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The 16th Africa Scout Conference elected in four new members to the Africa Regional Scout Committee for the 2015-2018 triennium. The newly elected members are • Mathias Ochuna Wanyela (Kenya Scouts Association) • Sanda Manohisoa Rasoamahenina (Scout...

The Africa Elephant Award is the highest Scout award in the Africa Scout region. It is presented to top Scouters in recognition of their outstanding service in supporting the continued growth ad development of the Scout Movement in the region. The...

Good Morning Conference! How nice it is to be with you here today. It is doubly exciting for me personally as this is my first visit to an Africa Regional Scout Conference and my first visit to the country of Uganda as well. I extend my sincere...

Some 170 delegates from 29 National Scout Organizations from the Africa Scout Region convened at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda for the 16th Africa Scout Conference. The four-day conference, from 28 to 31 August, is hosted by the...

From 24 to 27 August 2015, a historic event took place in the Africa Scout region. A record number of Scouts, some 380 from 24 countries across the region took part in the 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum in the Ggaba National Seminary just outside...

SW Award Project – Peace Rafael Carvalho Simões, a Portugal Scout, completed a team project called Monitoring of older people living alone for his SW Award. The project aimed to combat social exclusion and loneliness of old age by meeting with the...

Este sábado 22 de Agosto, Los Scouts de Nicaragua tuvimos el placer de recibir y darle la bienvenida al cantante y compositor venezolano Franco de Vita; quien se presentó en el Estadio Nacional de Fútbol como parte de su gira "Vuelve en Primera Fila...

UNESCO and WOSM agreed to co-operate accordingly to achieve common goals through World Scouting – UNESCO World Heritage Recognition. This initiative consists of a badge and certificate, jointly recognized by UNESCO and WOSM, to be called Patrimonito...

In conjunction with Singapore’s 50 years of nationhood, Singapore Scout Association will be organizing the SG50 International Jamboree from the 17 to the 22 November 2015.

You were among the 8000 volunteers supporting the recent 23rd World Scout Jamboree​ in Japan? Then you may share some of the personal reflections of Harald, responsible unit leader of Troop 2 "Stein P. Aasheim" of the Norwegian Contigent! Today I...

This four-day workshop on community-based Scouting is organized to achieve Objective No. 3 of Young People Strategic Priority, which is to support national Scout organizations in expanding Scouting in communities.

Spirit of Unity It was a place called Kirara Kama, in Yamaguchi, Japan, where more than 33,000 Scouts from 150 countries, gathered to celebrate the 23rd World Scout Jamboree. The motto of this Jamboree was “Spirit of Unity”. This would appear to be...

This is to forward to you the attached Proposals Regional Triennial Plan for consideration by your respective NSO. The propositions are expected to be adopted at the 16th Africa Scout Conference to guide the work of the region in the course of the...

Wooh ‪#‎wsj2015‬ is over for now but we can't wait for the 24th World Scout Jamboree in America in 2019. What a fantastic time we had and it was soo great to meet so many future SW Awardees. Keep up the good work to make a ‪#‎BetterWorld‬!! ‪#...

The 23rd World Scout Jamboree closed with a colourful and vibrant ceremony on 7 August 2015 where over 33000 Scouts said their goodbyes to newfound friends and started to make their way home after a good 12-day experience of a lifetime. We’ve had an...