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UN Secretary General says the MDG's have helped cut world's poverty by half and he brings focus now on the Post-2015 development agenda with emphasis on sustainable development. How can we as Scouts help contribute to the global efforts in creating a...
The new scout.org was launched on October 15, welcoming Scouts from all over the world to connect with each other. For 72 hours (starting at 12.00 GMT today) you will be met by JOTA-JOTI when you visit scout.org, an event that gives you the...
“HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS IN SCOUTING?” – this is a challenge posed by many donors to the World Scout Foundation. Its Honorary Chairman, the King of Sweden, in response, tells a wonderful story of a thirteen-year-old boy he met in 2004, in the...
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"On 15 October we are launching a new online platform for World Scouting. It aims to bring together all the Scouts around the world in a permanent jamboree. It marks a fundamental mind-shift in our communications and will contribute to change the way...
On September 23, during the 83rd Saudi National Day in Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 7 Scouts from across the world were recognised as Messengers of Peace Heroes. This annual award was presented to the Scouts by His Highness Prince Faisal bin...
Africa Scout Region organize a Wood Badge training. Africa Scout Region organize a Wood Badge training
During the first days of August 1963, some 14,000 Scouts from all over the world gathered in Greece for the 11th World Scout Jamboree. The celebration of Scouting ideals under the theme “Scout Higher and Wider” was hosted in one of the country's most...
Cambodia Scouts, a relatively young national Scout organization, made an impressive hosting of the APR Workshop on Branding and Image Management held on 25-28 September in Siem Reap, Cambodia. National level leaders and young volunteers worked...
In a wonderful natural conservationa area, the 3rd SCENES Seminar started on Sunday 29th of September 2013 in one of the first SCNESE centres ”Campo Escuela Nacional Iztarú” few kilometres away from the Capital city “San Jose” of Costa Rica. The...
KENYA - My name is Paul Mwangi Mwaniki. I was born in 1987 in Shauri, in the Embu District of Kenya. I am the youngest of a family of four. My late mother, Dorcas Wakina, raised us thanks to the money she earned with beer illicit sales. We lived in...
Street children living in four towns in Karachi, Pakistan, are now receiving basic education after joining Scout troops under the Asia-Pacific Region Ticket-to-Life Project. Since mid-February last year, these Scout troops in Karachi have created a...
The 34 NSOs that are the first Scout Region in the world, "Interamerica" (1946), are on their way to the beautiful city of Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina, to celebrate what will be its XXV Regional Conference. The host NSO, Scouts of...
From 16th to 18th of August, in the city of Comayagua, the Scout Association of Honduras developed a Level 2 Course for Adult Leaders and Trainers. Sixteen participants, coming from all over the country, attended the course to develop their skills in...
To combat food scarcity in Africa, Scout groups in this continent had initiated the Food For Life project to help the population produce enough food for their family and generate income as well. The aim is to equip Scouts and young people with...