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The Community Services Department of The Scout Association of Macau (TSAM) recently joined the Macau Second and Third Mass Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Drive by the Macau Special Administrative Region Government. TSAM took action mobilising and...

This week during a virtual event on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, WOSM, together with the Big 6 Youth Organizations, joined some of the world’s largest and most far-reaching youth-led and youth-focused...

Accessibility and inclusion matter to Scouts because they're integral to creating a better world! The 4th Crosby Beaver Scouts in the United Kingdom are committed to making their group and community more accessible to people of various needs. Earlier...

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) welcomes Our Common Agenda, a report of the United Nations Secretary General released today with timely recommendations to respond to current and future challenges. As the report states clearly, we...

More than 700 young leaders from 163 National Scout Organizations put on their scarves and uniforms to join the closing ceremony of the 14th World Scout Youth Forum, concluding the largest ever Word Scout Youth Forum, and the first time the event has...

The 40th World Scout Conference in Slovenia in 2014 made youth engagement one of the six strategic priority areas for World Scouting. This led to the development of a Youth Involvement Strategy that signified the Movement's commitment to youth...

Over 700 young leaders representing 163 National Scout Organizations will gather for the 14th World Scout Youth Forum which is taking place virtually from 18-22 August for the first time in the Scout Movement’s history. The event will be the largest...

WOSM is following with deep concern the evolving situation in Afghanistan. Our Asia-Pacific Support Centre has been in regular contact with our Member Organization, the Afghanistan National Scout Organization (ANSO). ANSO has been providing...

JOTA-JOTI 2021 is right around the corner and will take place from 15 to 17 October 2021. This year’s event focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and our role as Scouts in promoting peace, tackling inequality and protecting the...

Scouts of Greece have been on the front line to alleviate as much as possible the environmental and human repercussions of the ongoing wildfires. Over the last two months only, over 500 fires have erupted in Greece, causing the destruction of more...

11 August 2021, Nairobi-Kenya: The World Organization of the Scout Movement, Africa Region (WOSM Africa) and the Mondragon Team Academy of the Mondragon University (MU/MTA) have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on developing and...

A few weeks after a tornado devastatingly affected the lives of several villages in South Moravia, a region in the East of Czechia, local Scouts together with other young volunteers are still on site to support the disaster areas. The members of the...

The Portuguese Scout Federation together with the National Youth Council and the Ministry of Health launched a campaign called “It's our turn. Take care of yourself. Take care of Portugal". The initiative is aimed at raising the awareness of young...

4 August 2021, Nairobi, Kenya: The virtual 8 th Africa Scout Jamboree closed on 3 rd August after six days of engaging, fun and learning activities delivered by the Uganda Scouts Association with the support of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support...

I salute you all with gladness from Uganda, your host for the first and hopefully the last Africa Scouts Jamboree to be held virtually. I must say that it is indeed a blessing for Uganda to host the 08 th Africa Scout Jamboree 2020 under the theme, “...