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A message by Frederic Tutu Kama-Kama, Africa Regional Director of the World Organization of the Scout Movement at the Founders Day Celebrations held on Sunday, 19th February 20167 at Baden Powell Historical Gardens in Nyeri, Kenya. Indeed, today is a...
You can't miss these activities at the World Scout Education Congress! KISC is “The permanent mini-jamboree”. To give you the full mini-jamboree feeling, we have prepared some evening activities for you where you will have the chance to mingle and...
As part of the ongoing process to make it as easy as possible for you to learn about Scouts and the great things that are happening in scouting around the world a new, free mobile app is being developed for IOS and Android! The app will be fully...
We will be filling the Twittersphere with our latest developments and events. With our Twitter feed, we can keep you up-to-date with the work of Scouts in the Asia-Pacific Region, as fast as we can. If you have a Twitter account, please visit our...
Additional places are now available for booking for the 2nd World Scout Education Congress, which is being held from the 11-15 May 2017 at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland. The congress will be a great opportunity to learn new...
U-Report is a free tool for community participation and youth engagement, which designed to address issues that the population cares about. Once a U-Reporter has followed @UReportGlobal on Twitter or joined U-Report Global on Facebook, polls and...
Rover Scouts from different areas of Taiwan gathered in National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) Taichung for the National Rover Conference(NRC) on 3-8 February 2017. 209 Rovers and staff from Scouts of China and 17 overseas rovers from Japan, Korea...
WOSM's Good Governance and Triennial Planning Workshop started today In Kuala Lumpur, at the Global Support Centre. The Eurasia Region is represented by: Iurie Emilian (Regional Director), Sergiu Chirica ( Eurasia Committee Chairperson), Aleksandre...
Over 70 participants from Scouts, Venture Scouts, Rover Scouts, Scout Leaders and Commissioners joined Messengers of Peace (MoP) Open Day on 3 February 2017 to explain what is MoP and how a Scout project that brings a positive change in the area of...
National coordinators of Ticket to Life project (TTL) gathered at Yellow Ribbon Hotel in Bangkok from 31st January until 3rd of February for a planning workshop. This year’s workshop was conducted to develop a long-term strategic plan for three years...
At a ceremony on 1 February 2017 at the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science, H.E. Chris Holtby, formerly Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Estonia and patron of the Eesti Skautide Ühing (Estonian Scouts Association) from 2013 to 2016 was awarded the...
At the inauguration of the 11th National Rover Moot held on 25-31 January 2017 at Gopalganj district, Bangladesh Prime Minister HE Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for expansion of Scouting in every school from primary to secondary level. She...
1 February 2017, Nairobi: The World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre has released a circular through the International Commissioners inviting all National Scout Organizations to this year's Africa Scout Day celebrations which will take place from 8...
2017 started for the National Scout Association of Moldova with brio, working intensely for a period of two days on the early stages of a program that will contribute to the formation of responsible citizens. Thus, in the context of the strategic...
Spiritual development is an important part of Scouting. It helps young people in Scouting to become who they are and shapes their characters. The World Organization of the Scout Movement is looking at how spiritual development flourishes on...