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30 September, Laguna -- With Scouting spirit and strong commitment of staff and participants, the third series of the Advanced Unit Leaders Training Course for Vietnamese Scout Leaders continued amidst the strong typhoon that battered several places in the country including the course venue Mt…

The first Scouts of the World Award exhibition in the Asia Pacific Region was held during the "Diamond Moot 2008", the 18th National Rover Moot of Thailand, Petchaburi, Thailand. 22-26 Oct 2008 ‘Save the Earth, Serve the World’ – That’s the motto of the Thailand Rover Moot 2008. To fit in the…

While millions of personal computers sit idle on office desks and in homes worldwide, hundreds of people contract and die from infectious diseases every hour. As screen savers run, millions die from hunger, or environmental disasters devastate whole communities. But it doesn't have to be that way…

The city of Cali has become the Scout epicentre of the Americas. Since 27 December, more than 2,000 children and young people from different countries across the continent have pitched their tents at Comfandi Pance to launch JamCam 2025, the year's most significant regional camp that merges two…

Nairobi, 16 October 2020 – More than 400 young Africans were today honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution in their communities as part of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge. At a high-level event, political leaders, senior UN officials and Grammy-nominated Ghanaian musician…

Do you want to celebrate with us the Rover Centenary? Do you want to experience the magic of Permanent Mini Jamboree with Rovers from all around the world? And do you want to make friends that will last a lifetime, have fun in an incredible Alpine environment, and experience whole new cultures?…

Growing up was not always easy for Hedvig Mio Ahlström as the young Swede struggled with society’s views on sexuality and gender. But there was always one place that felt safe: the local Scout group. It was there that Ahlström, now 22 and a Rover, found acceptance.“It’s a very…

"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 we are doing business in World Scouting. Also,…

The meeting was held in Algiers from 24 to 28 May, with arrivals from 23 May and some departures on 29 May. In total there were 23 participants from the Arab Region: Algeria, Kuwait, Qatar, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, Palestine, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan and from the Regional…

In recognition of their outstanding contributions in making positive changes in communities and in the lives of other people, we are pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Asia-Pacific Messengers of Peace Heroes Award 2018. Nawang Gyaltsen Since 2015, Nawang made MoP programmes and…

It is our absolute pleasure to announce the appointment of our Mr Ahmad Alhendawi as the next Secretary General of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Mr Ahmad Alhendawi will start in March of 2017 after completing his term as the first-ever United Nations Secretary-General's…