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Missed the 23rd World Scout Jamboree? Mark your calendars now, as the 57th Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and the 18th Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) will be back this 16 to 18 October. Scouts from all over the world are invited to communicate and share...
When the Coordinating Group of the European Regions of WAGGGS and WOSM met the other weekend, the current situation of refugees and the manifold support actions by Scouts and Guides as members of their local communities was one of the issues...
United Kingdom – Members of a Scout group from Coxhoe, a village in Durham County, are stunned that their simple act of kindness has garnered the kindness and generosity of the local community. All they did was organise a call for contributions in...
From the day we as Scouts pledge the Scout Promise, we set out as agents of change, on a mission to create a better world. With a sense of brotherhood and understanding which transcends race, gender, socioeconomic status, we apply our leadership for...
In view of the current refugee situation in Europe, the European Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has issued the following message about the current refugee situation to National Scout Organisations and National...
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my pleasure to join this special gathering of scouts drawn from across the continent for the 16th Africa Scout Conference as well as the centenary celebrations of the Uganda Scouts Association. I have...
From 24 to 27 August 2015, a historic event took place in the Africa Scout region. A record number of Scouts, some 380 from 24 countries across the region took part in the 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum in the Ggaba National Seminary just outside...
Save Our Shores Project is the first Scout of the World Voluntary Service in Malaysia and fully conducted by Rover Scouts from Penang State, Malaysia. This Save Our Shores Project collaboration with Penang Inshore Fishermen Welfare Association (PIFWA...
As we commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June, we would like to share various actions that Scouts in the Africa Region are taking to raise awareness against child labour, promote child protection as well as champion the cause of quality...
Read about Tatiana Cuadra Bermúdez great Scouts of the World Award Project here: It all started in January of 2010 after a process of research, awareness and a rain of knowledge started flowing ideas, to see the needs that were in my community, then...
The large public enjoying the beauties of Lake Treska and the nice weather over the bank holiday weekend at the beginning of May 2015 were witnesses of activities the country had not seen so often for a quarter of a century: Slobodan Naskovski and...
There is a hero in every Scout. It was once again proven when the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal 11 days ago, on 25 April. Here we share the firsthand experience of Rover Scout, Satindra Singh Maharjan who was with six other Rover...
Two lead coordinators of Messengers of Peace, took off from New Delhi to Katmandu to support rehabilitation activities. 27 member team with S,S. Ray and Ms.Ruby Parbat with truck full of Blanket entering border districts by 100 pm ( Noon today) for...
Within 24 hours of its launch, World Scouting’s #ScoutAid for #Nepal fund has received individual donations amounting to some US$28,000. The Messengers of Peace Support Fund will issue an emergency grant of US$10,000 as add-on to the collection...