News and Stories
The 5th West African Zonal Scout Conference will take place in Monrovia, Liberia from 26 to 30 May 2009. Under the banner “Scouting and challenges for Sub-Regional Peace and Stability”, the conference will address a number of issues facing the sub...
On Friday 13 March 2009, under the banner, “Our Africa, Our Environment: Scouts Care”, the Scout fraternity commemorated Africa Scout Day with pomp. In Nairobi, where the regional office (ARO) is headquartered, that occasion was marked with an...
The Ag. Regional Director, Mr. Winston Adams and Jacques Sandrizi faciliated a multipurpose management workshop for the leaders of the Ethiopia Scouts Association, in Addis Ababa on 7 and 8 March 2009. The main goal of this training was to equip the...
Mrs Elzette Balgobin, the Unit Manager for the Indian Ocean sub region, arrived in Seychelles on the 27th February 2009 to look into ways of strengthening cooperation between the Regional office, and the Seychelles Scouts Association (SSA). The...
Scouts around the world marked the Founder's Day on Sunday 22nd February, 2009. Over 8,000 Scouts turned out at the Kabiruini showground in Nyeri district to mark the event. The theme of this year's occasion was “Breaking Barriers.” In his speech...
NAIROBI, 18 February 2009. At the Carnivore Restaurant, H.E. Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya, Kalonzo Musyoka, who is also the Chief Commissioner of the Kenya Scouts Association (KSA), officially launched the work of the Moot Organizing...
NAIROBI - The World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office (ARO) team held a special meeting in Nairobi from 21 to 29 January, 2009. This forum was chaired by the Acting Regional Director (ARD), Winston Adams. In attendance was the Geneva-based, Anne...
Cairo, Egypt -19 march 2009 60 Web masters and web editors came from 19 Arab countries to gather in Cairo from 17 to 23 march 2009, to evaluate the usage of the internet in scouting, comparing the websites of all the participants to define the...
16 November 2009, Jakarta -- The very first Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Disaster Management officially opened in Cibubur Scout Complex in Jakarta today which will run until 19th November 2009. Asia-Pacific Region lies in the "Ring of Fire”...
The regional team in charge of the Committee NSO Visit (CNV) had a highly productive meeting with the key leaders of the Scout Association of Japan (SAJ) from 1st to 3rd June 2009. Using the eight-key performance indicators, the regional team...
Following many months of lobbying, we are advised that the proposal to have 2011 designated the European Year of Volunteering has been accepted by the President of the European Commission. This in itself is a recognition of the fundamentally...
NAIROBI, 9 July 2009 - The Scout fraternity today woke up to the saddest news of the passing of the former Regional Director for the World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office. Maj. (Rtd) Kinuthia Murugu passed away at 3.35 am [GMT +3] at Nairobi...
On Saturday 30th of May 2009 the Kander-Lodge, the new accommodation building, was opened by Mark Knippenberg, the KISC Director, together with KISC-staff from all Scout Regions in the World. There where speeches from Marc Lombard, president of the...
Would you like to join with other young people from around the world in Korea for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Youth Conference on the Environment? You could share your Scouting and environment stories with other...
The 2nd Edition of Scout.Boom.Comm which contains updated information and new chapters is now available online for download. This new edition, which is available in English, French and Spanish, contains Communications Strategy recommendations...