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Country coordinators of the Messengers of Peace (MoP) from the Asia-Pacific Region gather in Laguna, Philippines from 19-23 March 2018 to work as a team in developing a manual aligned to WOSM MoP Guidelines on Programme & Network. This manual...
On the coming Saturday morning (21st Oct. 2017), Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) & Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) activities will be kicked off at the base of WSB, Arab Support Center where some of 300 cub scouts and scouts from different scouting groups...
Six years ago some 40000 Scouts gathered in southern Sweden at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree to spend 12 memorable days. This week 11000 are back for Jamboree17, the Swedish National Jamboree. Jamboree17 is this year’s largest Scout and Guide event...
Fiji Scouts Association (FSA) successfully commenced its 1st Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators Training Workshop on 1st May at Trans International Hotel in Nadi, gathering 25 participants and 12 staff members to build an MoP network in the...
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all participants of the 15th APR Scout Photo Contest 2017! Gold prize Photographer: Jit Ghosh, India Silver prizes Sandra Wind, Australia NG Wing-lam, Hong Kong Bronze prizes Chen Po Hung, Scouts of...
Staff members of the Asia-Pacific Support Centre are fully geared to take on disaster preparedness and risk reduction management at their recent training along the coastlines of Romblon Province, Philippines. Regional Director J Rizal Pangilinan and...
Speech by the Chairperson of the Africa Scout Foundation Board during the All Africa Scout Day Celebrations held on 11 March 2017 at Arusha International Conference Centre in Arusha -Tanzania Our Chief Guest Hon. Prof. Joyce Ndalichako; Minister for...
Following the successful completion of the 2017 Africa Scout Day Celebrations hosted by the Tanzania Scouts Association in Arusha, the responsibility for organizing next year’s celebrations was formally handed over to the Scouts Association of...
11 March 2017, Arusha-Tanzania:The Arusha International Conference Centre in Tanzania hosted over 800 Scouts and Scouters, who gathered to mark this year’s Africa Scout Day celebrations. The occasion was graced Hon. Prof. Joyce Ndalichako, Minister...
8 March 2017, Arusha - Tanzania: Scouts from different countries in and out of Africa are streaming into Arusha for this year’s Africa Scout Day celebrations. The event which takes place at the Magereza Grounds in Kisongo will feature a 3-days...
On 23 November 2016, a select group of Scouts, Scout leaders and teams from around the world received the coveted Messengers of Peace Hero Award, an accolade bestowed by the government of Saudi Arabia on behalf of His Majesty King Salman bin...
Being a Scout or Girl Guide helps to lower the risk of mental illness later in life, according to researchers from Edinburgh and Glasgow universities. From their study of 10,000 people from across the United Kingdom who were born in 1958, they...
A Delegation of six Scouts will represent WOSM at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UNFCCC, from 7-18 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco. So Scouting will have a strong voice during the United Nations Conference on...
The 1st of November was proclaimed and instituted as The Africa Youth Day on the occasion of the African Youth Charter adoption in the Executive Council Decision of the Banjul Summit 2006. Africa Youth Day is a day set aside every year to promote the...
The Haitian National Civil Protection Agency (DPC), one of the many stakeholders collaborating with the Scouts of Haiti, has reported that 1.4 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. More than 120,000 families have lost their...