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Over 7,000 Scouts flocked to the Ilian Hills of Iriga City in the Philippines for the 5th One Southern Luzon Regional Jamboree from 22-27 November 2016. Five challenging modules were prepared for Scouts to conquer: Module 1 on Emergency Preparedness...
Last week, I had the fantastic opportunity to experience the world of AIESEC, a worldwide organisation focused on developing the leadership potential of young people through experiential learning, volunteer experiences and professional internships...
Nepal Scouts Ticket To Life (TTL) project organized its Local Coordinators’ Workshop in Kakani International Scout Centre on 15-16 November 2016, orienting them on the important issues of the project towards achieving the goal. Chief Commissioner...
On 23 November 2016, a select group of Scouts, Scout leaders and teams from around the world received the coveted Messengers of Peace Hero Award, an accolade bestowed by the government of Saudi Arabia on behalf of His Majesty King Salman bin...
Greetings from COP22 - WOSM Youth Delegates Saleh, Quintin and Samuel. The second week of COP22 went so fast! We worked hard to promote Scouts' view on environmental issues, met a lot of people, had new experiences and also some fun. While Quintin...
PREPARED: FOR A CHANGING WORLD The 2nd World Scout Education Congress (WSEC) will take place at Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland, from 11-15 May 2017. This second edition of the event will focus on the core business of Scouting. It...
Immerse yourself in the amazing week the WOSM delegation experienced at COP22! The first week at COP22 was a whirlwind filled with a lot of hard work, new experiences and endless opportunity. Putting our focus on education and youth participation we...
A Delegation of six Scouts will represent WOSM at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UNFCCC, from 7-18 November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco. So Scouting will have a strong voice during the United Nations Conference on...
The 1st of November was proclaimed and instituted as The Africa Youth Day on the occasion of the African Youth Charter adoption in the Executive Council Decision of the Banjul Summit 2006. Africa Youth Day is a day set aside every year to promote the...
Scouting has begun development of a fantastic new tool to help Scouts everywhere to fund projects! It is an online social funding platform that will make it easy to engage an existing donor base or reach out to new donors around the world. This new...
Child and Youth protection is central to all that is done in Scouting, so it is important that this area is continually evaluated and updated. To help NSOs raise awareness of this important area a paper was put together with useful advice for...
This weekend JOTA-JOTI broke a number of Scouting records, becoming the biggest Scouting event by participant numbers that the world has ever seen. JOTA-JOTI had over 11,000 groups registered, some of these with over 500 participants! The final...
If you missed our first JOTA JOTI Campfire here is the replay! For more info go to www.scout.org/jotajoticampfires Karlien is a volunteer leader in Belgium who helps to promote Scouting for young people with disabilities and reaches out to those...
If you missed our first JOTA JOTI Campfire here is the replay! For more info go to www.scout.org/jotajoticampfires Jesus presented the process implemented by the Region to generate institutional guidelines on Diversity & Inclusion, both with its...
If you missed our first JOTA JOTI Campfire here is the replay! For more info go to www.scout.org/jotajoticampfires Hana Pasic will be talked about the impact of Scouting, witnessed through the evaluation of the Messengers of Peace initiative. She...