Europe
(Corfu/Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός) - A touching story has reached us from the Πρόσκοποι Κέρκυρας - Scouts of Corfu demonstrating the huge impact a small post on social media can have. Earlier this year the family of Χάρης (Harry), who is 11 years old and...
(Bucharest/ONCR) – Earlier this week, Teo and Andrei were part of a group of 13 Scouts meeting His Excellency Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, in the gardens of Cotroceni Palace, the Presidential Palace in Bucharest. Joining them were Sabin...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (45): a story from Vienna in Austria. “What are pancakes?” – “Come, let’s cook them together!” This is the kind of dialogue you may have heard last...
Diversity must not be perceived as a problem, but as a challenge and an opportunity to improve one of Scouting’s most important goals: Scouting open for all. All people. Including People with disabilities. People with a capital P, not a capital D...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (44): a story from Ullerslev in Denmark, first published in the Danish daily Politiken. No need to know Danish to understand the “peppermint game”: is...
Skautský svět (The Scout World) features the World Scout Committee Chairperson, João Armando Gonçalves in its February-March 2016 issue. The bi-monthly magazine by Junák – Czech Scouting covers João Armando’s visit to Prague, Czech Republic last year...
The Scouts of the Nation Award is the highest achievement for youth members of Σώμα Ελλήνων Προσκόπων (Scouts of Greece, the National Scout Organisation of WOSM – the World Organization of the Scout Movement in Greece) and is presented to the...
The word on Youth Empowerment is out and we are beginning to see how it is causing an impact in the associations. In 2015, Romania organized its first Rover Forum. We asked Cristi Stavarache, from the planning team, to tell us this story of youth...
(WSBERO/Geneva) – I’m sure many of you reading this have had a similar encounter as I have; our friends wondering what is Scouting all about, and why are we involved in such an organisation? WHY?! What an important question! A question that my Scout...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is deeply saddened by the news on the bomb blasts that took place in Brussels yesterday. Our deepest condolences and sympathies go to the family and relatives of those affected by the attacks. We...