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The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is looking for a new Global Director for Communications and External Relations for its World Scout Bureau. If this position is interesting you do not miss the deadline and send in your application...
It was my immense pleasure to visit the Lebanese Messengers of Peace project ‘Rebirth of the Phoenix’ to support Syrian Refugees in the country. National leaders in Lebanon joined a visiting World Scouting team to praise Scouts in Lebanon for their...
(FNEL/Luxembourg) – Yes, even in Luxembourg, during a cold winter nights the temperature can be as low as -15° centigrade. Reason enough for eight members of the Unité Pilote (Venture Scouts aged 15 to 18 years) of the Lions Bleus Bonnevoie Scout...
BETHLEHEM – In early December each year, a young Austrian girl or boy travels to Bethlehem to light a special Peace Light at the Church of the Nativity. The Peace Light then travels back to Vienna, Austria, to be shared with people from all over the...
Michael (12), from Kematen an der Krems in Upper Austria, was a very proud teenager when he travelled to Bethlehem last Tuesday. In fact, he had been selected to light this year’s ORF Peace Light at the eternal flame in the Church of the Nativity and...
Yesterday afternoon, the official Facebook page for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan in 2015 was launched. Check it out regularly for important news and updates related to the major youth event organised by the World Organization of the Scout...
A suitcase packed by Deutscher Bundesjugendring, the National Youth Council in Germany beautifully illustrates the richness and diversity of its member associations. Prominently visible is the national Scout scarf of the Ring deutscher...
(SP-FS/Helsinki) - Partiolaisten - Finlands Scouter, the National Scout Organisation in Finalnd, received a second special honour following the UNICEF Award presented to Partio last week (see our story). Young members from the association were...
(SP-FS/Helsinki) - Smiling faces, clapping hands and other expressions of joy and emotion filled the hall the other day when UNICEF Finland honoured Suomen Partiolaiset-Finlands Scouter (SP-FS), the National Scout Organisation of the World...
(Tel-Aviv/IBGSF) - A recent article on the website of Israel 21, a national non-profit education foundation in Israel praises the inter-cultural leadership training run by the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation. Over many years Scouts and Guides...