News and Stories
As I travel and meet with Scouts and Scout Leaders, I observe that Scouting and the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Initiative are helping to create, what I refer to as, a "We" generation. Think back with me to the not-so-distant past before Facebook, cell...
On 10th April 2015, 9-year old Ahmed Shaiban was saved by Scout Ahmed Azuhad and his friend Mohamed Musrih. The incident happened at Baa Atoll Eydhafushi Island, where Shaiban was reported to have slipped from the jetty while taking a stroll alone...
Many of us have been horrified by the senseless violence that we have witnessed on our streets, on our televisions and in our country. As our late patron, Mr Nelson Mandela wrote: “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his...
Sometime back we shared a story on how Scouting Making a Difference in a Ugandan Prison. Below is a conversation with one young person, Sande Ronald, who attained his freedom from Murchison Bay Prison in Luzira as he explains the important role...
About the "Workshop Youth for Change" and regarding to the Priority Strategic "Youth Participation": These are young people who attended to the 1st. and 2nd. Edition of the "Intermerican Leadership Training" (ILT). This program, an initiative from...
Xenophobia is the unreasoned or irrational dislike or fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange. Xenophobia can manifest itself in many ways involving the relations and perceptions of a group of people towards another, including a fear...
Scouts of China (Taiwan) has organized countrywide tree planting event in March, involving 2200 Scouts from 12 Scout councils in Taiwan that planted 20,000 trees. A rover crew also organized their own tree planting event in an offshore island. Around...
Dear Brother and Sister Scouts; It’s time for me to take a bow! My experience as a National Youth Representative, serving together with my counterpart Grace Michuki, has been one filled with its own fair share of good and sometimes very challenging...
In the framework of the new partnership between UNESCO's World Heritage Education Programme and the World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM the World Heritage Centre in Paris is recruiting an intern (six month mandate). Profile Student...
Moses Engadu, from Uganda, introduces himself as a passionate Scout, a Messenger of Peace and an agent of Change; an ingenious, resilient and futuristic individual who is very proud of his Scouting experience. He joined Scouting in 1991 at the age of...
The former Chief Commissioner (2008 – 2012) of Tanzania Scouts Association, Scouter Lawrence Mhomwa, passed on on 20th March 2015. He lived a life of good character, service, love, compassion and excellence; and always set an example to be emulated...
The European Regional Office of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), based in Brussels (Belgium), is seeking a Projects Support Assistant to work on project and event administration. The person will also be responsible for matters...
This is the first in a series of 15 images created by the Dviersity & Inclusion Pirority Project Group of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement to help raise awareness in this important area of work.
NAIROBI: On Friday 20th March 2015, the Strategic Applications International through their SEMA Youth Initiative working other partners, among them the Kenya Scouts Association, launched the SEMA App. SEMA App is a free mobile phone application whose...
Ten days after the devastating passage of cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, a small island republic in the South Pacific, is slowly beginning to recover from the worst cyclone hitting this area in hundred years. Gaël Audras, a Scout Leader engaged in civilian...