All over the world, Scouts celebrate the 22nd of February in memory of Lord Robert Baden-Powell (BP), the founder of the Scout Movement who was born 155 years ago. In Kenya, the celebration is probably the most significant, as tens of thousands of Scouts flock to Nyeri, the final resting place of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, to pay homage to their Founder. They come from as far as Busia in the west, Mombasa in the East and Wajir in the north, travelling over 10 hours on road, which in in some parts simply dont exist.

The present version of the WOSM website scout.org dates back to October 2006. In the world of the Internet, six years sounds like a century. Even though we have tried to adjust to the fast changing trends, we nevertheless want to make sure that the website responds to today's expectations of our visitors.

We have therefore decided to run this online survey to collect your feedback and your ideas on how World Scouting should respond today to your needs in terms of digital communication.

-Santa Maria de Jesus, Sacatepequez, Guatemala January, 15 2012.
All are prepared for hiking up the Agua Volcano at the "Climb for Life” that it’s going to be held on Saturday January 21 in order to fight against domestic violence, for this appointment could not miss the giant with his best clothes.

Scouts from three different Brazilian states travelled great distances to assist a ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) in setting up camps, providing emergency shelter to families made homeless by recent floods and mudslides in eastern Brazil.
For the third time in two years, Brazilian scouts were prepared to help ShelterBox deliver aid to displaced people in need of shelter, even if it meant travelling long distances through the night. Thirty scouts from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais joined forces with the SRT and local volunteers to help put up ShelterBox tents in the devastated areas of Japamapará and Além Paraíba. In two swelteringly hot days, tents became homes for around 70 families.

On January 21st Chairman Michael Bradshaw, two Vicechairmen Fernando Brodeschi and Kent Clayburn and members of the Interamerican Scout Committee Rafe Lucado, Gilberto Mendoza and Steve Kent visited the Regional Office for the first meeting with the new team of Directors.