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Street children living in four towns in Karachi, Pakistan, are now receiving basic education after joining Scout troops under the Asia-Pacific Region Ticket-to-Life Project. Since mid-February last year, these Scout troops in Karachi have created a...
Carin Grundberg-Sandell is one of two prizewinners of Children’s Welfare Foundation Sweden’s Grand Prize for 2013. She is currently the project manager for Safe from Harm at the Guides and Scouts of Sweden. Carin was one of the key persons supporting...
From 16th to 18th of August, in the city of Comayagua, the Scout Association of Honduras developed a Level 2 Course for Adult Leaders and Trainers. Sixteen participants, coming from all over the country, attended the course to develop their skills in...
To combat food scarcity in Africa, Scout groups in this continent had initiated the Food For Life project to help the population produce enough food for their family and generate income as well. The aim is to equip Scouts and young people with...
The adventure is on for over 14,000 Scouts from 53 countries as the 30th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree/16th Nippon Jamboree is on-going in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan. The regional jamboree started on 1st of August and will run until the 7th...
On May 29 and 30 audit was held at the Headquarters of the National Scout Movement of Armenia It was accomplished by Mr. Robert Jourdain from SGS Aid. Oscar Palmquist was the observer from WOSM. Audit was held successfully and after consecutive...
Very good attendance and productive discussions concluded the first formal meeting of the Programme Sub-Committee held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Dr Ie Bin Lian chaired the meeting. Among the attendees were Mr Wendel Avisado as adviser, incoming Regional...
Scouts around the world are joining hands together this week to strengthen global forces against the number one cause of death for young people, road accidents. Annually, over 1.2 million people die on roads in a cause that can easily be tackled with...
“Give me oil in my lamp, give me peace in my heart” were the words a congregation of nearly one thousand Scouts and Guides from more than twenty associations across Europe and from overseas sang. They did so as their representatives prepared their...
Results of the first evaluation on the level of self-sufficiency of National Youth Programme Teams in the Interamerican Region In July 2012, a questionnaire to assess the level of sustainability of National Youth Programme Teams was sent to the 34...
Scouts and leaders of Gerakan Pramuka (GP) partnered with the Indonesian government in launching rescue and relief operations for the people living in Jakarta affected by the flooding caused by days of heavy rain since 18 January 2013. During the...
With the presence of scouts leaders from the Scout Associations of: Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Island, Tortola, Guyana, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Neves, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Curaçao, as host, was held the...
Everything seemed happiness in 13th Wood Badge Advanced Course to be held in Belize Scout School Camp “Camp Oakley ". The 14 participants came together and soon began the sessions of the course, however the approach of Hurricane Ernesto made the...
During June 23-25 was held the subregional meeting of the Adults in Scouting Network of the Interamerican Region, in Arima (Trinidad & Tobago). 16 adults of 7 NSOs belonging to the Caribbean subregion attended the event and worked on the World Policy...
Between April 27 - 29 and May 18 - 20 were held the subregional meetings of the Adult Network of the Interamerican Region, in Venezuela and Argentina, respectively. By this way, 7 of the 10 NSOs belonging to the Andean and Southern Cone subregions...