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www.scouting.org.za 0860SCOUTS Winter 2008 51st JOTA /12th JOTI Jamboree on the Air- Jamboree on the Internet 18/19 October 2008. Once again, Scouting throughout the world will be in contact with one another on this weekend. Scout Groups should contact a friendly amateur radio ham to be able to take part in this World Wide Scouting Radio contact with brother and sister Scouts in other parts of SouthAfrica and the rest of the world. Maybe you have Internet available for the JOTI link. Investigate the VHF radio link, an Internet-based voice technology that allows for the integration of the internet and amateur radio, enabling high-quality communications to almost anywhere in the world, whether the stations on either side use PCs or handheld radios. Go to: www.scout.org/jota
22nd WORLD JAMBOREE CONGRATULATIONS SWEDEN SPRINGBOK SCOUT AWARDS
What are you doing in summer 2011? Going to the World Scout Jamboree! The 22nd World Scout Jamboree will be held in Sweden during the northern Summer of 2011. This will be the first World Scout Jamboree to be held in the new Scouting The South Africa Scout Association will Jennifer-Anne Davies - Gauteng Century and with 30 000 scouts from once again be sending a contingent of Luke Hutchinson - Gauteng Victoria Marsh - Gauteng around the world expected to attend this Scouts as well as International Support will be the event of a lifetime. Cassandra Billowes - Gauteng Staff to this great event. More Lee Croeser - Western Cape World Scout Jamborees are special information will soon be available Simon Goemans - Western Cape events. It brings together the youth of the through the Provincial offices as well as Philip Gaag - Western Cape world from almost all countries on this the website. Faizel Achmat - Western Cape planet. Jonathan Bandli - Western Cape Jonathan Glass - Western Cape “CLEAN UP THE WORLD ” CAMPAIGNE Luis-Ricardo Martin - Western Cape Bradley Smith - Western Cape Brian February, our International the World that we are serious about Aakefa Abrahams - Western Cape Commissioner, endorses the the condition of our planet on which suggestions of Troop Scouter, Nolan we live. Naeema Sadien - Western Cape van de Merwe and asks that every Groups, Districts and Provincial Llewellyn Mylroie - Western Cape Scout Group in the country take part in Areas are asked to report their David Hallendorf - Gauteng this most necessary exercise, which is activities, with photos and writeups so part of the fight against Climate to: SILVER PROTEA Change. Details on page 3. Roger Maggs - Central Province Nolan suggests that Scouting South SAHQ, P.O. Box 2434 Clareinch 7740 For long and outstanding service to the Africa embrace this project with or on email: movement. vigour, in our Centenary year, to show [email protected] .za We have, for example, a most W e have our own fathers and mothers, DUTY TO GOD significant expression of this in the grandfathers and grandmothers, but opening words of the age-old Lord's they too are but children of the Father Prayer, said daily by millions of made, like you and everyone else, in Christians throughout the world. the spiritual image of the Great Father of all, for all of us are tiny sparks of His Our Father, Divine Flame. Who art in Heaven . . . Baden-Powell fully realized all this This piece was written by OUR FATHER! Not his Father or her when he wrote the 4th point of the Vic Clapham and appeared in Father, or your Father or my Father, but Scout Law; “A Scout is a friend to all, “Veld Lore ” in 1979. How OUR Father! This is nothing less than a and a brother to every other Scout, no appropriate it is in the present time most profound and complete matter to what country, class or creed in our beloved country? declaration acknowledging the the other may belong ”. universal brotherhood of man. In this world of galloping greed and OUR FATHER Where is Heaven? Whatever faith you selfishness, hate and violence, In this centenary year of Scouting in may follow, you are taught very clearly Scouting continues to uphold the South Africa, and in many other that Heaven is within you. And in principle of brotherhood. The more countries around the world, let us saying the six opening words of the vicious the world may get all around have yet another look at the ideal of Lord's Prayer, you acknowledge and us, the more important it is that we rise world brotherhood that unites us all. declare the universal brotherhood of above it all, keep our faith, and love However they might differ in various man, and the existence within you of and serve our brothers and sisters in respects, all of the great religions, in the tiny spark of God that makes you t h o u g h tw o r da n dd e e d .D i f f i c u l t teachings and in prayers, and all mankind the children of the one sometimes? Yes of course! It is only in acknowledge the universal Living Father. the overcoming of such difficulties that brotherhood of man as, too, they Thus we can realize that irrespective of we can give expression to the spark of acknowledge that there is but one our ethnic roots or religion, we are all God within each of us. The triumph is in Supreme Being. members of the vast human family. the overcoming.
GREENING OUR HOMES
With the dire situation with regard to Sure, energy is anything that makes switch and things in your area stop energy in our country, and in fact, the things work. Eating food gives us working, we sit in the dark until a world, Scout Leaders should be in the energy. The suns energy (heat) makes candle is lit. forefront of training our Scouts and our food grow. Wind energy makes Now, if everyone in the country, Cubs to regard any wastage of energy waves in the ocean and drives a yacht beginning with you, used just a little in their homes, whether by along. Petrol and diesel oil, when burnt, less energy in our homes, our themselves, their family or even their makes our cars and busses go. electricity generators would be able Rushing water is the energy to make to cope and our area would not have family maids, as important as littering turbines produce electricity. Nuclear to be switched off, so that other in the street or any other anti-social energy and coal make people could share what energy our behavior. most of the OFF country has left. Scout Law 9 A Scout is thrifty. “Thrifty ” a word most young people ASE SWITCHRS PLE r: GEYSE supplie have difficulty in understanding, let YOUR power alone putting into practice. “Do not ESKOM ourhe most electricity waste - money time food don't tear So asks consume t Geysers your clothes etc. as they will have to seholds. hem be replaced and cost your folks in hou ch off our geysersd s whenwitch wet ” If we swit d, we will be MONEY . And that is about where go to be vings most Leaders leave it. We also have get up in the morning an back on when wein the power sa ding. the added responsibility to not waste ing d load shed participat o avoi ENERGY and this should be as an p t drive and hel important part of our “Personal electricity in South Growth Agreement ”, at every stage of Africa and electricity is the energy that C ONSIDER the Scout's progress, as all that has makes almost everything in our homes work. Our lights, our stoves, our heaters, RE- CYCLING ! gone before. Maybe something like our TVs and our computers. Electricity the following example may help:- “ ” also drives all the factories that make the ENERGY what is energy? My things we enjoy in life possible. Dad's sports coach tells me “Put more car, a tub of margarine, that packet of “ energy into your training and I will be a chips I so enjoy, even sweets, my Thinking is the ultimate ” better sportsman! Is physical energy cellphone. human resource. The what we are talking about? If I pedal W ell, just like you peddling up the hill on quality of your future will my cycle harder I will go faster, at the your mountain bike, South Africa is top of the hill I will have lost my energy using up it's energy running all those depend entirely on the and have to rest so that I can build up million things that make our every day quality of your thinking. ” - that energy again, then I can continue life. When our country runs low on Edward DeBono and reach home. energy (electricity), a little man throws a 19 - 21 September 2008 Creating a Better World
WHAT IS CLEAN UP THE WORLD? climate change awareness and SCOUT INVOLVEMENT Clean Up the World is a community prevention activities, recycling projects, INTERNATIONAL based environmental campaign that educational campaigns, resource • The World Organization of the Scout inspires and empowers individuals and recovery projects, tree planting, water Movement (WOSM) has partnered with communities from every corner of the reuse and conservation, competitions Clean Up the World as an Ally. WOSM globe to make their environment a and exhibitions. will be promoting involvement in the cleaner, healthier place to live. Whilst Clean Up the World initiatives Clean Up the World campaign to its Now in its 16th year, Clean Up the can be undertaken at any time of the National Scout Organizations (NSOs) World, held in conjunction with United year, the campaign ’s flagship event is and celebrating the achievements of Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , Clean Up the World Weekend, their local Scout Groups. mobilises an estimated 35 million • National Scout Organizations (NSOs) volunteers from more than 110 19-21 September 2008. Participants are encouraged to organise clean up can choose to join the Clean Up the countries annually making it one of the World campaign and register their largest community based events around this weekend and celebrate their environmental initiative as - promoting awareness of, environmental campaigns in the world. and involvement in, the Clean Up the Scouts have been involved with Clean achievements. Up the World every year since its Clean Up the World provides a range of World campaign to their local Scout inception. information, support and facilitation Groups. They will also be responsible The campaign brings together services aimed at assisting participants for coordinating national Scout participation in the campaign. businesses, community groups, to organise and promote clean up • Clean Up the World will support schools, governments and individuals events and other environmental participating NSOs by providing them who carry out a range of activities and initiatives. programs that positively improve local with information and resources about By joining the Clean Up the World conducting environmental activities environments. Our mission is to inspire campaign, participants can share individuals and communities around which can be adapted and translated to information and experiences with Clean suit the national context. the world to clean up, fix up and Up the World ’s global network and conserve their environment. • Clean Up the World will record and positively change their local promote the initiatives of the NSOs to its HOW DOES IT WORK? environment. partner network and the media and on Groups, organisations, businesses and Clean Up the World profiles and its website and through the website of communities around the world who promotes the achievements of its World Scouting www.scout.org wish to address an environmental issue participating organizations through its LOCAL by coming together to conduct an extensive partner network, global, • Local Scout Groups who wish to activity or project can join Clean Up the regional and national media coverage participate in the Clean Up the World World. Membership is free and and its website. campaign should contact their NSO to renewable annually. The campaign is coordinated and register their interest and encourage Clean Up the World initiatives can promoted by Clean Upthe World Pty Ltd them to join the campaign. include clean up events based in Sydney,Australia. CONTACT CLEAN UP THE WORLD Clean Up the World staff in Australia can be contacted easily via email, post, VIC CLAPHAM'S VELD LORE telephone or fax. The campaign materials are available in English, SCRAP BOOKS French and Spanish. Edited by Peter Foster • Email us at: comfortable, for them, when they [email protected] • are doing activities out in the open Visit our website: www.cleanuptheworld.org air. • When you next visit your Provincial Post a letter to: Scout Shop or HQ, you must have a 18 Bridge Road, look at Vic Clapham's Veld Lore Glebe NSW 2037 Scrapbooks in 6 volumes: Australia. Camp Fires, Hiking, Camp Cooking, Camping, Veld-craft and Unfortunately, Vic has gone home Nature. Scouter Peter Foster has and present day Scouters do not done a great job in collecting have this great resource, unless, of historical illustrations and writings course, you know someone who has of this remarkable man and has put kept his collection and you can look them into these six slim A4 into it. I suggest you put the six volumes. Scrapbooks into your Scouting “ ” From time to time I insert some of Vic's Veld Lore Scouting's library. wall/spread sheets were full of Vic Clapham's drawings, suggesting Scouting ideas and information, better ways to go camping, hiking and and appeared regularly for many menus into Scouting About. I trust that years. Scouters, from that time, these make your training of Scouts that hoarded each and every edition much easier and more from the very beginning. AIR SCOUTING
The third arm of the Scout Movement is Air Scouting. Like Sea Scouting, where the Scouts are interested in things like boating and visiting ships,Air Scouts are guys that are interested in things in the air. The first thing to find, if you have a number of Scouts that want to go in that direction, 18th SENIOR SCOUT is a prospective leader who is connected to flying and has access to a flying club or the airport, to facilitate access to planes and has a knowledge of Air ADVENTURE Scout badge requirements. 9 to 20 December 2008 Air Scouts wear a uniform of light blue shirt, blue belt and pants. Otherwise their programme is exactly the same as all Scouts. At Explorer level they would go the Air Explorer direction. I have known, where an established Troop has The adventure programme provides formed one patrol of fellows that are particularly interested in the Air Scout unforgettable activities and fun in the badges and have found an air badge instructor and examiner. famous backpacking country of the The Scout programme is for all Scouts camping, hiking, mapping, boating and Cederberg Wilderness Area along air badges. Why not take your Troop toAir Shows, gliding, airports and other air rugged, rocky trails. Programme features related activities as part of your programme? It has been my experience that combine the best of advanced Scouting, any adult interested in that direction, has been only too willing to show the to provide you with fun and a real Scouts around and so increase their interest in things of the air. challenge water activities rock climbing the ultimate challenge game underwater diving mountain biking sailing and many more. Scouts must be 15 years or older, be physically fit and be able to carry their pack for the full ten days of the adventure in the open, over rugged terrain. The Senior Scout Adventure is open for bookings download your Save a Place booklet now and read all about it. The hardcopies are available at your Provincial offices.
Go to www.scouting.org.za/adventure or Save a Place at [email protected] Scouter Jenny Luen with scouts from the 2nd Kabega troop at an airshow. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR As a member of SANAP MARION 65 It took us nine days as we had work to bird research team, Jared Harding, do on the way, ringing young birds and Troop Scouter of the Humewood taking samples of what they are being Sea Scout Troop in Port Elizabeth, fed by their parents. We climbed has set off on his adventure. He Karookop and Azzerella, and with the sailed from Cape Town aboard the heights and different terrains we SA Agulhas, South Africa's research walked, including myers (bogs) where ship in the Southern oceans, during April this year. A six day voyage took we sank in up to our knees, filling our him to Marion Island, part of the gumboots with water, we struggled. Prince Edward Islands, a speck The weather has been really bad, located at 46 54'S, 37 45'E, in the from rain to gale force winds driving Jared on a seal weighing on Marion island Southern Ocean, just a little north of snow. When you walk against it, it theAntarctic winter pack ice. really sucks. Sometimes you even The two year long (2007/2009) Jared writes in his first email home have to crawl over exposed rocks. ” INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR is one “Yes, I am surviving on the Island, it's of the most ambitious coordinated the most amazing place. The wildlife Jared, a Springbok Scout, will be away science programmes ever attempted. is fantastic here the animals come from the Troop until May 2009. Over the past half century, South Africa first and have no fear of humans. I Email him on has maintained a research presence in have just returned from an around Antarctica and on the Prince Edward the island trip, about 80km on foot. [email protected] Islands in the Southern Ocean. Wow! it was hectic . . . and make his day.
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