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His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, graced the celebration of the first National Scouts Day on 21st February 2015, coinciding with His Majesty’s birth anniversary. The celebration will be observed from this year onwards...
Members of the two Priority Project Groups and the three Core Groups of the European Scout Region have had their second All Groups Meeting for this triennium, this time in the European Youth Centre in Budapest, from 30 January till 1 February 2015...
Dear Friends, Today, all over the world, Scouts are gathered in different places to celebrate what would be the 158th birthday of Lord Baden Powell, Founder of the Scouting and Guiding Movements, alongside that of his wife, Lady Olave – with whom he...
It was in the year 1987 that I began my work as an adult volunteer serving the Scout Movement. Then began a long journey as a scout leader, a road full of challenges, a lot of learning, acquiring a very strong commitment to contribute to the...
The Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan is pleased to invite you to take part in “Wonderland Azerbaijan 2015”, an international camp that will be held in the Gadabay district of the Republic of Azerbaijan from 11 – 19 July 2015. The first Wonderland...
Blå spejder (Det Danske Spejderkorps, or the Blue Scouts, one of the National Scout Associations in Denmark) created a buzz on social and classical media yesterday when they annonced that they had bought (thanks to contributions from several...
NAIROBI - The Africa Regional Office of the World Scout Bureau, in collaboration with members of the Network of International Youth Organizations in Africa (NIYOA), jointly hosted the 6th African University on Youth and Development in Nairobi, Kenya...
ADDIS ABABA - February 11, 2015 will be the day for the official launching of a two-year long project in partnership with SIDA: Initiative Africa. The launch of the project titled ‘SCOUTS: Building a Lifetime of Skills and Confidence’ will be hosted...
ANTANANARIVO - According to the latest report from the BNGRC (National Office for Risk Disaster and Risk Management), the cyclone Chedza in Madagascar from 16 to 18 January 2015 left 51 people dead and nearly 130,857 victims in the big Island nation...
On Thursday 15th January 2015, leaders of Sierra Leone Scouts Association held a meeting with the UNICEF country representative, Mr. Shane O’Connor at his office in Freetown. The essence of the meeting was to discuss the rolling our of the U-Report...
“As Scouts and Scout Leaders from the Africa Region, We say thank you to a true Scout in heart, spirit and action. He believed in us and entrusted us with the obligation to enhance world peace as "Messengers of Peace". We promise to keep his dream of...
As we are approaching 22 February 2015, the anniversary of the joint birthdays of Robert and Olave Baden-Powell, one of the Spanish National Scout Associations, ASDE Scouts de España is launching the second edition of "Haiku Scouts". Scouts are...
From an article published by the Geneva-based newspaper Tribune de Genève: Niineteen year old Mark (from the US) was skiing in Switzerland when surprised by a heavy snow storm and loosing orientation. Miracuously discovered safe and sound after 48...
At its meeting on 21 January 2015, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe highlighted the important role of non-formal education (such as the education provided by Scouting) when it adopted its Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3. The new...
To mark today's World Cancer Day 2015, Grupo Scout Ciudad del Sol, of Lorca (Spain) and a member of ASDE-Scouts de España has joined other local non-governmental organisations and developed a striking awareness campaign. So, why not share it on your...