News and Stories
“In Scouting, we are One, one Family, one World!” A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the western part of Nepal on Tuesday, less than three weeks after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook and claimed 8,000 lives in the Himalayan nation. Several...
The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, expressed appreciation of the Scout Movement’s efforts in nurturing a generation of dedicated, educated and value-oriented Armenians. He also cited the Messengers of Peace (MoP) initiative as an important...
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...
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...
Youth for Change Workshop was held during May 1-3.
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...
Two lead coordinators of Messengers of Peace, took off from New Delhi to Katmandu to support rehabilitation activities. 27 member team with S,S. Ray and Ms.Ruby Parbat with truck full of Blanket entering border districts by 100 pm ( Noon today) for...
Within 24 hours of its launch, World Scouting’s #ScoutAid for #Nepal fund has received individual donations amounting to some US$28,000. The Messengers of Peace Support Fund will issue an emergency grant of US$10,000 as add-on to the collection...
Last week Scouts of the World Award team met in Paris with UNESCO World Heratige Education department. Together WOSM and UNESCO developed a badge that you can get along side the SW Award called the Patrimonito Scout Badge, if you complete your...
Good morning Scout Brothers and friends of the Interamerican Region. I am very pleased to introduce you to Susana "Susy" Salguero, who joined the team of the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region as Executive for Operations Support, for whom I...
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...