CONAKRY - June 15, 2011, 200 Scouts in partnership with DHL Guinea, were mobilized to plant 3000 in the Kakimbo Forest. Also represented at the function was the Ministry of Environment, some government officials, UNDP, diplomatic corps. The guest of...

NAIROBI – On Monday 20 June 2011, a group of 11 Ugandan Scouts arrived at the World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office on bicycles. They left Uganda on Tuesday 14 June 2011. They were on transit to Sweden, in order to be part of the 22nd World...

Food for Life Project (FFL) was recently extended to West Africa (Benin and Niger), following its successes in the East Africa (Burundi, Kenya and Uganda). The dual launch started in Niger on 6th May and continued to Benin on 9th May. The Benin...