Spring - 2005 News from the outh frican Scout Association.
SOUTH AFRICA NKWENKWE NKOMO SCOUTING’S ELECTED TO WORLD SCOUT COMMITTEE
“GIFT FOR PEACE” Our immediate past Chief Scout, Association of Guinea and the Scout Nkwenkwe Nkomo, was elected to a six Association of Malawi, bringing WOSM Realising that Southern Africa has the year term on the World Scout Committee membership up to 155 countries. Scouts highest incidence of HIV/Aids in the at the 37th World Scout Conference, held of Namibia was welcomed to its first world, and its moral responsibility to the in Tunisia from 5th to 9th September 2005. conference since becoming a full member young people of South Africa, the South Six new members were elected from a list recently. African Scout Association resolved to “do of 15 candidates. something about it”. From this resolve the Mr Herman C.S. Hui, of Hong Kong, was “scouting and Aids” was integrated into Three new member countries were elected Chairman of the World Scout the Scout programme in 2002 accepted into the World Brotherhood: Committee. Dr Eduardo Missoni The programme is based on the Beslidhja Skaut Albania, National Scout continues as Secretary General, WOSM. message that young people “say no to things that give them a no feeling” and in so doing protect themselves from abuse and infection. In the programme, young Scouts are encouraged to know about the impact of Aids and taught how to talk about it to their peers so as to change their attitudes to the virus and their behaviour. DUTY TO GOD
World Scouting, the international donors BEATITUDES TO FRIENDS OF and supporters (including the UN and HANDICAPPED PEOPLE OXFAM) of “scouting and Aids” have Blessed are you who take the time to commended its successful listen to my difficult speech, for you help implementation. From September 2005 CONGRATULATIONS me to know that, if I persevere, I can be until the Centenary year of 2007, and SPRINGBOK / TOP AWARDS understood. beyond, our “GIFT FOR PEACE PROJECT” is the “scouting and Aids” Colin Levey - KwaZulu Natal Blessed are you who never bid me to programme and its contribution to Demlen Lalla - KwaZulu Natal hurry, or take my tasks from me and do mitigating the spread/effects of HIV/Aids. Lavashkar Chetty - KwaZulu Natal them for me, for often I need time rather than help. This was presented to the world during Brian Gordon McKenzie - KwaZulu Natal the World Scout Conference in Tunisia Bhekinhlanhla Dlamini - KwaZulu Natal Blessed are you who stand beside me as (September 2005). The Africa Regional Robert Thornton-Smith - Gauteng I enter new and untried ventures, for my Office in Nairobi has adopted a HIV/Aids Riccardo Markson - Gauteng failures will be outweighed by the time I programme for Africa utilising a lot of the Josef Huyers - Gauteng surprise myself and you. work already done in South Africa. It is Warren Taylor - Gauteng Blessed are you who ask for my help, for now up to us, the Leaders in the Christopher Ashbolt - Cape Western my greatest need is to be needed. Movement, to see that the programme is fully implemented in seeking to “leave David Bailes - Cape Western Blessed are you who understand that it is the world a little better than we found it”. Quintin Combrink - Cape Western difficult for me to put my thoughts into Nathan Stevens - Cape Western words. Gareth Trent - Gauteng Blessed are you, with a smile, encourage WORLD SCOUT Ernest Gauntlett - Gauteng me to try once more. Justin van Heerden - Gauteng Blessed are you who never remind me JAMBOREE