Europe
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (13): a story from Tirol, Austria "Due to the growing number of stories and pictures in the media, we noticed that there is a significant number of...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (12): a story from Dortmund, Germany “When it became evident that the many refugee families would continue their travel to different parts of Germany...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (11): a story from Mytilini on the island of Lesbos, Greece “Members of Ελληνικός Προσκοπισμός (The Scouts of Greece, a member of the World Organization...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (10): a story from Klagenfurt, Austria “We just wanted to make these children smile and laugh again”, says Monika, from the Kärtner Pfadfinder und...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (9): a story from Freistadt, Austria “When we realised that a growing number of refugee families were given accommodation in and around our city and...
Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (2): a story from the city of Salzburg, Austria. The provincial authorities of Salzburg approached them a couple of days ago as members of the...
When the Coordinating Group of the European Regions of WAGGGS and WOSM met the other weekend, the current situation of refugees and the manifold support actions by Scouts and Guides as members of their local communities was one of the issues...
Last month, at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan, I had the privilege of attending the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony with some 150 Scouts. The memorial commemorated the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and...
In view of the current refugee situation in Europe, the European Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) has issued the following message about the current refugee situation to National Scout Organisations and National...
In August 2015, Uganda Scouts Association with support from the Government of the Republic of Uganda successfully hosted the 16th Africa Scout Conference and the 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum. The Africa Scout Conference is the governing organ of the...