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In the middle of April, the snow still covers the highest peaks of the mountains surrounding Kandersteg and apart from the lowing of cattle and the occasional tractor, the Swiss village seems almost deserted. But at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) a 30-minute walk from the centre…

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 coincides with a very opportune period in our…

We are excited to welcome three new interns to our Digital Engagement team! Luis Aguayo, Camila Delgado, and Caitlin Weich have joined the team on a six month internship to help work on some big projects that are coming up for this department. Amongst their goals are increasing online…

The World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region, located in the City of Knowledge, Panama, again became home to the Interamerican Scout Committee meeting. From Friday June 7, very early, began arriving Committee members and special guests to this important meeting. On Saturday 8, once assembled,…

12th April, Chiang Mai, Thailand – National Scout Organizations in southeast Asia had a two-day gathering in Chiangmai, Thailand for the 3rd Conference of the ASEAN Scouts Association for Regional Cooperation (ASARC). The ASARC was established in 2007 at the initial meeting in…

After an extremely powerful earthquake hit the Tohoku Region on 11 March 2011, triggering several meter high tsunami waves that caused massive loss of lives and properties in areas along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan, especially in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures, the Scout Association…

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 alerts are sent via direct message and real-time…

The 16th World Scout Moot will take place from 18 to 28 July 2022, in Ireland! This will be the first in-person World Scout Event after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, and despite of all challenges, Scouting Ireland and the Moot Planning team remains as committed as ever to organize the best…

The 14th World Scout Moot will take place in Canada from 8 to 18 August 2013. Preparations are underway and the hosts, Association Scouts du Canada, and its Moot organising team are gearing up in several ways to ensure that the event will be a grand success. Last September, there were two key…

The 4th World Scout Inter-religious Symposium was organised from the 1st to 5th August 2012 at WonKwang University, Iksan, South Korea. There were over 70 participants from 16 countries coming from 8 different faiths and beliefs namely, Anglican, Buddhist, Catholic, Islam, Lutheran, Methodist,…