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Venture Scout Phurba Tenjing Sherpa (first on the right side, wearing the scarf of Vienna's 8th Scout & Guide Group) and fellow mountaineers proudly displaying the flag of the Venture Scouts and Guides of Wiener Pfadfindergruppe 8, of Pfadfinder und...

The Joint Meeting of the European Scout Committee of WOSM and the Europe Committee WAGGGS discussed and approved the WOSM (Europe) - WAGGGS (Europe) Memorandum of Understanding this weekend in Brussels, Belgium. The Meeting was held on the premises...

Are your Venture Scouts (aged 15 to 18) still undecided where to spent their summer camp this year? Then this is THE opportunity they might have been looking for: "Wonderland 2014", the National Jamboree of the Azərbaycan Skautlar Assosiyasiyası -...

Hon. Chung Ui Hwa, Honorary President of the World Scout Parliamentary Union (WSPU) has been appointed as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Dr. Chung Ui Hwa joined Scouting in the 1960’s, when he was in middle school. As...

Inside Rapid Response Initiative to recruit 1 million Scouts SouthernAfricaScoutLeasers caucus on youth role in nation building Rehabilitation of defective masts in public schools Forging forward with Scouting Basics Nigerian Scouts part of the...

Your Scout Group is still undecided where to pitch their tents this summer? Then hurry up and register your patrol(s) for the Central European Jamboree 2014, hosted by Junák - svaz skautů a skautek ČR in Dosky in the Czech Republic! Find out all...

Zofim‬, the Israel‬ Boy and Girl ‪Scouts‬ (צופים), celebrated the volunteer engagement of a number of young Leaders (who had dedicated a full year to the association) at a special event earlier this week. Among the special guests attending the...

This weekend, Scouts et Guides de France, one of the five National Scout Associations in France, held its Annual General Assembly at the Centre Scout de Jambville. Delegates from local Groups and Territories (equivalent of districts in other...

Following a long-time tradition that happens every three years, Boy Scouts of America held the 2014 Omaha Beach Camporee from 25 to 27 April on the shores of Normandy, at Vierville-sur-mer, France. Around 5,000 Scouts and Leaders from the United...

NAMIBIA - The Southern Zone Conference and Youth Forum was successfully held in Windhoek, Namibia under the theme “Scouting: Contributing Towards Nation-Building.” The Youth Forum was held from 28th – 30th April while the Conference ran from 30th...

From April 20 to 22, Scout Leaders from different countries in Africa participated in a Messengers of Peace three-day training held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue. Sixteen participants from Burundi, Congo...

(WOSM Europe/Beograd) – High floods in late spring seem to strike parts of Europe with a frightening regularity these days. While it was regions along the Danube, Elbe and Vltava rivers which suffered most last year, the last days saw large parts of...

Doina Postica (Moldova) and Jeremy Apert (France) represented World Scouting at the World Conference on Youth. The government of Sri Lanka organized the event from 6 to 10 May 2014 as part of the bigger process to evaluate the Millennium Development...

Scouting in Kenya started on 24th November 1910 and is the largest Youth Movement with over 500,000 Scouts and 40,000 Scout Leaders. RAPID RESULTS INITIATIVE (RRI) TO RECRUITING 1 MILLION SCOUTS The Kenya Scouts Association has developed a Rapid...

During April 22 - 24, in Waikkala, Sri Lanka, was held the meeting of the Global Support Team. The objectives of the meeting were making follow-up on overall progress of the Global Support project, exchange on National Scout Organization support...