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Chief Commissioner Hussain Abdullah and five national commissioners joined 80 Scouts and 50 volunteers in cleaning up the entire beach area in G.Dh Thinadhoo, south of Maldives. This was the first time that "Founders Day" was celebrated nationally...

The annual raft race held by the Mahurangi Zone of Scouts New Zealand attracted over 32 rafts on 1 March 2015. The annual event was the Founder’s Day activity and this year was held on 1 March due to tide requirements at the Browns Bay beach on the...

Twelve Scout leaders from Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Philippines and Scouts of China, participated in the first ever APR Scout Shop Management: Leaders Meet on 5-8 March 2015 at Yangmingshan Scout Camp, Taipei, Taiwan. Several...

The 33rd International Youth Meeting Dachau (IYM) will take place from 1st to 14th August 2015. It is a place for young people from all over the world to discuss issues concerning the pat, the present and the future. Young people will look at the...

We were glad to have Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, delivered a valuable seminar on nature conservation to members of the Scout Association of Hong Kong during her visit to Hong Kong in November 2014. Dr. Goodall shared with us her road to the success in the...

Dear Friends, It is with sadness that we have learned the death of Dr. Emmanuel Gasakure, a former Chairperson of the Board of Rwanda Scout Association who was also actively involved in Scouting until 2008. He was instrumental in the Association...

It doesn’t take much for you, a Scout leader, to have a profound impact on the life of a young person. Put another way: “The smallest gesture can spark a life.” In the case of Cub Scout leader and Nashville singer-songwriter Dean Madonia, that leader...

Congratulations to more than 100 Cub Scouts who were invested on 17 January 2015 at Vatbo Primary School in Siem Reap.

GOMA – On 25 January, 2015, the 30 Scouts and Guides who are members of the Bold Visionaries Peace Club led by Kavugho Kanyere Justine organized a cultural activity to educate young people on peace. The event took place at St. Emmanuel Shaba Primary...

NAIROBI – Ms. Eline Kitaly, the newly appointed National Executive Commissioner of Tanzania Scouts Association recently underwent a two-weeks on job training at Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau. The training was part of the office’s...

U-report that was developed by UNICEF in collaboration with Uganda Scouts Association has won a prestigious global award on mobile innovation in the m-Government and participation category. U-report was honoured with the global UN-based World Summit...

Mr. Nelson Ochieng Opany is our new Communications and Public Relations Officer. He replaces Mr. Amos Ndegwa who left us last month Nelson joins us from Environmental Research Mapping and Information Systems in Africa where he worked since 2011 in...

FREETOWN - Sierra Leone Scouts Association in partnership with St. George Foundation and with support from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs are constructing an Isolation Centre at the Grafton National Scouts Camp. The camp...

At the beginning of February 2015, the European Scouts and Guides ICT Network held its annual meeting in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. 31 participants from National Scout Organizations (NSOs) and Member Organisations (MOs) from across the...