News and Stories
(SP-FS/Helsinki) - Partiolaisten - Finlands Scouter, the National Scout Organisation in Finalnd, received a second special honour following the UNICEF Award presented to Partio last week (see our story). Young members from the association were...
COP19/CMP9 - Jörn Becker, Ana Ferreira and Nhattan Nguyen, members of the World Scouting delegation, got an opportunity to meet with UN Secretary-General's Envoy of Youth Mr Ahmad Alhendawi at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP19 taking...
22-24 November, 500 Scouts from over 100 countries and territories will gather in Hong Kong for the 1st World Scout Education Congress. For three days, participants and experts will share, discuss and debate their experiences and expertise in...
(SP-FS/Helsinki) - Smiling faces, clapping hands and other expressions of joy and emotion filled the hall the other day when UNICEF Finland honoured Suomen Partiolaiset-Finlands Scouter (SP-FS), the National Scout Organisation of the World...
11-22 November, World Scouting will be taking part in the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 19 in Warsaw, Poland. The Conference will gather participants from nations and organisations from all over the world to discuss how the global...
South Africa - Buntu Tsotsobe, Assistant Troop Scouter for 1st Liwa Scout Troop in Guguletu, was flown to Paris on a trip where he surprised King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on his 60th Birthday. In 2007 Buntu met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during...
Scouts of China gave a heartwarming welcome to the members of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee who met at the Chien Tan International Youth Activity Center in Taipei on the 19th and 20th of October. For two days, the Regional Scout Committee...
The Forest Challenge Badge and the Ending Hunger Challenge Badge are now available in the scout.org library. These YUNGA programme materials, supported by WOSM, can be used to empower Scouts to have a greater role in society, support UN related...
During the last week of October, more than fifty representatives of different European Scout and Guide Centres are gathered at the Neihaischen Scout Centre in Luxembourg for the 13th European Guide and Scout Centre Managers Conference. Another...
Twenty eight young scout leaders representing 21 state associations gathered at the National Headquarters, in New Delhi, for the “Team India - Messenger of Peace Gathering" from 25th to 29th September 2013. These leaders are well-oriented and...
In a wonderful natural conservationa area, the 3rd SCENES Seminar started on Sunday 29th of September 2013 in one of the first SCNESE centres ”Campo Escuela Nacional Iztarú” few kilometres away from the Capital city “San Jose” of Costa Rica. The...
KENYA - My name is Paul Mwangi Mwaniki. I was born in 1987 in Shauri, in the Embu District of Kenya. I am the youngest of a family of four. My late mother, Dorcas Wakina, raised us thanks to the money she earned with beer illicit sales. We lived in...
Taking the opportunity of training events for leaders to promote and implement the Messengers of Peace (MoP) initiative, Regional Director J. Rizal C. Pangilinan with Director S. Prassanna Shrivastava met with Bharat Scouts & Guides (BSG) National...
The 34 NSOs that are the first Scout Region in the world, "Interamerica" (1946), are on their way to the beautiful city of Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina, to celebrate what will be its XXV Regional Conference. The host NSO, Scouts of...
The Scouts Association of Mongolia (TSAM) held its National Strategic Planning Review Workshop in its newly-built Batsumber Scout Camp in Tuv Province, about two and a half hours drive from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. It was for the first time...