World Scouting
The 9th UNESCO Youth Forum, themed “Young Global Citizens for a Sustainable Planet”, convened in Paris on 26 October. The three-day forum gathered more than 500 young men and women from around the world. The World Organization of the Scout Movement...
MT. MONADNOCK, N.H. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Seven Boy Scouts from Weymouth’s Troop 9 are being recognised for rescuing an injured hiker on New Hampshire’s Mt. Monadnock on Saturday. The boys, all between the ages of 12 and 17, found injured hiker Linda...
The Hsinchu City Ke-Yuan Community Scout troop from Taiwan recently organised a one-day cleanup at a local beach. By the end of the activity, they collected a total of 75 kg of trash. Find out more at www.scout.org/node/115841. Like the Hsinchu City...
The registration system for 2015 has now closed. For further information on JOTA-JOTI please see www.world-jotajoti.info You can use the ScoutLink facilities all year, visit: www.scoutlink.net
Missed the 23rd World Scout Jamboree? Mark your calendars now, as the 57th Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and the 18th Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) will be back this 16 to 18 October. Scouts from all over the world are invited to communicate and share...
Did you know that more than 1.3 million Scouts and Guides from 157 countries signed up for last year’s JOTA-JOTI? For three days, they communicated with each other via amateur radio or internet, bridging cultural borders and creating new bonds. Can...
A group of Rovers from Venezuela successfully completed their SW Award Voluntary Service. The Project Turtles 2015, was held in La Playa Parguito located on the island of Margarita Nueva Esparta. The aim of the project was to create a sense of...
All 40 million Scouts worldwide were today honoured with a “Youth Leadership Award for the Environment” for their dedication to environmental protection at the Green Cross International Conference for a Green and Inclusive Economy. Six Scouts...
João Morais completed a #Development themed #SWAward Voluntary Service at the Hospital São João in Porto, #Portugal. During his service he helped children with Math homework and accompanied some of the patients to the hospital chapel for...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) congratulates the United Nations and its member states for the decision to adopt the new framework, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is indeed a historic...