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Report 2015-2017 AFRICA SCOUT FOUNDATION REPORT 2015-2017 A Vision for Sustainability AFRICA SCOUT FOUNDATON © Africa Scout Foundation. August 2017 c/o World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office Rowallan National Scout Camp, Opp. ASK Jamhuri Showground “Gate E” P. O. Box 63070 - 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (+254 20) 245 09 85 Mobile: (+254 728) 496 553 [email protected] www.scout.org/africascoutfoundation Reproduction is authorized to Members of the Africa Scout Foundation and National Scout Organizations and Associations which are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Credit for the source must be given. (i) TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Africa Scout Foundation 01 Progress Report for the Period 2015-2017 02 Foundation Events 04 Foundation Projects 05 Challenges and Opportunities 07 Strategic Plan 2017-2022 08 Funds Summary for the Period 2015- 2017 09 Joining the Africa Scout Foundation 09 Acknowledgements 10 Contact Information 10 Appendix 1: List of Members 11 Appendix 2: Statement of Finacial Position as at 30 september 2016 15 Appendix 3: Statement of Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended 30 16 September 2016 (ii) ABOUT THE AFRICA SCOUT FOUNDATION The Africa Scout Foundation (ASF) was set up to raise funds to support the growth and development of Scouting in the Region. Over the years, its performance has not been as expected thus this year witnessed initiatives aimed at revamping the ASF to enable it better perform its core fundraising function. With the vision of “ensuring a future for Scouting in Africa” the Africa Scout Foundation aims to promote the growth of Scouting and support more young people in Africa to gain knowledge, develop skills and attitudes through quality educational programmes towards creating a better world by continuous accumulation of capital fund. These funds are raised through donations, grants, mem- bership contributions and other legal methods of fund- raising. The Foundation also seeks non-capital donations to support specific Scouting projects. To achieve its mission, the foundation pursues the following The Africa Scout Foundation in fulfilling its objectives objectives: engages in the following major activities: • To contribute to the general budget and sustainability of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre • Mobilizing financial resources, material and technical • To contribute to the strategic goal of making Scouting the support available in Africa and beyond for the benefit world’s leading educational youth movement, enabling of Scouting 100 million young people to be active citizens creating • Developing partnerships and harness individual and positive change in their communities and in the world corporate support from friends of Scouting in and based on shared values. outside Africa • To win support for the movement in Africa by raising • Sensitizing the society on the role of the Foundation in awareness on the role of Scouting in the lives of young supporting growth and development of Scouting in people and society as a whole. Africa • Recruiting, properly managing and frequently updating members of the Foundation on its progress. The Africa Scout Foundation has direct contact and fully cooperates with WOSM through the Africa Scout Committee, having a sole objective which is to help develop Scouting in the Africa Region. It undertakes to allocate all proceeds from income accruing from its endowment to the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre; although a small portion may be retained as a safeguard against inflation or devaluation of investments, or, if necessary, to cover the costs of its own operations 1 PROGRESS FOR THE PERIOD 2015-2017 “Our role as the Africa Scout Foundation is to raise funds for our region to support the Africa Regional Office, National Scout Organizations and individual Scouts. As Africa is rising and the middle class is growing and poverty is reducing - we have to begin as Africa to support our own Scouting activities.” Prof. Dr. Maggie Kigozi, Chairperson of the Africa Scout Foundation, Speaking at the Africa Scout Day Celebrations in Arusha, Tanzania on 11 March 2017 GOVERNANCE BOARD MEMBERS BOARD MEETINGS Following the recommendation of the Africa Scout The board held two statutory meetings in the year under Foundation general meeting held at the margin of the review as follows: 16th Africa Scout Conference in Kampala/Uganda in August 2015, and upon review of the list of nominees to sit • The first meeting took place at the sidelines of the on the Board of the Foundation, the Africa Scout Africa Scout Day celebrations in Accra, Ghana in Committee, at its March 2016 meeting in Accra, Ghana March 2016. approved the following as members of the Board of the • A Joint Consultative meeting between the Chairperson Foundation for a five-year term from 2015-2020: of the Africa Scout Foundation, The Chairperson of the Africa Scout Committee and the Regional Director also 1. Prof. Dr. Maggie Kigozi (Uganda): Chairperson took place in November 2016 2. Mr. Olusoga Sofolahan (Nigeria): Vice Chairperson • As a way of enhancing inter-regional collabora- 3. Ms. Jemima Nartey (Ghana): Member tion and, the Chairperson of the Regional Scout 4. Hon. Rui Falcao Pinto de Andrade (Angola): Member Foundations and the Regional Directors for Africa and 5. Dr. Wayne A. Davis (Ethiopia): Africa Scout Committee Arab Regions met in Kuala Lumpur in March 2017 to Chairperson, Ex-Officio Member discuss how to enhance collaboration towards further 6. Mr. Jeremy Miriti Naivasha (Kenya): Acting Regional supporting the work of Scouting in the two regions. Treasurer, Ex-Officio Member • The Africa Scout Committee at its March 2016 7. Mr. Frederic Tutu Kama-Kama: Regional Director, meeting in Ghana approved the elected and Ex-Officio Secretary appointed members of the board 2 COMMUNICATION As a way of helping to improve the awareness and visibility on Africa Scout Foundation, various communication initiatives have been implemented with the support of Communications unit of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre; as highlighted below: Creation of a webpage on scout.org to enhance disseminate of news and information about the foundation. The webpage can be accessed through this address: www.scout.org/africascoutfoundation Creation of a Facebook social media interaction page that can be accessed through this address: www.facebook.com/AfricaScoutFoundation Creation of a Twitter social media interaction page that can be accessed through this address: www.twitter.com/AfricaScoutFoundation MEMBERSHIP Creation of a Instagram social media interaction page that can be accessed through this address: www.instagram.com/AfricaScoutFoundation NEW MEMBERSHIP LEVEL In order to open up new opportunities fro growing Development of a detailed Communication Strategy with a contributions to the Foundation, the ASF Board approved focus on effective branding and communication, the introduction of a new membership level. The new networking and partnerships development, enhancing Diamond level will be available for all three categories as stakeholders engagement and supporting fundraising. follows: Individual membership category at USD 10,000 Scout Associations Membership category at USD 15,000 Corporate Membership Category at USD 50,000. Uncategorized Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Diamond Individual 21 248 23 10 20 00 Members Scout Association 10 06 10 03 06 00 Members Corporate 00 00 00 00 00 00 Members Totals 31 254 33 13 26 00 3 FOUNDATION EVENTS “The values of the Scout Movement and let us also not forget the Girl Guides, are what we need for the youth everywhere. I am saying so because they are holistic. They do not deal with just one or another aspect of our living situation. The Scout ethos reaches far into the individual and at the centre of the discipline it inculcates is the desire to sacrifice, to provide for, and to live for other human beings.” H.E Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings, Former Pres- ident of the Republic of Ghana, Speaking at the 16th Africa Scout Conference in Kampala , Uganda in August 2015 20TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER FUNDRAISING DINNER FOUNDATION GATHERING UGANDA, 2015 GHANA, 2016 AZERBAIJAN, 2017 In the framework of the 16th Africa An Africa Scout Foundation dinner On the sidelines of the 41st World Scout Conference that was held in reception to mobilize resources for the Scout Conference that was held in Kampala, Uganda in August 2015, foundation was hosted at Cleavers Baku, Azerbaijan in August 2017, the the Africa Scout Foundation hosted House in Accra, Ghana in March 2016. Foundation hosted a gathering for a Dinner reception to commemorate This was in the framework of the Africa members present. its 20th Anniversary since inception in Scout Day celebrations hosted by the 1995. Ghana Scout Association. The gathering saw, for the first tim ever, the recognition of 5 committed The dinner, which was partly sponsored The Korea Scout Association members as Ambadassors of the by the Government of the Republic sponsored dinner brought in Foundation. This was in honour of their of Uganda realized USD 4,648.23 from USD 860.00 from ticket sales. outstanding committment and efforts Ticket sales and USD 1,927.60 from in promoting the cause of the auctions. The event was graced by H.E. Flt. Lt. Foundation. Jerry John Rawlings, former Presdient The former President of the Republic of of the Republic of Ghana. Ghana, H.E. Jerry John Rawlings was the Chief Guest at the event. 4 FOUNDATION PROJECTS AFRICA SUPPORT CENTRE OFFICE BLOCK PROJECT A Home for the Africa Scout Region The Board of the Africa Scout Foundation invites individual The most urgent project being the construction of the World Scouts, Scouts Leaders, Former Scouts, National Scout Scout Bureau Africa Support Premise in Nairobi. The office Organizations, Friends of Scouting in government or in will be built at Rowallan business across the continent of Africa to become members National Scout Camp where the Government of the of the Foundation and contribute to its flagship projects.
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