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As soon as they reached Blumenau, participants got ready to kick-off the long-awaited event, the 11th World Scout Youth Forum. Among various happenings, delegations of about 21 NSOs were busy displaying experiences or good practices extracted from...

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As the World Scout Youth Forum (WSYF) progresses, the participants tackle more delicate issues. The two main over arching themes of this Forum are Youth Empowerment and Scouting as a World Wide Movement. Emphasis on this second day was put on Youth...

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Today at 8:30 AM, marked the opening of the 11th World Scout Youth Forum in Blumenau, Brazil. Attended by over 160 participants representing more than 60, at present, countries this long awaited event is the first important institutional event in the...

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For more than 100 years, Scouting has helped young people to connect with the outdoors, learn from nature and care for the environment. From identifying ways to reduce water consumption in Australia, educating communities on recycling in Mexico...

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15th Africa Scout Conference The theme Scouting, a vehicle for the development in Africa Venue: The event will be held at Futungo de Belas in Luanda, Angola. Dates: From 06 to 09 June 2012. Participation fee: 150 USD More details here: Conference Web...

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In 2012 we will celebrate the Africa Scout Day in Luanda , the Angolan capital. The theme : “Educate. Transform. Develop.” Venue: The event will be held at the beautiful DREAM SPACE in Luanda. Date : from 09 to 11 March 2012. Participants: African...

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NAIROBI - In its quest to strengthen the capacities of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), five participants from, Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia , Rwanda and Swaziland participated in a month long training, from 27th September to 27th October 2011 in...

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NAIROBI - The Africa Regional Office facilitated Scouts' participation in this year's JOTI whose theme revolved around : ”Peace, Environment and Natural Disasters". In addition to participation from various countries, the Regional headquarters also...

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For almost twenty years, this young man had never known the luxury of a warm blanket or a well-cooked healthy meal. For Dennilson Onsom, life was about sleeping in the cold and eating from the garbage pit of the Kisii town of the western part of...

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Dear reader, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our inaugural edition of Kudumail. This newsletter will join our array of communication channels in our quest to keep you informed about what’s happening in the Africa Scout Region. This launch...

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The Uganda Scout Association celebrated the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers [IYV+10] by camping for a week at the Uganda National Scouts Camp, Kaazi. The scouts numbering about 3, 900 camped from the 12th to the 17th of...

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The Mauritius Scout Association recently inaugurated its newly refurbished headquarters: the 30-year-old Baden Powell House. The NSO’s building was renovated thanks to the Corporate Social Responsibility programme of the Mauritius Telecom Foundation...

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