Youth Empowerment
“HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS IN SCOUTING?” – this is a challenge posed by many donors to the World Scout Foundation. Its Honorary Chairman, the King of Sweden, in response, tells a wonderful story of a thirteen-year-old boy he met in 2004, in the...
The new scout.org was launched on October 15, welcoming Scouts from all over the world to connect with each other. For 72 hours (starting at 12.00 GMT today) you will be met by JOTA-JOTI when you visit scout.org, an event that gives you the...
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"On 15 October we are launching a new online platform for World Scouting. It aims to bring together all the Scouts around the world in a permanent jamboree. It marks a fundamental mind-shift in our communications and will contribute to change the way...
On September 23, during the 83rd Saudi National Day in Al Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 7 Scouts from across the world were recognised as Messengers of Peace Heroes. This annual award was presented to the Scouts by His Highness Prince Faisal bin...
In a wonderful natural conservationa area, the 3rd SCENES Seminar started on Sunday 29th of September 2013 in one of the first SCNESE centres ”Campo Escuela Nacional Iztarú” few kilometres away from the Capital city “San Jose” of Costa Rica. The...
KENYA - My name is Paul Mwangi Mwaniki. I was born in 1987 in Shauri, in the Embu District of Kenya. I am the youngest of a family of four. My late mother, Dorcas Wakina, raised us thanks to the money she earned with beer illicit sales. We lived in...
Street children living in four towns in Karachi, Pakistan, are now receiving basic education after joining Scout troops under the Asia-Pacific Region Ticket-to-Life Project. Since mid-February last year, these Scout troops in Karachi have created a...
To combat food scarcity in Africa, Scout groups in this continent had initiated the Food For Life project to help the population produce enough food for their family and generate income as well. The aim is to equip Scouts and young people with...
Charles Ng, our newly appointed Manager, Global Projects, has now fully integrated the Messengers of Peace (MoP) team at the World Scout Bureau Central Office and is supporting Regional Offices throughout project implementations. Also, Charles...