World News

Gone Home

Cairo, 1 September 2009- the Arab Scout Regional Office announced the sad news of passing away of Mr. Fawzi M. Farghali, the former Arab Scout Regional Director on Monday, 31/8/2009 after a long hard sickness period. Mr. Farghali was born June, 1940 and he was considered one of the very efficient pioneers of Arab Scout Movement who exerted his utmost efforts in serving the Movement on both Arab & World Levels till his retirement in 2006. His passing was received with great sadness by all those who know & served with him on Regional & World Levels.

First Scouts of the World Interamerican Seminar held in Costa Rica

In partnership with the National Scout Organization of Costa Rica, the World Scout Bureau organized for the first time the Scouts of the World Interamerican Seminar on 9-11 July 2009 at the “Campo Escuela Nacional Iztaru” in Costa Rica. The aim of the seminar was to share with National Scout Organizations the technical and educational process of developing the Scouts of the World Award as a way of revitalizing the Rover Scout Section. Countries represented were Argentina, Aruba, Belice, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela for a total of 33 participants.

Asia-Pacific Region News

Scouts celebrate Clean Up the World Weekend

As a contribution to the Clean Up the World Weekend, the Scout Troop of Our Lady of Remedies in Manila, Philippines, under the Asia-Pacific Region Ticket To Life Project, conducted a coastal clean up at the Manila Bay, on 19th September 2009.

Scouts brave powerful earthquakes that hit West Java, Indonesia

Scouts of Gerakan Pramuka (GP) were mobilised when a series of powerful quakes struck the Indonesian island of West Java since 2nd September, claiming 70 lives and injuring hundreds of others.

Scouts help in relief work after typhoon hits Taiwan

Scouts of China has mobilized Scouts all over the country to join the natonwide relief work after the deadly typhoon Morakot struck the Hsiao-lin village in the mountains of southern Taiwan early morning of 9th August 2009, claiming hundreds of lives, leaving hundreds of people missing, feared to be buried in a mudslide.