News and Stories
In 2011the Australian Rovers were in Timor-Leste from the 4th of July to the 15th of July. The Timor-Leste (East Timor) Partnership Project 2011 was run by Rover Scouts from all around Australia. Much of this project was done with aid and assistance...
As an initiative under the Messengers of Peace project, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines continues to equip Scouts in different parts of the country, training them what to do in times of emergency and disaster. Two recent trainings were conducted...
Last month, the 2nd Youth Work Convention, five years after the first, brought together some 500 participants active in the youth work field. The aim of the Convention - organised in the framework of the Belgian presidency of the Committee of...
The Interamerican Youth Involvement Policy, adopted in the 24th Interamerican Scout conference in 2013, says: “Youth are valued for their capacity to contribute new and fresh perspectives to the traditional ways of operating. When youth area excluded...
Together with hundreds of other young people from around the world, Scouts and Guides from Austria ( Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs, Poland ( (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, ZHP), the United States ( BSA Troop 427, of Vienna, Autria...
Cambodia Scouts (CS) created another milestone as 30 Scout Leaders were trained in the first Assistant Leader Trainers ever to be held in Cambodia. The course ran from 27 April to 3 May 2015 in Siem Reap. In addition to local participants, there were...
ZIMBABWE: National Scout Organizations of the Southern Africa Zone held their 41st Zonal Conference and 12thZonal Youth Forum between 28th April and 3rd May 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe; under the theme, “One Tree, Many Branches.” A total of 10 NSOs...
The 9th Eastern Africa Zonal Youth Forum was held in December 2015 at Ndera Minor Seminary in Kigali, Rwanda. The forum, among other things elected a new zonal youth committee led by Murtadhwa Rashid from Tanzania. While sharing the report of the...
The large public enjoying the beauties of Lake Treska and the nice weather over the bank holiday weekend at the beginning of May 2015 were witnesses of activities the country had not seen so often for a quarter of a century: Slobodan Naskovski and...
For the understanding of the Interamerican Youth Programme Policy is needed to start in its principles: · An updated Youth Programme. · A relevant Youth Programme. · A significant Youth Programme. · Young people as the center of the programme. · A...
Youth for Change Workshop was held during May 1-3.
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’...
This week, more than 150 Scouts from across Europe will gather in Antalya (Turkey) for the 8th European Scout Educational Methods Forum of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM. If you are not amongst those...
The welcoming was conducted by Mauricio Veayra, where young people are the heart of our Movement was reaffirmed. To this preceded the words of Leonardo Morales, Chairperson of Interamerican Scout Committee and Raul Arturo Sanchez Vaca, Regional...
It was in 2011 that we began to hear with greater regularity the phrase “Messengers of Peace”. From around the world came stories of what scouts were doing in their communities to Build a Better World. Soon the number of projects grew. Hours of...