Asia-Pacific News

The Jamboree’s amateur radio station SJ22S has been in contact with 107 different countries around the world, spreading the Jamboree atmosphere to Scouts and others anywhere around the globe. Several hundred participants and IST have already enjoyed...

Megan is jovial and a good storyteller. Her jamboree ID reads, Megan Lo Wing Shan, from Hong Kong. Although work at the kitchen – where she volunteers – can be frantic, no panic is her maxim. Back at home in Hong Kong, Megan works as a Chinese...

The World Scout Centre at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden is a buzz of activity. It is the place where World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), its National Scout Organizations and key partners showcase their current work, recent...

University professor chairing academic gathering in short trousers – have you seen one so far? That is what exactly happened today at the World Scout Jamboree. Dr Eduard Vallory, Director General of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and...

Promotion of the SCENES network is running full speed at the Jamboree in Sweden. We are only half way through the camp and already more than a thousand scouts have stopped by and tried our different activities. We are making a different activity...

It’s official. All the food garbage from the 22nd World Scout Jamboree can produce enough gas to drive a car nine times around the world! In 1519 when Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano undertook to circumnavigate the world, it was a...

Discover what the 22nd World Scout Jamboree looks like from above. This picture was taken from a helicopter on 29th July and published full page in Kristianstad newspaper on the 30th. It shows the campsite partially although the "Spring" town, the...

The Duke of Kent and Prince William will take part in the opening ceremony of the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park in Essex on Saturday 28 July 2007. 40,000 Scouts from over 160 countries around the world will attend the ceremony, which will...

RINKABY, 28 July 2011 – The 22nd World Scout Jamboree has officially started in front of more than 39,000 participants of all ages, making it the largest World Scout Jamboree ever held. The opening ceremony started at 21:00 with a colouful roll call...

Every four years, tens of thousands of Scouts from every corner of the world, gather in a tented city for the adventure of a lifetime. This is a fantastic event where Scouts live and learn together. This is an amazing and unique first-hand experience...

27 July 2011, Rinkanby, Sweden – A significant number of Scouts from the Asia-Pacific Region join the rest of Scouts around the world as the 22nd World Scout Jamboree begins today in Kristianstad, Sweden, bringing only the best of Scouting. The...

New York, July 25, 2011 – In his opening speech at the UN High Level Meeting Ban Ki-Moon asked all of the youth delegates present directly, “Are we doing enough for you? Can we do more?” The participating organisations of ICMYO joined the chorus of...

Scouts are agents of peace locally, nationally and internationally, crafting and implementing projects that generate positive impact on their communities. After the introduction of the Messengers of Peace Projects by the World Scout Foundation, three...

Continuously pursuing one of Singapore Scout Association’s strategic thrusts ‘Scouting builds Families’ and ‘Scouting builds Community,’ the Henry Park Pelican Scout Unit organized the Amazing Trail 2011 on 25th June, involving more than 300 Cub...

Invitation In 2011, the Republic of Kazakhstan is chairing the Organization of Islamic Conference. Under the presidency will be a number of major international events such as the World Islamic Economic Forum, the 38-th session of the Council of...