News and Stories
The first day of April 2014 turned out to be a day of mourning as World Scouting lost one of its great leaders. Dr Azrul Azwar, member of Regional Scout Committee (2009-2012; 2012-2015) and former Chief Commisioner/ Chairman of Gerakan Pramuka...
Close to 170 participants from the Singapore Scout Association (SSA) and 10 other Asia Pacific countries took part in the world first ever International Airboree held in Singapore from 11-16 February 2014. The airboree was organised by the SSA, in...
It is much more than an ASEAN Scout Jamboree with the participation of National Scout Organizations from 16 countries including the host – Thailand. Over 5,000 Scouts took part in the Jamboree at the Vajiravudh Scout Camp in Chonburi Province.
The 56th Jamboree On The Air and 17th Jamboree On The Internet took place on 19th and 20th October 2013. Scouts from the Africa Region were not left out in this fun-filled event, which is held every year in the 3rd weekend of October. With the theme...
In a wonderful natural conservationa area, the 3rd SCENES Seminar started on Sunday 29th of September 2013 in one of the first SCNESE centres ”Campo Escuela Nacional Iztarú” few kilometres away from the Capital city “San Jose” of Costa Rica. The...
“World Scouting: Educating for Global Citizenship”, a reference book for a better understanding of our Movement What is the magic in Scouting that has attracted millions of young people all over the world for decades and decades, to share values...
A delegation of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) headed by the Asia Pacific Regional Chairman Dr. Chao Shou-Po is visiting Yangon to strengthen the re-establishment of Scouting in Myanmar. It is nearly after five decades that a...
Bangladesh Scouts mobilized Rovers and Leaders in finding survivors after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh on 24th April 2013 which claimed over 300 lives and severely injured hundreds of others. Death toll is expected to rise...
Results of the first evaluation on the level of self-sufficiency of National Youth Programme Teams in the Interamerican Region In July 2012, a questionnaire to assess the level of sustainability of National Youth Programme Teams was sent to the 34...
Scouts and leaders of Gerakan Pramuka (GP) partnered with the Indonesian government in launching rescue and relief operations for the people living in Jakarta affected by the flooding caused by days of heavy rain since 18 January 2013. During the...
Scott Teare is the new Secretary General of World Scouting, taking over from Luc Panissod in the New Year. Scott has been serving World Scouting for several decades although in different capacities before taking up this top job. Scott was awarded the...
WOSM's new Secretary General - An interview! How do you feel having been selected as the new Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement? Wow! What an honor. Absolutely thrilled and honored. Can you tell us about what inspired...
SOUTH AFRICA - SCOUTS South Africa, in partnership with the German Scout Association DPSG, has been encouraging members to initiate community based environmental projects. Provinces, Districts and Groups received and successfully developed and...
The 55th Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and 16th Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) was held during the weekend of 20 and 21 October 2012. About 1 million Scouts from 150 countries took part in the event, a participation number that has been stable for many...
Moldova Scouting was impacted by an inspiring Scout project ‘Re-Rovering’ – created by 4 Scouting friends who believed in an idea. ‘Re-Rovering’ came by as a response to the situation of stagnation in the growth of Rover Scouts (in terms of quantity)...