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The Africa Regions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM Africa) and the WWF International (WWF Africa) are strengthening their collaboration to stimulate and empower young people to become stewards of the environment and promoters of sustain-able development practices in their local communities across Africa.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the Scout Founder’s Day celebrations, which were held on February 23rd in Nyeri, Kenya, the two organizations are building on a global partnership signed in March 2018 to advance sustainable development education and action among young Africans. This cooperation recognises the enormous challenges facing our planet and the important role young people have in creating a more sustainable world.

WOSM Africa and WWF Africa will collaborate on developing and implementing sustainable development education programmes, projects and resources to build the capacity of and inspire five million young people in Africa to take action on sustainable development; in their schools, homes and communities. The Scouts will also join Earth Hour, a worldwide event uniting people to protect the planet, which is organized by WWF every last Saturday of March.

“Scouting’s work with WWF dates back over 45 year ago. It is delightful that we can advance this collaboration in Africa. Through this MoU, we will strengthen partnerships between our National Scout Organizations and WWF country offices to inspire local actions that truly impact communities positively,” said Frederic Kama-Kama, WOSM Africa Regional Director. “Environment has always had a special place in the Scout Programme and as a movement we continue to offer ourselves to its protection and regeneration.”

“WWF is committed to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. By working with the Scout move-ment in Africa to educate young people in conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensur-ing that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption, we hope to do our part in leaving a better word for future generations,” said Frederick Kwame, the WWF Africa Regional Director.

This cooperation aligns with Scouting’s World Scout Environmental Programme and its recently launched “Scouts for SDGs” global mobilisation campaign. For WWF Africa, this will go a long way in driving its work with young people towards the achievement of Africa Sustainable Ecological Futures strategy.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/wosm-wwf-africa-partnership

The Africa Region of WOSM and WWF strengthen their collaboration during Founder’s Day in Nyeri

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FOCUS ON NATIONAL SCOUT ORGANIZATIONS

More than 1,000 Scouts from all over the world attended this year’s 162nd Founder’s Day celebrations in Nyeri County as political lead-ers called for the organisation to be more inclusive in their pro-grammes.

The Scouts, who have been camping at Kabiruini grounds for a week, came from all over the country as well as the US, Denmark, Britain, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The Scout Movement Founder Lord Robert Baden Powell started the organisation 112 years ago and each year, Scouts visit his grave in Nyeri.

Chief Commissioner, Victor Radido, said the movement was pushing for a more international outlook when it comes to celebrating Found-er’s Day. This is after the movement officials devolved the celebra-tions to county level and reduced the number of Scouts making the pilgrimage to Nyeri. “We want to appreciate attendance of our fellow Scouts from various countries from across the world. This gives the function a more international outlook,” he said.

Chief Guest Governor Mutahi Kahiga said the movement had been consistent in instilling discipline, confidence, courage and patriotism in young people.Area MP Ngunjiri Wambugu said Nyeri was uniquely placed to support the scouting movement. “Nyeri is home of the scouts but we should remember that the late Baden Powell also had a close relationship with South Africa and the UK.”

This day was celebrated by Scouts world over. In South Africa, sev-eral Scout Troops from the Eland District came together on February 24th, to celebrate the day. As part of the festivities, Scouts and Cubs decided to rejoice at Bedfordview Primary School, where held a Scouts Own, a short ceremony, with a presentation of awards. The ceremony was followed by fun activities, such as the introduction to traditional South-African sport games.

Story courtesy of: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/arti-cle/2001314211/scouts-from-all-over-the-world-mark-found-ers-day-in-nyeri and https://joburgeastexpress.co.za/101492/scouts-celebrate-their-founder/

100 Scouts Leaders Trained in Gambia

The Gambia Scout Association, through the Messengers of Peace initiative, managed to train 100 Leaders (50 Patrol Leaders and 50 Unit Leaders), with the main purpose of addressing and bridging the gap between the realities of running a Scout unit (especially in the rural Gambia) and the accepted standard in terms of best practices.

During the training, participants were exposed to Scouting through role play, simulation exercises and practical experiences. They were thus able to practice in real-time how to conduct unit meetings, PLC meetings, programme planning, etc. Furthermore, the use of ex-perts in a joint forum for both patrol leaders and unit leader trainees in the field of First Aid, Drug Abuse (National Drug Law Enforce-ment Agency), Sexual & Reproductive Health (Family Planning As-sociation), Child Abuse (Child Protection Alliance), Illegal Migration (Immigration Department) and Community Policing (Gambia Police Force) provided first hand positive experiences to the trainees.

Some of the main outcomes of this course are a better understand-ing on how the GSA is managed; a willingness for more democracy and transparency within Scout Units and districts; improved knowl-

As part of the “Unionist Scouting Week” Celebrations, also known as “Herinandron’ny Tily” in Madagascar, the Unionist Scouts of Mad-agascar Tily Eto Madagasikara organised various socio-educational activities from 22nd February to 3rd March 2019 with the Malagasy society in the 22 administrative regions of the country. The Found-er’s Day on February 22nd, 2019 was the starting point for all the actions initiated and decided by the districts following the schedule of the General Commission “Foibe Tily”.

During the weekend, the southern district of the capital Antanana-rivo advanced ahead of its peers, distributing food to families who were victims of the previous flood that raged the capital on February 19th. 1000 Scouts aged 6 to 25 from 60 local groups answered the call of the district officials and donated food, e.g. 100 litres of cook-ing oil and 400 kg of rice for the Namontana district.

Read more at https://www.scout.org/node/522079

Scouts from All Over the World MarkFounder’s Day in Nyeri

Unionist Scouts Celebrate Unionist Scouting Week in Madagascar

Kenyan Scouts Build a Library for a Children’s HomeTreehouse Children’s Home, based in Lucky Summer area in Nairobi, Kenya, is a home for children who have been abandoned by their parents. A team of Scouts and Scout Leaders in Nairobi decided to visit the home each year during the December holiday season in order to celebrate Christmas with them. During one of the visits, they noted that the home had a store for keeping books that was overcrowded. To deal with this lack of space, the Scouts therefore decided to set up a library for the children.

The project was divided into two phases. Phase 1 was to fundraise towards renovating one of the rooms and setting up the right fur-niture for the library. Phase 2 was to conduct a book drive so as to stock the library with current books. Doing so, the team was able to raise 1300 dollars to renovate the room and set up some shelves with books.

The children at the home are already enjoying services at the li-brary, especially during holidays and after school. At present, the Scouts’ main objective is to make the library fully functional by the end of the year.

Read more at https://www.scout.org/node/522033



Botswana Scouts Association has embarked on a process of ex-panding Scouting in schools and registering new Scouts to meet its growth target commitments. 11 February 2019 saw the welcoming of over 400 new Scouts at Believers Destiny Academy in Mogodit-sane with the school committing to have each pupil and staff joining the movement.

This was at an event during which the school received a donation of 10 computers and 10 boxes of books. Delivered by the Regional Director Mr. Frederic Kama-Kama who during his visit to Botswana to foster partnership with stakeholders particularly Southern African Development Community (SADC) the donation will go a long way in supporting teaching and learning in the community school.

The Chairperson of the Southern Africa Zone, Mr. Ezekiel Malen-ya who accompanied the Regional Director noted that among other things the Scout programme seeks to empower youth through edu-cation and action on the Sustainable Development Goals in order to create more opportunities and enable them to contribute to making the world a better place.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/scouting-in-schools-botswana

Botswana Takes Scouting to Schools as it Seeks to Grow Membership

Scouting in Ethiopia Turns 100The Scout movement in Ethiopia has turned a century old. Since its establishment in 1919, Scouting has grown to a current membership of over 75,000 young people residing in communities and villages across the country. To mark this milestone, the Ethiopia Scout As-sociation held centenary celebrations that included the 7th National Scout Jamboree held from 3-10 February 2019 at the Ethiopia Youth Sports Academy in Addis Ababa under the theme “100 years of Vol-unteerism and Active Citizenship”.

Attended by over 800 participants and 500 day-visitors, the cele-brations were graced by government officials, diplomats, partner organizations, the Royal Family, former Scouts and the leadership of Scouting in the country and in Africa. The Chief Guest was Hon Mrs. Yealem Tsegay, Minister of Women, Children and Youth Affairs in the Federal Government of Ethiopia. In general, the centenary celebra-tion activities directly impacted over 2,600 people with an estimated 5,000 others indirectly.

The participants went through a series of activities which included training on the Better World Framework initiatives of World Scout-ing including; Messengers of Peace programme, Dialogue for Peace, Scout of The World Award, World Scout Environment programme and Scout go Solar. Awareness sessions against Female Genital Mu-tilation which widely practiced in Ethiopia were also conducted. Oth-er activities included campcraft, proposal writing and fundraising training as well as community service actions.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/ethiopia100

Kenya Launches Online Safety Integrated Cur-riculum for Young People on Safer Internet Day

The 2019 Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations took place on Tues-day, 5th February 2019 at the Rowallan Scouts Camp in Nairobi. The campaign’s slogan, “Together for a better internet”, is a call to action for all stakeholders to join together and play their part in creating a better internet for everyone, and especially for younger users. From cyberbullying to social networking, each year Safer Internet Day (www.saferinternetday.org) aims to raise awareness of emerging on-line issues and chooses a topic reflecting current concerns.

Graced by the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs Dr. Francis Owino and Hon. John Kiarie MP for Dagoretti South Constituency, the event attracted participation from partners including Google, CODE-IP Trust, Communications Au-thority of Kenya, Woman’s Hope, World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre and over 250 Scouts drawn from all over Nairobi County.

Prior to and during the event the Scouts engaged in a series of ac-tivities aimed at building their awareness on safer internet use. From competitions to performance of skits the Scouts not only entertained but also educated the guests and fellow Scouts on a wide range of issues regarding safe and responsible use of the internet. The exem-plary Scout groups awarded with Starehe Girls’ Centre, Uthiru Girls and Ruaraka Academy emerging first, second and third position re-spectively.

The day also saw the launch of new Kenya Scouts Association youth programme handbooks in which the safe internet use curriculum has been integrated. A separate Online Safety Curriculum and a Teacher’s Guide for Secondary Schools that developed in collaboration between CODE-IP trust and Kenya Scouts association was also launched. These materials have been developed with inputs from the Kenya Institute of Curriculum development and are certified as content for use in the national education curriculum.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/safer-internet-day-2019

FOCUS ON NATIONAL SCOUT ORGANIZATIONS

Gambia Takes Scouting to Nursery Schools Targeting 3 to 7-Year-OldsThe National Association of Early Childhood Education of Gambia in-vited the Gambia Scout Association to do a presentation about Scout-ing, its importance and how young people between the ages of 3-7 years can take part in Scouting. Growth is a priority for the Gambia Scout Association. In order to reach the goal of 80% increment in their numbers by 2021, introducing Scouting to schools and commu-nities offered a great opportunity.The presentation made by the International Commissioner, Omar Jarju was given before heads of Nursery schools and the Executive Committee of the National Association of Early Childhood Education. It focused on an introduction to Scouting, Growth in Scouting as well as the fundamental principles.

After the presentation, most of the school heads promised to set up cub packs as soon as possible, as they realised that Scouting adds a significant contribution to the education of children. Thus, com-plementing schools in providing non-formal education is key in their growing up as responsible citizens and as individuals.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/node/522598



A delegation of 11 members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) of Thailand who are also members of the World Scout Par-liamentary Union (WSPU), together with their Kenyan counterparts were recently in Nairobi on four-day visit. Led by the Speaker and President of the Thai NLA, the President of the WSPU, the Ambas-sador of Thailand to Kenya and hosted by the 3rd Vice President of WSPU and Chairman of WSPU Kenya Chapter, the legislators were in the country to strengthen the Scout Parliamentary Union in Kenya as well as discuss ways to establish similar unions across African countries.

At the meeting with the Deputy President, the Scout movement and its Parliamentary Union were hailed as important stakeholders with a role to play in the deepening of people-to-people relationships between countries. “We value, as government, what Scouts are do-ing in Kenya by inculcating morals into young people through value education and mentorship. We are open for discussions into how we can work with non-state actors to drive the country’s big four devel-opment agenda and facilitate people-to-people connections between Kenya and its friends,” said the Deputy President.

The role of parliament is supporting Scouting was viewed as one that provides political goodwill, supports youth friendly legislation and policies and to bring the movement closer to decision makers so that it can effectively influence national and international conver-sations on youth. In a country with devolved governance system, it was observed that Scouting in Kenya can only grow rapidly with the support of the County Governments; many of whom have commit-ted through their Governors to support the movement.

Among the many outcomes of this visit, is that there will be greater connection between Scouting in Thailand and Kenya through ex-change programmes, inter-parliamentary cooperation and growth in trade and investments between the two countries.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/wspu-in-kenya-2019

UN Environment held the first cohort of the Trainers of Trainers (ToT) workshop under the Plastic Challenge Badge programme in collaboration with the UK Government. The training took place at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi on 13th and 14th February 2019 with Scouts, Girl Guides, Junior Achievers and University students as participants. The challenge aims at providing tangible and fun ways for young people to reduce the use of single use plastics in their homes, schools and communities. It also elaborates how re-ducing plastic waste will contribute to achievement of the Sustain-able Development Goals.

The Tide Turners Plastic Challenge aims at putting youth at the cen-tre of its talking plastic pollution, whilst encouraging them to believe that they can make a difference in the world. The challenge devel-ops leadership skills and to enable young people make impact on issues that matter, from cutting back on our use of single-use plastic to recycling more effectively and finding sustainable alternatives to plastics and plastic pollution. The challenge is organised into three levels; Entry Level, Leader Level and Champion Level.

The trainees reviewed the Plastic Tide Turners Challenge draft prin-ciples and the toolkit, prepared and practiced the ToT design, made pledges and developed work plans. This workshop was part of the ongoing partnership between World Scouting and UN Environment which will see the next ToT workshops in the pilot phase held in Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana.

Read more at: https://www.scout.org/tide-turners-plastic-chal-lenge-workshop

WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS

Enhancing Representation and PolicySupport for Scouting through Parliamentary Unions

Scouts Take on the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge

24World Scout Jamboree

Dates: 22 July - 2 August 2019Venue: West Virginia, United States of AmericaHashtag: #2019wsj

Theme: “Unlock a New World”

Official Event website:www.2019wsj.orgwww.scout.org/24wsj

UPCOMING EVENTS

EVENT DATES VENUERegional ALT Training Course 8-12 March 2019 Niamey, Niiger

West Africa Zonal Scout Youth Forum 11-12 March 2019 Niamey, Niger

West Africa Zonal Scout Conference 13-15 March 2019 Niamey, Niger

All Africa Scout Day Celebrations 13-16 March 2019 Niamey, Niger

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Establishment of the WOSM Ethics Committee Preparatory work for establishing an Ethics Committee as a new Standing Committee has now been completed following the World Scout Committee’s approval in November 2018. This is to announce the establishment of the Ethics Committee and the publication of the WOSM Code of Conduct and the revised WOSM Complaints Policy. Please refer to the circular for more information.Read more at https://www.scout.org/es/document/ethics-committee-tor

WOSM Services now fully available to 170 National Scout Organizations We are proud to announce that as of today, the WOSM Service Platform is open to receive requests for support from all 170 Member Or-ganizations. This new approach to service will enable us to strengthen the capacity of NSOs worldwide at a much faster and more effective pace, ultimately delivering better Scouting to more young people worldwide. For more information, please refer to the circular. Read more at www.services.scout.org

Invitation to attend the 2021 World Scout Moot The 16th World Scout Moot will take place in Ireland between 19 and 28 July 2021. We are pleased to share with you the first bulletin which is available in English, Spanish, and French. The bulletin provides initial details of the event and requests National Scout Organizations to appoint a Contingent Leader. Please refer to the circular for more information.Read more at http://www.worldscoutmoot.ie

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