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GLEN JEAN, WV, July 24, 2019 - 45,000 young people got an extraordinary thrill when Chief Ambassador of World Scouting Bear Grylls made a surprise appearance at the 24th World Scout Jamboree. Bear arrived at the 10,000-acre Summit Bechtel Reserve in...
A special firefighting team from the government of Bhutan demonstrated to 125 Scouts the basic firefighting techniques during the 12th Leadership Camp. Firefighting is just one of the life skills that Scouts learn from well-experienced leaders. His...
On 27 June 2019, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, Ahmad Alhendawi and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, along with other UNHCR representatives gathered to explore opportunities to strengthen the...
Scouts and Scout Leaders from Navotas City Council of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines bring the message of peace to the next level. This time, Messengers of Peace in this part of the country are taking on a greater challenge - environmental...
Over the last seven years, Scouting has been providing life changing opportunities, hope and a sense of belonging to thousands of children and young people at the Dadaab refugee Camp in Garissa County, Kenya. The Scouting for Refugees programme run...
On the side-lines of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee meeting in Kagoshima, about 100 Scouts and Scout Leaders from Japan and some neighbouring countries gathered on 26 May 2019 for a fundraising event organised by the APR Scout Foundation...
Scouts together with Girl Guides, University Students and Junior Achievement Club joined UN- Environment and the Clean Seas Campaign to share their progress on the implementation of the Plastic Tide Turners Challenge Badge programme since the launch...
June 8, 2019 – For World Ocean’s Day, World Scouting is teaming up with UN Environment to create a new movement for action in the battle against plastic pollution. Already, some 27,000 Scouts, Guides and university students have undertaken a new...
Scouts were among the 46 indigenous youth leaders from Africa, who came together to take part in the 1 st WWF Africa Youth Conference that took place on 22 nd -24 th May 2019 at the Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF) in Nairobi, Kenya. The participants...
26 May 2019, Nairobi: A delegation of World Scouting participated in the UN-Habitat Global Stakeholders Forum that took place on 25-26 May at United Nations Office in Nairobi ahead of the week-long 1 st UN-Habitat Assembly that kicks off on 27 May...
The Steering Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) visited Jordan, Israel and Palestine during 10-19 May 2019 to promote WOSM’s Vision 2023 and provide impetus for advancing growth plans for Scouting in the region. Through...
Nearly 100 Rovers and Scouts banded together in the early morning of May 1 to clean up a garbage-filled back street in downtown Yangoon. A civil society group, Clean Yangoon, spearheaded the activity in partnership with Myanmar Scouts and the Yangoon...
More than 550 teachers, community leaders and Scout leaders attended the 6-day Basic Unit Leaders Training of Nepal Scouts. This is an interesting development for the Scout Movement in Nepal where local government units in Province No. 1 sent their...
The Steering Committee of the World Scout Committee (WSC) of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) embarked on a tour to the Middle East aiming to promote WOSM’s Vision 2023 and support the development plans for Scouting in the region...
KABUL, Afghanistan – United States Ambassador to Afghanistan John R. Bass received a couple of Scouts from the Afghanistan National Scout Organization who came to visit the US Embassy in Kabul on April 12 to promote peace and to celebrate the support...