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2017 started for the National Scout Association of Moldova with brio, working intensely for a period of two days on the early stages of a program that will contribute to the formation of responsible citizens. Thus, in the context of the strategic...
Greetings from Tanzania the Land of Kilimanjaro. This is officially to invite all of you to the Africa Scouts Day 2017 and TSA Centenary Celebrations 2017. VENUE: Venue for both 2 events will be at Arusha Region which is situated at Northern part of...
Last week, I had the fantastic opportunity to experience the world of AIESEC, a worldwide organisation focused on developing the leadership potential of young people through experiential learning, volunteer experiences and professional internships...
Nepal Scouts Ticket To Life (TTL) project organized its Local Coordinators’ Workshop in Kakani International Scout Centre on 15-16 November 2016, orienting them on the important issues of the project towards achieving the goal. Chief Commissioner...
Greetings from COP22 - WOSM Youth Delegates Saleh, Quintin and Samuel. The second week of COP22 went so fast! We worked hard to promote Scouts' view on environmental issues, met a lot of people, had new experiences and also some fun. While Quintin...
PREPARED: FOR A CHANGING WORLD The 2nd World Scout Education Congress (WSEC) will take place at Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland, from 11-15 May 2017. This second edition of the event will focus on the core business of Scouting. It...
It is our absolute pleasure to announce the appointment of our Mr Ahmad Alhendawi as the next Secretary General of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Mr Ahmad Alhendawi will start in March of 2017 after completing his term as the...
Immerse yourself in the amazing week the WOSM delegation experienced at COP22! The first week at COP22 was a whirlwind filled with a lot of hard work, new experiences and endless opportunity. Putting our focus on education and youth participation we...
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...
To celebrate 75 years since the official founding of Air Scouts in the United Kingdom (UK), a celebratory National Air Scout Camp was held in late October in Cornwall in the southwest of England. Although only founded in 1941, Scouts – in Britain and...
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...
Scouting has begun development of a fantastic new tool to help Scouts everywhere to fund projects! It is an online social funding platform that will make it easy to engage an existing donor base or reach out to new donors around the world. This new...
If you missed our first JOTA JOTI Campfire here is the replay! Don't forget to share and join us for the next one "YOUNG PEOPLE IN POVERTY AND DISABILITY"Sat Oct 15 2016 15:00 GMT For more info go to www.scout.org/jotajoticampfires Shaun will talked...
Today we reached a landmark. Over 700 million hours of service to community have now been recorded through almost 21,500 projects on scout.org! This is an outstanding achievement in the 3 years since we started inviting Scouts to share their...