This month we welcomed another volunteer from Germany to the National SCOUTS South Africa office. Jula Wolf will be here for a year. We sat down with her to find out a bit more about our new Scouting family member. SSA: Can you please tell us a bit more about yourself? Jula: My name is…
Today we celebrate the UN International Youth Day. In honour of this we wanted to share the experiences of one of our German volunteers, Christian Reimers. Christian recently returned to Germany after spending a year as a volunteer at the National Scout Office in Cape Town. This is his story … “When you fall… This phrase…
In 2000 SCOUTS South Africa opened its doors to girls. Today, 19 years later, approximately 48% of our membership are girls and women. This Women’s Day we celebrate those women and girls who are changing the world in small or enormous ways for the better. You are Making Things Happen! #scoutssouthafrica #Skills4Life #ScoutsMakeItHappen #WomensMonth #NationalWomensDay…
Jana Lorenz recently returned home to Germany after spending a year of her life in South Africa volunteering at the National SSA Office. When not at work, Jana was a Scouter, a friend and a Western Cape Scouting family member. We asked her to put into words what this experience has been like. Here…
August is the last month of the competition and the final chance for your Group to win R5000! Download the Child Friendly App and nominate your Group and a Scouting member here: http://childfriendlysa.co.za/ The Group with the most nominations by the end of August will get R5000! Once again the Scouting member with the most…
Be proud to be a Scout on World Scout Scarf Day! On the 1st of August Scouts and former Scouts stand together and wear their Scout scarves in public to make the “Spirit of Scouting” visible. Once again SCOUTS South Africa is running the “Scout Scarf Selfie Competition!” Take a selfie of yourself and/or your friends wearing their…
Expression of Interest for the next World Scout Moot to be held in Ireland in 2021 has been EXTENDED to 29 March 2019. More info here
Wood Badge holder Clayton Warren grew up in Scouting and lives in Germiston in Gauteng. He has a small carpentry business and loves the work he does. Clayton joined the 1st Germiston Scout Group when he was 11 years old and is currently their Troop Scouter. This is his story: “I grew up with one…
Congratulations to 1st Muizenberg Cub Sabastian Rouse for being the June winner of the “Win with Scouts” competition in partnership with the FREE ChildFriendly App. The competition runs from June 2019 to August 2019 and requires people to download the FREE ChildFriendly App and to nominate a Scouting member as well as a Scout Group. The…
The 18th of July marks the day on which we give back to others in honour of Madiba. Nelson Mandela was a wise leader, a humanitarian and the Patron of SCOUTS South Africa. An important objective of Mandela Day is to translate his vision of a better world into actions, to inspire individuals to lend a…