News and Stories
Two exciting documents have been developed following the initiatives undertaken during the Centenary of Scouting in 2007- The Centenary of Scouting Overview and The Gifts for Peace Report . A CD-ROM containing the Gifts for Peace report (in English...
The 38th World Scout Conference was held 14-18 July 2008 on Jeju Island, Korea. It was attended by 1189 participants from 150 countries. Hosted by the Korea Scout Association, The Conference was officially opened by Dr. Han Seung-soo, the Prime...
29th October, Toronto - Young people in Canada had the chance to make a real difference in the world at The Global Development Village (GDV), which ran last Thursday and Saturday in Toronto as part of Scouts Canada's Centenary celebrations. The free...
Norwegian Scouts and Guides took part in the Gifts for Peace by making an enormous peace quilt. Each patch in the peace quilt was made by a group of 5-10 Scouts and Guides. They decorated these with their wishes for the future, and the majority chose...
Hylands Park, Chelmsford, UK – August 3, 2007 – During 2 days, the former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, visited the World Scout Jamboree. Joined by members of the polish contingent, he toured around the site to see many of the Jamboree activities...
Scouts learn, discuss and understand the critical needs of young people worldwide. At the heart of the World Scout Centre is the display and exhibition area for Scouting around the world. World Scouting presents broad themes encompassing a culture of...
The Scouts of Romania, have recently initiated a fund-raising and campaign in aid of 112 families who are victims of the severe flooding that has recently affected the country. The area around Tecuci has been the most affected by the disastrous...
30 young Scouts from the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France left Bécours on 1st August 2007, and after twenty-four days travelling across Spain, Morocco and Mauritania, they arrived in Saint Louis du Sénégal and met up with fellow Scouts from...
Geneva, Switzerland - As the sun rises on 1 August 2007, in every time zone, 28 million Scouts worldwide, girls and boys, women and men, will celebrate the dawn of a new century of Scouting and reflect on the spirit of friendship and peace. Scouting...
Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya are celebrating the Centenary with a Gift for Peace they have called “Hands for Peace”. The cardboard hands, simulating the shape of a dove, were designed so that Scouts in the region could write down their hopes...
Le Mouvement des Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France (EEDF) will celebrate the Centenary of Scouting through a special Peace Caravans journey. A project based on the promotion of peace, communication between young people from the North and the South...
Cub Scouts in Greece are this year celebrating two major occasions: The Centenary of Scouting and the 75th anniversary of Cub Scouting in Greece. Working in partnership with UNICEF Hellas and SOS Children's Villages, numerous projects have already...
For the eighth year in a row, thousands of Scouts travelled to the central plaza of Mexico City to 'draw' the fleur-de-lys (the emblem of World Scouting) in aluminium cans. The Scouts collect these cans throughout the year and need to spend around 2...
The sun is rising on a new century of Scouting. When joining millions of other Scouts in the renewal of the Promise let us thank all those who made it possible for us to live the unique, exciting and involving experience of Scouting, starting with...
Thank you to all of the Cubs, Scouts and Rover Scouts who entered the Gifts for Peace competition, sharing their photos, videos and sound clips, and their truly inspirational stories. Entries were received from Australia, Burundi, Japan, Mexico...