Africa
As part of its strategy towards Youth Involvement in decision-making, the Ghana Scout Association (GSA) in collaboration with the Africa Regional Team organized its maiden National Scout Youth Forum. The objective of this forum is to provide an...
We are happy to share with you the January 2016 issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter. You can read directly online by clicking www.scout.org/kudumail45 Enjoy your reading.
the 7th Africa Scout Jamboree will be held in from 1st – 10th August 2016 in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire. The event, organized by the Africa Scout Region and hosted by Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme, is expected to attract over 6, 000...
On 2nd February, Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) began a process of undergoing a mock audit of the Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT) conducted by the staff of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre. The primary focus of this mock audit...
"In reality, I had no group in which I could grow," says Morlaye Soumah, National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of Guinea, on his 6-year-old self. The Scouts "allowed me to be in a group... allowed me to have friends, brothers." From Ebola to the...
At the Annual Global Cristal Awards held in Courchevel, France in December 2015, the SCOUTS South Africa advert ‘Learn It Young. Remember It Forever.’ won a Gold Award in the Film category. The film, which currently has over 3.9 million views on You...
When the Ebola pandemic gripped West African countries, Scouts were among the people at the forefront fighting the deadly disease. Now that the disease is no more, we are pleased to share with you a very inspirational story from Marlaye Souma, a...
Between On 9 – 10 November 2015, UNICEF hosted the “Start-up to Scale-up: Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit” in Helsinki, Finland. There are many great innovations and solutions emerging in our newly connected world for accelerating...
The Africa Scout Committee held its first official meeting of the 2015-2018 triennium on 14-15 December 2015 in Nairobi. This is the first time the committee elected at the 16th Africa Scout Conference held in Uganda in August was officially meeting...
In September 2015, world leaders from all 193 United Nations (UN) Member States committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years: End extreme poverty; Fight inequality & injustice; Fix climate change. The Global...