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The moot has attracted a lot of admiration from young children in the neighbourhoods where the participants have been carrying out expedition activities. Many of these children are Scouts, and they have been eager to interact with the Rovers from...
“WAKA WAKA… This is how we greet each other during our Jamboree” says Brice Filaumart a Scout attending the HALP (Habiter Autrement la Planete/) Jamboree. Arriving on the 26th of July Venture Scouts and Guides, (pionnier caravelles) from the island...
UNICEF is looking for contributions to the State of the World Children’s Report (SOWC) and a companion report which will be written and edited by young people under 20 years of age. This report will explore the situation of adolescents from their own...
MANZINI - From 21 – 22 May 2010, the Swaziland Scout Association hosted a workshop on HIV and child abuse. Participants were drawn from the Southern Zone of the Africa Scout Region. Delegates started by seeking a common understanding to the question...
On 1ST & 2nd of May 24th Asoka Group,South Calcutta Bharat Scouts & Guides organized a camp in Sunder ban’s Bali island in collaboration with We Stand for Environment & Education ( WEE). WEE is a society dedicated to environment & education to create...
30 participants from 19 countries arrived in Kandersteg International Scout Centre for the second SCENES (Scout Centres for Excellence in Nature and the Environment) seminar. Participants arrived from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech...
The Executive Directors' Team of the World Scout Bureau (WSB) comprises the Secretary General Luc Panissod and the 8 Executive Directors in the various WSB Offices around the world, including the six Regional Directors. The Team meets every six...
World Day Against Child Labour 12 June 2010 Theme: Go for the goal: End child labour Celebrated on 12 June each year, the World Day Against Child Labour 2010 comes just one month after a major Global Conference on Child Labour in the Netherlands, the...
Following an open process carried out in collaboration and agreement with the Interamerica Regional Scout Committee, Luc Panissod, Secretary General of World Scouting appointed Mr Raul Sanchez Vaca, from Mexico as the new Regional Director of the...
Every Year on the 8th of March, millions of women and men around the world join to celebrate International Women's Day. Since 1910 in Denmark, IWD has been internationally recognized as the day to honor women in our society as they play a great role...
After the commemoration of February 22, Founders day, which saw millions of Scouts get together think, remember and pay respects to the Founder of the Movement. We propose to continue in debating on the cause of Scouting by reacting to the following...
Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world, killing more people than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Each year, 12 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million people die of cancer. If no action is taken, the...
Scout.org has recently undergone a facelift. In order to better serve its members and affiliates and increase the visitors user experience, the Communications and IT development teams at the World Scout Bureau have been working on adding more...
NAIROBI – At the end of a meeting that brought together all World Scout Bureau executives in Kandersteg, Switzerland, the Africa Regional Office (ARO) executives – who were at the meeting – seized this moment to conduct a planning meeting from 17 to...
Under the Auspices of H.E. Dr. Fathy Saad, the governor of 6 October Governorate and in close cooperation with ISESCO, the Arab Scout Regional Office welcomes Rovers from 45 NSOs worldwide as participants in the 13th International Youth Gathering for...