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To support the team in Mongolia and Cambodia in developing the organization’s vision for 2020, BOOKBRIDGE is looking for a COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER for Asia. The person will also take the lead to bring BOOKBRIDGE to Sri Lanka as its third country...
This story was written by Eudoxia Korana, 18 y.o., Rover Scout from Thessaloniki, Greece. During 2013 - 2014, I had the opportunity of taking part in the “Scout of The World Discovery” and “Scout of the World Voluntary Service” which lasted six...
Youth for Change Workshop was held during May 1-3.
It was in 2011 that we began to hear with greater regularity the phrase “Messengers of Peace”. From around the world came stories of what scouts were doing in their communities to Build a Better World. Soon the number of projects grew. Hours of...
Good morning Scout Brothers and friends of the Interamerican Region. I am very pleased to introduce you to Susana "Susy" Salguero, who joined the team of the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region as Executive for Operations Support, for whom I...
By: Rafe Lucado Interamerican Scout Committee Member rlucado@scout.org In the Scout Movement the good turn, as little or as big as each one has done it, is a spontaneous voluntary action taken up as the need or situation arises. This is very similar...
World Scouting will at one of the most significant environmental events of the year this 18 April. Join WOSM Secretary General, the Boy Scouts of America and over 250,000 people at the Washington Monument Grounds in Washington, D.C., USA, as they...
Scouts of China (Taiwan) has organized countrywide tree planting event in March, involving 2200 Scouts from 12 Scout councils in Taiwan that planted 20,000 trees. A rover crew also organized their own tree planting event in an offshore island. Around...
Caitlin Wood from Australia has recently been selected for a 6 months internship with the World Scout Bureau - Kuala Lumpur Office. Caitlin has been a member of Scouts Australia since she was 12 years old. As a Rover she has attended the Australian...
Today, 2 April, is the United Nations's World Autism Awareness Day. It is not just about sharing what autism is. Rather, it is a call to action to make sure that people with autism are fully integrated into all areas of society. Including...
Not everyone can make the trek to the World Scout Jamboree, nor can everyone attend his or her national Jamboree. But nearly everyone can participate in Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTA-JOTI). Through JOTA-JOTI, Scouts are...
From library centre to mobile learning centre, Cambodia Scouts, in partnership with BOOKBRIDGE delivered more than 400 books and e-book tablets in Tramkork district, Takeo province, Cambodia on 23 March 2015.
NAIROBI: On Friday 20th March 2015, the Strategic Applications International through their SEMA Youth Initiative working other partners, among them the Kenya Scouts Association, launched the SEMA App. SEMA App is a free mobile phone application whose...
Ten days after the devastating passage of cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, a small island republic in the South Pacific, is slowly beginning to recover from the worst cyclone hitting this area in hundred years. Gaël Audras, a Scout Leader engaged in civilian...
The environmental problems facing mankind has today moved to centre stage. The awareness of the importance of keeping the environment clean and healthy, of not threatening the survival of habitats and species in order to satisfy the needs and "wants"...