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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"...
Since the start of the big wave of the Ebola epidemic in March 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) figures showed that there were 22,000 officially recorded cases, with around 8,800 deaths in West Africa. When the Ebola pandemic first broke out...
The Alan Sol Foundation has donated 250 000 Rand to SCOUTS South Africa for their continued efforts in contributing to the enhancement and preservation of the environment with its objective being either that of fauna, flora and human beings. “We are...
During the Africa Scout Day celebrations on 13th March Scouts in Cote d’Ivoire undertook tree planting with the Cub Scouts. This also marked the official launch of the project "A Tree for Peace" as part of marking the Centenary of Cub Scouting in...
For an adventurer and mountaineer it is always very exciting to begin the year on a high! I got the chance to return to South America as a guide for an Adventure Dynamics Aconcagua expedition. We left South Africa on the first week of January and I...
James, a scout from North Kivu, tells us about his commitment to the U-Report project, a completely free sms system that gives voice to young Congolese on issues that concern them. I discovered U-Report thanks to a training we received in Munyonyo –...
A message from the Africa Scout Regional Director to all National Scout Organizations in the Africa Region on the occassion of marking the 2015 Africa Scout Day Download the Speech (in English and French) below:
Chief Commissioner Hussain Abdullah and five national commissioners joined 80 Scouts and 50 volunteers in cleaning up the entire beach area in G.Dh Thinadhoo, south of Maldives. This was the first time that "Founders Day" was celebrated nationally...
The annual raft race held by the Mahurangi Zone of Scouts New Zealand attracted over 32 rafts on 1 March 2015. The annual event was the Founder’s Day activity and this year was held on 1 March due to tide requirements at the Browns Bay beach on the...
The 33rd International Youth Meeting Dachau (IYM) will take place from 1st to 14th August 2015. It is a place for young people from all over the world to discuss issues concerning the pat, the present and the future. Young people will look at the...
We were glad to have Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, delivered a valuable seminar on nature conservation to members of the Scout Association of Hong Kong during her visit to Hong Kong in November 2014. Dr. Goodall shared with us her road to the success in the...
It doesn’t take much for you, a Scout leader, to have a profound impact on the life of a young person. Put another way: “The smallest gesture can spark a life.” In the case of Cub Scout leader and Nashville singer-songwriter Dean Madonia, that leader...
Congratulations to more than 100 Cub Scouts who were invested on 17 January 2015 at Vatbo Primary School in Siem Reap.
GOMA – On 25 January, 2015, the 30 Scouts and Guides who are members of the Bold Visionaries Peace Club led by Kavugho Kanyere Justine organized a cultural activity to educate young people on peace. The event took place at St. Emmanuel Shaba Primary...