Sustainable Communities
On July 18, 2014, South Africans marked the first Mandela Day since the anti-apartheid icon's death with a government call to clean up their country. The 1st Bothasig Scout Group from Scouts South Africa were not left out. They went to the Canal Walk...
The Chief Commissioner, Scout Association of Rwanda, Fidèle Gakuba, welcoming the Minister of Youth and ICT in Rwanda Hon Jean Philbert Nsengimana who is a Scout. He visited Scouts during training on Leadership where he commended them for the...
NIGERIA - Scouting across Africa is changing lives and making a difference. As part of the Messengers of Peace in the Scout Association of Nigeria, the Assistant Training Commissioner Plateau State Nigeria, Mallam Ibrahim Hassan (WB) visited some...
NIGERIA - The Scout Association of Nigeria, celebrated the 2014 National Scouts Conference under the theme, “Scouting, Vehicle and Driver of Peace, Unity and Harmony”, in Uyo, the transformational City of Akwa Ibom State. The conference was attended...
For two decades, the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern DR Congo) has suffered from a series of conflicts resulting in regional and national instability. Poverty, environmental problems, violence and social marginalisation affect especially...
Inside Engaging the NSOs through On-Job Training 21st Century Leadership Way forward for Scouting in Africa World Scout Bureau opens new office in Kuala Lumpur Chatsworth Scouts Youth Day initiative - “Together we can” Events
NAIROBI - From the 16th – 20th June 2014, the World Scout Bureau Africa Regional Office conducted a Staff Management Conference (SMC) at the regional secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s Staff Management Conference brought about a new dimension...
NAIROBI – In its quest to strengthen the capacities of National Scout Organizations (NSOs), three executives from Namibia, Lesotho and Cote d’Ivoire arrived in Nairobi for the month long training, from 12th May to 6th June 2014 taking place at the...
June 16th marked the 3 year of existence of the Chatsworth Scout Troop, Scouts South Africa. The date also coincides with South Africa’s Youth Day. To celebrate the occasion, the troop, which is based at the Nelson Mandela Youth centre, identified 20...
The importance of gratitude... I recently had the opportunity to attend the Annual Meeting of the Boy Scouts of America in the city of Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. During the meeting at which the annual reports are presented, there was...