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Scouts will be at the UN General Assembly between 16 and 26 September. The team of young people from across the world will be representing World Scouting at meetings in and around the UN Headquarters. Topics will range across sustainable development...
As centennial cub Scouting worldwide is celebrated this year, several countries are preparing for something special, and Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association is one of them. At the 4th Brunei Darussalam Cubboree on 18-23 March 2016, over 600 cub...
Earlier this month, the Scouts of Corfu (Ionian Islands, Greece) organized a volunteer mission to Athens where they spent a weekend working with and for refugees and in particular the children of refugees. The mission was part of the continued work...
No! There are not just male ICT experts in Scouting and Guiding. And: no! They don't all were squareshaped spectales. Need a proof? Here is the traditional Family Photo taken during the annual meeting of the informal Communication and...
UNICEF is inviting technology start-ups developing solutions with the potential to improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable children to apply for funding from its recently launched Innovation Fund. The purpose of the UNICEF Innovation Fund is...
Between On 9 – 10 November 2015, UNICEF hosted the “Start-up to Scale-up: Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit” in Helsinki, Finland. There are many great innovations and solutions emerging in our newly connected world for accelerating...
13 November 2015, Nairobi, Kenya: The 11th Africa-Europe Training Course for Youth Organizations is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya in the framework of the 7th African University on youth and Development. The course is organized in co-operation with...
10 November 2015, Nairobi, Kenya: The 7th African University on Youth and Development kicked-off on 9th November at the Sportsview Hotel Kasarani in Nairobi Kenya. The week long event brings together over 100 young people form Africa and Europe for...
This year, nearly 600 000 refugees and migrants fleeing war or seeking new lives have reached Europe and the European Union (EU) by sea. Countries hardest hit by the economic crisis, like Greece and Italy, have also served as the main points of entry...
29 July 2015, Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan: After years of planning, preparation and anticipation, the 23rd World Scout Jamboree is finally unveiled in a blaze of colour and pageantry. It marks the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime for some 33...
Some 27 000 young Scouts aged 14 to 17 years have started to arrive today at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree that is being hosted by the Scout Association of Japan. Their arrivals, staggered over today and tomorrow, mark the start of the Jamboree...
Are you ready for the Scouting adventure of a lifetime? Months of planning and preparation are about to culminate in a life-changing Scouting adventure, the 23rd World Scout Jamboree (WSJ). More than 30,000 Scouts from around the world will gather in...
Governor General Michael Ogio, Chief Scout of Papua New Guinea, welcomed the participants of the Council of South Pacific Scout Associations (CSPSA) Forum and workshop on 25-28 May 2015 in Port Moresby. He said that Scouting greatly contributes to...
Scouts of China’s (Taiwan) Ms. Hung, Ping-Lan is the Gold Prize winner of the 13th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Photo Contest-2015. Silver prize winners are Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia’s Ashari Muhammad Hisbulloh and Boy Scouts of the Philippines’...
By: Rafe Lucado Interamerican Scout Committee Member rlucado@scout.org In the Scout Movement the good turn, as little or as big as each one has done it, is a spontaneous voluntary action taken up as the need or situation arises. This is very similar...