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Another milestone for Nepal Scouts was recorded on 26 June 2016 after Scouter Prakash Raj Pandey successfully reached the summit of Baden Powell Scout Peak or locally known as Urkema Peak. The Scout Peak is 5,890 meters high, located at the Lantang...
Twenty four participants including male and female cub scout leaders, Scout leaders and Rovers attended a workshop focused on young people with special needs in Scouting from 25-29 June 2016, at the national campsite in Bat-Sumer, about 3 hours west...
The Academy is a joint event of WOSM and WAGGGS working in partnership at European level, with key participation of volunteers and staff from both the Europe Region WAGGGS and the European Scout Region. Interested associations, NSOs or MOs, are...
Wild working weekend follows the intense working week. We report that we are alive, and still kicking. Preparing the sessions on strategy work for the Regional Conference.
To celebrate the 105th anniversary of Hong Kong Scouting, and to promote environmental protection through Scouting, Scout members aged between 12 and 25, and adult leaders aged 18 or above are invited to attend the Hong Kong Scout 105th Anniversary...
Risk management is essential to safe Scouting where members are provided with training, resources and practical guidance on how best to prepare, respond to and recover from disaster.
WOSM is recognised with a Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), making us an Observer organization and allowing us to participate in key global events such as international conferences, UN consultations and...
National Programme and World Programmes Commissioners, Messengers of Peace team members, collaborators and Scout leaders working on related areas are invited to attend the World Scout Seminar on Messengers of Peace (MoP), from 12–16 October 2016, at...
Thirty Junior Scouts across Brunei Darussalam, including Scouts with special needs, participated in the 7th National Patrol Leaders Course at the National Scout Training and Activity Centre in Gadong from 27-29 May 2016. The training was jointly...
Do you have a great community service idea but lack the funding to turn it into a reality? Then you mustn’t miss this opportunity to apply for the Global Youth Empowerment Fund. A partnership of JCI and the SDG Action Campaign (formerly the UN...
Good Morning! It is an honour for me to be here with you today and share a few thoughts about Scouting and the impact it has on young people and the communities where they live. Let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the Guides and Scouts...
Emmanuella Ayisi-Lartey (Ella) from Ghana has joined the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre on a two-months internship period from 7th June to 29th July 2016, on her own initiative. She is a student at Zenith University - Ghana pursuing a...
The Asia-Pacific Region in collaboration with the General Association of the Scouts of China is organizing the APR Workshop on revisiting The Scout Method. This is to contribute to achieve the targets under “Innovating Scouting” of the WOSM’s global...
Purpose The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) hosted an exhibition at the 2nd United Nations Environmental Assembly that was held at the United Nations Office in Nairobi from Monday 23 to...
To celebrate 100 years of Cubs, Scouts New Zealand provided a challenge for Cubs throughout the country to hold campfires. The Mahurangi Zone (Auckland) Cub Leaders decided to hold a Zone Campfire and the Cubs were to make and wear a Campfire scarf...