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So far, 60000 pieces of clothing sorted and packed in 12 days!

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (4): a story from Augsburg, Germany.

“Members and leaders of local Scout Groups in the Augsburg District of DPSG Bundesverband (one of the National Scout Associations in Germany, member of World Organization of the Scout Movement – WOSM) got actively involved in an existing local support project launched last year. Initiated by a group of eight friends in November 2014, the main objective of Übergepäck eines Flüchtlings. (“a refugee’s extra luggage”) is to show refugees and their families that members of the local community recognise their challenging situation and are offering them assistance.

Portuguese Scouts get active in new nationwide platform supporting refugees

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (3): a story from Portugal.

“‘We see, hear and read. We cannot ignore’, is a famous quote from Portuguese poet and writer Sofia de Mello Breyner. And not the only motive for Corpo Nacional de Escutas (CNE), one of the two National Scout Associations of the World Organization of the Scout Movement – WOSM in Portugal, when they discussed how the association and its members could contribute to refugee support activities in their communities: The association decided to join the new nationwide platform of civil society associations engaged in refugee support – PAR – Plataforma de Apoio aos Refugiados.

Come, let us play a game!

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (2): a story from Salzburg, Austria.

“The provincial authorities of Salzburg approached them a couple of days ago as members of the provincial youth council: a few phone calls later the Salzburger Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen (one of the nine provincial Scout and Guide Assocations of Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement – WOSM) had launched the “Children’s Area Project”: Scouts and Guides volunteer on a daily basis and do what they know best: spend some time with children and young people in the refugee centre set up in the public parking area below Salzburg’s central train station: playing, drawing, paper work and games are a welcome activity to pass the long day!”

‪#‎ScoutGuideSupport #Refugees ‪#‎TrainOfHope‬ ‪#‎SalzburgerPfadfinderPfadfinderinnen‬

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You have large storage tents, no?

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Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (1): a story from Vienna, Austria

“When Scout and Guide Leaders launched an appeal the other day among the Wiener Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen (Scouts and Guides of Vienna, one of nine regional associations of Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement – WOSM) using existing social media networks, it took only a couple of hours to gather a number solid storage tents to replace inadequate shelters for the many donated goods at the main refugee support centre outside Vienna’s Central Train Station: five different local Scout and Guide Groups brought tents and the volunteers necessary to put them up. And more would have been available if there had been a need.”

#‎ScoutGuideSupport #Refugees ‪#‎TrainOfHope‬ ‪#‎WienerPfadfinderPfadfinderinnen‬

If you want to share a similar story about your association’s support activity for refugees in Europe, let us know and we will share it!

Regional Circular 16 – Invitation 6th European Scout Symposium 2015

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We are pleased to invite key decision makers of National Scout Organisations (NSOs) and National Scout Associations (NSAs) in the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to the 6th European Scout Symposium.

The Symposium is an important event in the life of the European Scout Region when it looks back on what was achieved in the triennium, on what is hoped to be achieved by the end of the tirennium, on what needs to change and on what will be done in future triennia. The event will help set the agenda for work leading to the development of the Regional Scout Plan for the period 2016 and beyond.