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May 2014

Kudumail News from the Africa Scout Region www.scout.org/africa

Rapid Response Initiative to recruit 1 million Inside Scouts Highlight Rapid Response Initiative to recruit 1 million Scouts

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From NSOs Southern Africa Scout Leasers caucus on youth role in nation building

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From ARO Rehabilitation of defective masts in public schools

Forging forward with Scouting Basics

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WSB - ARO/FILE Community Nigerian Scouts part of the Development Children’s Day Celebrations

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Events 40th World Scout Conference/12th calendar World Scout Youth Forum KENYA - Scouting in Kenya started on 24th November 1910 and is the largest Youth Movement with over 500,000 Scouts and 40,000 Scout Leaders. Uganda Scout Association Centenary Celebrations The Kenya Scouts Association has developed a Rapid Response Initiative (RRI) to recruit 1 million Scouts by September 2014. The RRI which is part of the KSA 5 Year Strategic Plan 2013 – 2017 will include embarking 16th Africa Scout Conference and 7th on a mega nationwide Recruitment and Registration Drive and carry out different activities throughout the Youth Forum country to publicize Scouting. 23rd World Scout Jamboree The main Activities will include: Tree Planting – KSA in partnership with the Government and other like-minded parties aims at planting 20 Page 4 million trees as a gift of peace to the Kenyans. • Exchange Programmes – where Scouts will interchange from Counties for peace building and community Service. • Peace Marathons – Scouts will be involved in marathons for peace building and charity work, this will also be open to non-Scouts. • Peace Caravan Road Show – A peace caravan cross cutting the 10 Regions in Kenya to preach peace and register Scouts. • Community Service – this will include clean ups, blood donation drives, charity work, children homes visitations, disaster response, peace camps, youth forums, music concerts, hospital visits, helping the aged, adult literacy campaigns, road and bridge construction, first aid training, building schools and homes for the aged as well as many other projects across the country.

Kenya Scouts Association has partnered with different stakeholders to help achieve this noble objective. Brand Kenya Board, Kenya Forestry Service, County Governments and National Bank are already in support of the initiative. The 20 Million trees (to be planted by 2017) will be a gift of peace to the Kenyans and is also part of the Government’s pledge of 50 Million Trees by 2017.

The RRI was launched on 28th March 2014 at Kenya Scouts Association Headquarters in Rowallan Scouts Camp, Nairobi.

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FOCUS ON NSOs

In his welcoming remarks, Namibia’s Chief Scout Brian Masule mentioned some of Southern African Scout leaders caucus on the social problems being experienced by young people in Namibia and elsewhere in youth role in nation building southern Africa, primarily unemployment, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, suicide, passion killing, domestic violence, baby dumping and teenage pregnancy. He NAMIBIA - More than 70 senior Scouts and Scout leaders from around observed that the majority of cases reported relating to these issues involve the youth. southern Africa gathered in Namibia from April 29-May 2 for the 11th Southern Zone Youth Scout Youth Forum and 40th Southern Zone “This gives me the impression that our youth are idle and therefore have so much Conference, hosted by Scouts of Namibia. time and energy to think of and commit such crimes,” Mr. Masule said. “The Scout Law says that a Scout is clean in through, word and deed. Unfortunately, there seems The theme for both the forum and conference, held at Heja Lodge, was to be quite a number of youth all over who do not uphold this standard. But wouldn’t “Scouting: Contributing Towards Nation Building. it be wonderful if all our youth were clean in thought word and deed?” Masule added that Scouting has the potential to make a significant contribution towards combating the problems facing young Africans and thereby enhance the nation-building process. Scouts of Namibia ARE ready to form a partnership with the Namibian Government in this regard, he said.

Also in attendance at the conference was Mr. Frederick Kama-Kama, director of the World Scout Bureau’s Africa Region office in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Kama-Kama praised the southern African Scout associations for consistently holding zonal conferences and youth forums, and noted that the theme of the Namibia-hosted conference, “Scouting: Contributing Towards Nation-Building,” resonated well with the last words of Scouting’s Founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell: ‘Let us leave this world better than we found it.’” Kama-Kama further reminded delegates their NSOs need to implement programmes, including governance and management systems that foster personal integrity and social cohesion.

Key recommendations arising from conference discussions included youth Delegates from the national Scout organizations of Angola, Botswana, empowerment, greater involvement of Scouts in community projects, and the Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe reported on activities and undertaking of benchmarking audits to improve the levels of governance and achievements over the past year and deliberated on issues and challenges management at national Scout organisations in the region. faced by youth in the region. The NSOs of Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia were unable to send delegations due to various Special guests at constraints. the conference included Mr. Keynote speaker for the conference was Mr. Patrick Haingura, Deputy Nico Kaiyamo, Director: Directorate of Youth, Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport former member and Culture. Mr. Haingura spoke about the vital role played by youth in of Parliament the nation-building process and pointed out that nations depend heavily on and past the ability of youth to mentally and physically prepare themselves for president of becoming trustworthy, reliable and contributing citizens and future leaders. Scouts of Namibia; Mr. “The role of youth in nation building is to perceive and enhance the skills Chris Mbanga, needed to develop and promote the betterment of the country so that it Chief Scout of becomes a place where all citizens, young and old, are informed about and the Zimbabwe engaged in all major issues that affect their lives, a place where adults and Scout young people are together at the table debating, grappling with problems, Association and former vice chairperson of the Africa Scout Committee; Mr. crafting solutions and jointly deciding on how resources should be Winston Adams, retired director of the Cape Town Operations Centre of the World allocated, a robust democracy where all people, including youth, exercise Scout Bureau’s Africa Scout Region who once served a stint as acting regional their right to select those who should speak and act on their behalf and director; and Mr. Frank van Rooyen, current president of Scouts of Namibia. hold them accountable, a land where young people have an equal opportunity to have a sustainable livelihood,” Haingura said. Prior to the conference a two-day Youth Forum was conducted at which youth delegates from the participating Scout associations delved into such matters as “Imagine adults and young people working together to build a thriving a personal values and ethics, community service and development, entrepreneurship, society from the ground up, contributing their knowledge, skills and social media, and the pros and cons of digital technology. Mr. Patrick Sam of the resources to nation building,” Haingura said. “In Scouting this is a reality; Namibia Institute for Democracy delivered the keynote speech for the forum. in other spheres of influence it is largely myth. Actually, Scouting is able to harness the power behind the potential of youth as nation builders. That Both the conference power is service – service to self, service to others, service to country. My and the youth ministry believes that these three principles of service that guide Scouts and forum were Scout leaders all around the world can play a significant role in building supported enlightened, prosperous and compassionate nations.” financially and in- kind by the The deputy director paid tribute to Scouting’s many contributions to the National Youth development of local and national communities throughout Africa, noting Council, the that the former Organization of African Unity resolved in 1963 to Ministry of Youth, recognize March 13 every year as Africa Scout Day, an honour that National Service, continues to be observed by the OAU’s successor, the African Union. Sport and Culture, and Bank Windhoek.

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FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE

Forging Forward with Scouting Basics Rehabilitation of defective masts in public schools! NIGERIA - As part of Nigeria National Scout Organization efforts of developing the Leadership Competencies of our Scouts, Venture and Explorer Scouts, the COTE D’IVOIRE - Scouts in Abidjan are committed to changing their South-East Zone of the Association organized a General Information Course hosted by the Enugu State Scout Council at Nsukka with no fewer than 25 Scouts communities as part of the Messengers of Peace project. In line with the (Candidates) in attendance. project, the Scouts went to various public schools in the city to repair and replace damaged flag masts and as a lesson to young people on good citizenship.

The Objective of the Course was to train Scouts on Basic Scouting Fundamentals in preparations for Basic, Advance and other Leadership Courses. Candidates were divided into Four Patrols with the objective of identifying their Patrols with The mast is considered as a symbol of education, cohesion and gathering. Native names namely: Tiger as Agu Patrol, Kite as Egbe Patrol, Lion as Odum Rover Scouts of Mahatma Gandhi community repaired and replaced three Patrol and Eagle as Ugo Patrol. masts in schools in the districts of Abata, N'Gnanda and Gbaba (Bingerville) and offered several National flags to the managers of these schools. This project was initiated by the Scouts to show young people the importance of their presence in schools and in helping the students sing and know the words to their national anthem (“Abidjanaise": name of National anthem). As part of continuity to the project, the Scouts look to extent it to another 11 public schools in the districts of the Abidjan region.

“ The Training Course was managed by the Zonal Training Commissioner for Education and Southeast; Prince Uche Madu (Leader Trainer) with other 9 Assistants handling child protection” is different topics of the curricular. In attendance at the Opening Ceremony was the the 2014 working representative of the Chief Commissioner of Scout of Nigeria, the Assistant Chief theme for the rover Commissioner, NSO Management & Communication, Bar. Mrs. Mary Emengo, Scouts in the city the State Scout Commissioner, Chief Nduka Eya, the Divisional Police Officer for of Abidjan. Enugu, ASP Imen Zanara, Nsukka Urban Commissioner, Pastor Odeme Best Odeme, Rev. Fr. Matthew Eze – Nsukka Scout Chaplin.

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Memorable quote Nigerian Scouts part of the "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's Children’s Day Celebrations those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world". NIGERIA - 27TH of May of every year is celebrated as Nigerian Children Day, with the renewed hope and Archbishop Desmond Tutu promise to the development of Youth in Nigeria. This year’s celebrations were low key due to the abduction of some Secondary School Students at Chibok in Borno State Nigeria. PLEASE EMAIL US A PROVERB OR SAYING FROM YOUR COUNTRY. WE WILL PUBLISH THE BEST IN THE NEXT ISSUE! ([email protected])

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Uganda Scout Association 2015 Uganda While celebrating the day and equally showing Centenary Celebrations solidarity to the abducted children, Scouts from th th th th th various parts of the country led by His Excellency 40 World Scout 11 – 14 , 4 – 7 August Ljubljana, Rogla, Slovenia th Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) engaged in Conference/12 World 2014 various Scouting activities focusing on leadership and Scout Youth Forum commitment to Youth Development in Nigeria. 23rd World Scout Jamboree 28th July – 8th August 2015 Yamaguchi City, Japan

th The 16 Africa Scout 2015 Mauritius th Governor Conference & 7 Youth of Lagos Forum State Nigeria has been quite resourceful to Scouting in Nigeria since he’s credited STAY IN TOUCH! with recruiting over 70,000 Scouts in his State alone.

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Africa Regional Office He also gave a directive that Scouting should be part of P.O. Box 63070 the Secondary School curricular as a way of 00200, City Square developing good citizenship. Nairobi, KENYA

The Benue State Scout Council as part of the celebrations organized a camp training at Makurdi in http://twitter.com/#!/ScoutingAfrica [email protected] Benue State under the leadership of Chief Shangbum. www.scout.org/africa Representing the Chief Commissioner at the program Skype: worldscoutbureauafrica was Hon. Dave Awunah, the National Headquarters Phone 1: (+254 20) 728499553 Commissioner for National Programs. Phone 2: (+254 20) 245 09 85