Interamerica News

Between February 16 th to 22 nd,2019 United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) had the chance to join more than a 100 young Scouts from all over Europe at two different Youth Events in France organized by Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs de France...

Scouting Ireland is a Member Organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) with a total membership of 50,000, approximately 10 per cent of whom are adult volunteers. Scouting Ireland supports the growth and development of young...

Today is a day when we celebrate women world over. On behalf of the Africa Regional Team I send my message of goodwill and congratulations to all women in and outside Scouting. To our mothers, wives, sisters, daughters - we appreciate all the efforts...

Nairobi , 23 February 2019 – The African regions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM Africa) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Africa) are strengthening their collaboration to stimulate and empower young people to become...

What do Scouts from Honduras and El Salvador have in common? And most importantly, how can we help? Meet Maria from Honduras and Antonio from El Salvador in this month's BackStage Stories. Both decided to take action and tackle a common problem in...

What do Scouts from Honduras and El Salvador have in common? And most importantly, how can we help? Meet Maria from Honduras and Antonio from El Salvador in this month's BackStage Stories. Both decided to take action and tackle a common problem in...

UN Environment held the first cohort of the Trainers of Trainers (ToT) workshop under the Plastic Challenge Badge programme in collaboration with the UK Government.

Over the last weekend (9-10 February 2019) in Oltarzew near Warsaw, Poland , special task force of ZHP (Polish Scouting and Guiding Association) volunteers held a meeting to make progress in their endeavour on the way to review and update the...

A delegation of 11 members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) of Thailand who are also members of the World Scout Parliamentary Union (WSPU), together with their Kenyan counterparts were recently in Nairobi on four-day visit. Led by the...

Botswana Scouts Association has embarked on a process of expanding Scouting in schools and registering new Scouts to meet its growth target commitments. 11 February 2019 saw the welcoming of over 400 new Scouts at Believers Destiny Academy in...

Victone Onyango, District Scout Commissioner in Kenya, created the project My Talent My Voice to provide youth with accurate health information and to increase access to health services in his community. In order to formalize their work and deepen...

Two Scouts from the Scout Association of Maldives saved a 16-year old boy from drowning while spearfishing. Ahmed Ahunaf of Raa Atoll Inguraidhoo was spearfishing near the island’s shore when he chased a grouper and got separated from his friends...

By now, you will have already heard about how the World Organization of Scout Movement (WOSM) has signed up to help the United Nations (UN) make the world a better place for everyone through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Scouts are...

The Boy Scouts of the Philippines and the International Labour Organization has launched two new merit badges on Occupational Safety and Health for the more than 2.6 million Scouts in the Philippines. The launch was conducted during the 59 thAnnual...

The 2019 Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations took place on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 at the Rowallan Scouts Camp in Nairobi. The campaign's slogan, "Together for a better internet", is a call to action for all stakeholders to join together and play...