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His Majesty, the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, has taken part in the adventure at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Hylands Park, UK. The Swedish Monarch, who plays an active role in World Scouting, visited the site which accommodates more than 40...
A massive thank you to everyone who worked to make the Centenary of Scouting such a success. Thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time to run activities and programmes for Scouts worldwide. Thank you to our supporters and all of you who...
Prince Mohammad bin Nawaf the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in the UK has visited the Saudi delegation at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in the presence of Dr Abdullah Al Obaid the Minister of Education, who is also the president of the Saudi Arabia Boy...
The night of June 30th until the morning of July 1st marked the beginning of the commemorations of the worldwide Centenary of the Scout Movement for the Scouts from Rio de Janeiro state. Supported by Rio’s Archdiocese, IBAMA, Rio’s Military Police...
1,300 Scouts joined in an International Agoonoree on Jeju Island in Korea as part of the celebrations of 100 years of Scouting from 24 - 27 May, 2007. It was a great opportunity for Scouts and Scouts with special needs to learn about Jeju Island and...
On March 17-18, about 500 Swiss Scouts gathered at an altitude of 2800m on the glacier of the “Plaine Morte” near the mountain resort of Crans-Montana, to build 216 igloos in order to mark the Centenary of the Scout Movement. It was a global village...
Over 200,000 Scouts joined the peace campaign relay, through the Rover Peace Baton, in 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific while highlighting the 100 years of Scouting. The journey started in August 2006 from the South Pacific, northeast Asia, and south...
Join-in-Centenary is a year long programme of fun activities and events, based on a resource pack, to help every Scout participate in the Centenary of Scouting to the full no matter where they live. Thousands of copies of the packs have already been...
Other than sharing the fact that both the Cederberg mountains and Mafikeng are in rocky terrains (Mafikeng means “place of stones”), both had something else in common – big Scout events seeing in the Centenary of Scouting! The first Centenary events...
Scouting’s Sunrise is a day to show the contribution Scouting makes to society and education, specifically peace education. There will therefore be a clear focus on the Gifts for Peace projects and Scouting as a social force on 1 August 2007. To date...
Excellent communications and support are required in order for all Scouts to be involved in Scouting’s Sunrise. National Scout Organizations are therefore asked to give their full support to local leaders and the organisation of local celebrations...
Scouting’s Sunrise is a fantastic opportunity for National Scout Organizations to raise the profile of Scouting in their country. It is strongly hoped that each National Scout Organization will be able to organise one key event for their country on...
40,000 Scouts will celebrate Scouting's Sunrise at the World Scout Jamboree on 1 August 2007, starting at 08h00 linked to Brownsea Island for the renewal of the Promise. The Scouts will then take part in a day of activities and celebrations...
Photo Journal RSC-06 2,620 children and young people from the Chile’s Fifth, Sixth and Metropolitan Regions had an 8-day adventure filled with fun, personal development and healthy shared living at Picarquín World Scout Centre, in the beautiful...
Forth International Scout Leaders Training Course Excelscout 04 was held from 29 April to 5 May 2003 at the Eurasia Regional Scout center Krasnokamenka, Ukraine. 21 scouts between 18 and 21 years old from 7 NSOs of the Eurasia Region (Armenia...