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FAO supports ARO to expand the FFL project

April 2013

Kudumail News from the Africa Scout Region

Inside Highlight FAO supports ARO to expand the

FFL project Page 1

From NSOs SCOUTS South Africa Chairman honored by President

ESA Patron receives ABETO Africa Award

Mpumalanga Scouts Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

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Community Development

The Messengers of Peace advocate co-existence

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Events calendar

14th World Scout Moot 1st World Scout Education Congress

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From ARO 39th Southern Zone Scout Conference

Youth Forum Southern Zone – MoP Community Leader Training SSA Kon Tiki Adventures go ‘Down Under’ and back to the ‘Wild West’ Page 3

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KENYA - From the 8th – 20th April 2013, 15 Scout leaders from 11 NSOs in Africa converged at the Rosa Mystica Spiritual Centre in Nairobi for training in Food For Life. The participating NSOs were Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Sudan who each had 2 participants and Benin, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Niger, South Africa and Uganda w, Burundi, South Africa and Lesotho who each had 1 participant. 2 FAO representatives, Mr. Okoth James Robert, the National Programme Manager and Ms. Winfred Nalyongo, the Programme Officer Livelihood with the help of Africa Regional Office staff members from the Administration, Development Support and Strategy and Education Services Departments facilitated the training. The training was organized within the framework of a partnership agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Scout Bureau-Africa Regional Office. The agreement aims to support the expansion of the Food For Life (FFL) project in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi and South Sudan. According to Mr. Okoth there are similarities between FFL and ’FAO's JFFLS (Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools) projects. The challenge remains to enrich FFL with skills needed for long-term food security while reducing vulnerability of coping strategies.

The objectives for the training were; 1. Introduce the FFL project to the 4 new countries 2. Create a forum for experience sharing and sharing of best practices in the implementation of the project from the countries already running the FFL project 3.Incorporate new methodologies in the implementation of the project 4. Equip the participants with project management skills Acquired skills and knowledge are expected to have multiplier effect as the trainees are set to initiate activities that will build agricltural and entrepreneurial skills of individual Scouts and, thus, contribue to food secruruty, fight against hunger and poverty alleviation. Trainees from South Africa and South Sudan shared their sentiments regarding their projects. Ms. Nosisa Sonia Mhlathi, the Project and Fund Raising Coordinator, SCOUTS South Africa said her expectations were to receive enough training to pass on to Scouts in her country to ensure the FFL project is sustainable and will be easy to expand to other provinces. Mr. Felix Ayume, who’s the FFL Project Coordinator, South Sudan Scout Association, expected to gain the necessary skills to roll out the pilot projects in 4 locations, Yei, Rejaf, Kogi and Magwe. The participants were very excited about the project and looked forward to implementing them back in their countries when they returned.

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ESA Patron receives ABETO Africa Award ETHIOPIA - His Excellency Girma Woldegiorgis, the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, who is also the Patron of the Ethiopia Scout Association, received the 2013 Always Be Tolerant Organization's (ABETO) Peace Award for his contribution to peace and environmental protection works at home and abroad. President Girma has been pivotal in the advancement and growth of Scouting in Ethiopia. His tremendous contribution to Scouting in his country has seen an increase in the number of Scouts enrolling in the movement to unsormountable levels. President Girma is the 5th African to receive the award. Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was the first African President to receive the peace award in 2009.

The ABETO Peace Award is reserved for African leaders who have championed the fight for democracy, good governance, the rule of law and brought about social development. ABETO Chairman Moses Musana said the President was awarded for his role model in leadership with a clear vision, action and working with people for the people. “The award is also given in recognition of the President's serious concern and contribution to environmental protection activities,” he added. Founded in 1996 in Uganda ABETO is an African organization that promotes peaceful conflict resolution, peaceful co-existence, democracy, tolerance and good governance across the African continent. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, who’s also the Patron of Uganda Scout Association and Salva Kiir of South Sudan have also received the ABETO Peace Award.

MpuMpumalanga Scouts Reduce, Reuse and Recycle SOUTH AFRICA - Early April, 28 Scouts and Rovers had a successful Recycling

Workshop in which they learned how to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle waste they had collected in their communities, from the local taxi rank and the market place in Nelspruit, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. The youths were definitely successful in collecting waste, which otherwise would have been burned by the local municipality. In total they collected 40 bags of waste, which resulted in a cleaner environment for their community. People that observed the project in Nelspruit were impressed and many enquired about the activity. This gave the Scouts and Rovers the opportunity to talk to their community members about recycling and the importance thereof. After the waste collection the Scouts and Rovers learnt more about the 3R’s and how reducing, reusing and recycling garbage can effectively reduce energy, save resources and ultimately contribute to the preservation of the environment and our planet. The collected waste was then recycled as the creative juices flowed. The Scouts created a variety of art works, some of which are exhibited at the Mpumalanga Scout Center. Through implementing this project, which was funded by the German Scout Organization DPSG, the youthful members were able to see the effects of recycling and of keeping their communities clean firsthand. It gave the Scouts and Rovers more insight in how a small change can have a big impact on the world, be it a change by one individual or as a group.

SCOUTS South Africa’s Chairman honored by President SOUTH AFRICA - On the 27th of April 2013, Mr. Garnet de la Hunt, who is the Chairman of the SCOUTS South Africa National Scout Council, was bestowed the Presidential Silver Supreme Counsellor of the Order of the Baobab by South African President Jacob Zuma for his exceptional, inspirational volunteerism and dedication to community service and youth empowerment within the South African Scout Movement. Mr. Herbert William Garnet de la Hunt was born on the 25th of August 1933 in South Africa. Before the age of 16, he received the King’s Scout badge, which is the highest obtainable award for a Scout under the age of 18. In 1976 he played a key role in uniting the four Scout Movements into one unified non-racial entity, despite the political regime of segregation. In 1977 he was elected Provincial Commissioner for the Western Cape where he then actively promoted the programmes of the single unified non-racial South African Scout Movement despite the politics of the day. In 1985 he became the Chief Scout of South Africa. Internationally people started taking notice of the progressive and innovative nature of Scouting in South Africa. The World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) elected him as the first person from South Africa to be the Vice Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee from 1990 to 1996 and in 1999 South Africa hosted the World Scout Conference in Durban. It was at this conference that he was elected Chairman of the World Scout Committee, a first for Southern Africa. Currently he is still a board member of the World Scout Foundation, the financial lifeblood for scouting worldwide.

For his services to Scouting, amongst others, he was awarded the Order of the Silver Springbok, which is the highest award in South African Scouting. He also received the Order of St. Mark (Greek Orthodox), The Silver Wolf, which is an award from the Swedish Scout Association in recognition of his service to International Scouting, and the Bronze Wolf that is awarded by WOSM in recognition of his service to World Scouting. These awards are only given to people that have provided a lifetime of selfless and voluntary service to the uplifting and service of youth and country.

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During the forum the youths from Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe had an opportunity to be trained as Messengers of Peace community leaders. The training facilitators were Mr Matesanwa who’s the Adult Resources and Training Manager, at the Africa Regional Office, Liberty Makonese from Zimbabwe, Howard Maujo from Malawi, Esther Hilundwa from Namibia and Sheila from Botswana. The objectives of the training were to make sure the Scouts understand the aim of the Messengers of Peace platform and how Scouts can complement this platform and to strengthen the MOP initiative in the zone while refreshing their minds on the ultimate goal of growing the MoP network.

SSA Kon Tiki Adventures go ‘Down Under’ and back to the ‘Wild West’! CAPE TOWN - The yearly SCOUTS South Africa Kon Tiki Adventures held in Cape Town from the 22nd to the 24th of March 2013 and Johannesburg from the 12th to the 14th of April provided excitement and adventure for hundreds of Scouts! The Kon Tiki Adventures started as simple rafting competitions. Nowadays they have grown to be two of the biggest annual Provincial Scouting competitions that delight Scouts, parents and adult leaders alike. The participating Scouts get to use the skills they’ve acquired during their troop activities to build the rafts from scratch, which include the structure, decking, a cabin with accommodation facilities, a mast, flag and safety equipment. The raft has to correctly represent the theme and a good team spirit! Once built, the raft gets launched and a number of Scouts live on it for 24 hours. Their building crew then competes in other activities such as the Fringe competitions, whereby they too get to exert their “competitive spirits!” The Cape Kon-Tiki Adventure took place from the 22nd to the 24th of March at the SSA Sea Scout Base Zandvlei. It welcomed over 500 participants and over 4000 visitors. This year’s theme for the Cape Rafting Adventure was “Kon-Tiki Goes Down Under” and was chosen as a salute to our Australian Scouting family who recently introduced the Kon-Tiki Raft Adventure to their programme. Australia was featured as the theme and all the rafts, decorations and fringe activities were branded with an “Aussie” vibe. The teams that won were 1st Bergvliet in the Raft competition (Neville Coxon Trophy) and 1st Durbanville in the Fringe (Andrew "Dolphin" Lawson Trophy) competition. "There are two sides to the competition, the planning and preparation before hand, and the Kontiki Weekend itself”, explains Jason Raad, patrol leader for 1st Bergvliet. “Our Troop puts a huge amount of effort in the weeks leading up to the competition. Most weekends beforehand, a work party of scouts sleep over at the scout hall and work on the raft paintings as well as all the pioneering things that need fixing and upgrading. Then, when it comes to the day of building the raft, we are meticulous in ensuring that every lashing is done perfectly and that there are no flaws in our work where judges could mark us down. This attention to detail is probably the biggest thing that sets us apart from the rest of the competition. Huge thanks must go to everyone involved in running the event! The effort that goes into making Kontiki happen and run smoothly is incredible, and without Robbie Owen and the organizing team the competition wouldn't be even nearly as awesome as it was, and is, every year!" Kontiki Gauteng was held over the weekend of 12th-14th April at Arrowe Park. The theme for the event was “Wild west”. This year there were 58 teams registered, of which there were 56 rafts on the water. During the weekend there were 3 567 people in the camp, made up of Scouts, Guides, Ranger Guides and adult leaders. The winning team was 1st Robinhills from Randburg District who had two rafts on the water.

FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE

39th Southern Zone Scout Conference GABERONE – NSOs from the Southern Zone held their 39th zonal Scout conference on 13th - 14th April 2013 at the Oasis Hotel in Gaberone, Botswana. The Chief Scout of Botswana, Dr. Jabulani Muchado officially opened the event, which was also attended by Mr. Mostaff Matesanwa, Adult Resources and Training Manager cum Southern Africa Desk Office at the Africa Regional Office; Mr Danielo Ramsamy representing the Africa Scout Committee; and representatives from the US Government, the Ministry of Education, stakeholders, friends of Scouting and supporters. Participants from all NSOs within the zone, namely; Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique and Angola attended. SGS NGO Benchmarking was introduced to participating NSOs, with particular emphasis on compliance to good governance and management practices. SCOUTS South Africa shared its experience in the matter and the conference recommended that lessons learnt and best practices be shared with all NSOs in order to rebuild the image of Scouting in our region and to deliver services that make positive differences.

Wood Badge framework and Quality Assured Scouting were also discussed within the framework of Global Support, which is also needed for trainers, adult resource, and youth programme commissioners. Mr. Matesanwa, along with four youth who had been trained, also made a presentation on MoP programme, encouraging NSOs to use the programme as an opportunity to build their capacities to be of better services to their constituencies Participants to the conference were also briefed on upcoming events, among them, Africa Scout Conference 2015, Moot 2013 Canada, 1st WSEC – Hong Kong, 40th World Scout Conference and the 12th World Youth Forum 2014, Africa Conference – Mauritius, World Scout Jamboree 2015 – Japan, Africa Scout Day bidding and Africa Scout Jamboree bidding. The 39th Southern Zone Scout Conference and 10th Youth Forum were supported by the Republic of Bostwana, Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture as well as Botswana National Youth Council.

Youth Forum Southern Zone - MoP Community Leader training GABERONE – From the 11th - 12th April 2013, 30 youths converged at the Oasis Hotel in Gaberone, Botswana for the 10th Southern Zone Youth Forum under the theme “Youth challenges in the 21st Century; Alcohol, Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Unemployment”.

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Memorable quote “I have seen Scouting change the lives of young people, irrespective of culture, colour, class or creed. It is a Movement that has meet the needs of young people in a prison in Hong Kong, the slums of Nairobi, the elite of Europe, the United States or Japan; as well as the squatter camps, the townships and the rural areas of my own country.”

Mr. Garnet de la Hunt, Chairman of the SCOUTS South Africa National Scout Council, Member World Scout Foundation.

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14th World Scout Moot

8th – 18th August 2013

Canada

1st World Scout Education Congress

22nd – 24th November 2013

Hong Kong

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Messengers of Peace advocate co-existence CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Under the theme "Living Together", Messengers of Peace from the Bouaké region organized a peace awareness campaign and shared with the public peace messages during this period of regional and municipality’s elections. From 3rd to 5th April about 200 Scouts took action by being Messengers of Peace in the locality of Oléounou.

A panel discussion on the theme was hosted by the National Coordinator of the Messengers of Peace in Côte d'Ivoire, Marie Louise Ycossié accompanied by Mr Bally Soumaila representing United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and Mr Koné on the platform of civil society for peace. The representatives of NGOs and Youth Associations, religious communities (Christian and Muslim), village leaders and Scouts were able to discuss the issue of dialogue and the need to live together in peace.

The session ended with recommendations made and forwarded for consideration to the Scouts for their peace campaign and better "Living Together" during election period and everyday life. Similarly, Cub Scouts and young children from the region made drawings on the theme of “What is Peace to you?”, while the older Scouts raised awareness about the importance of living together in the community and conducted interviews and passed messages of peace through the radio in Bouake. At the end of all these activities, the day culminated in a soccer match between the Scouts and the people from the local community. This activity by the coordinators of Messengers of Peace inspired the formation of a Scout group in the town of Oléounou. Finally as a follow up and course of action, the peace campaign led by Dr Muna will run in all different areas of the Bouaké region to recruit more Messengers of Peace and promote the actions of peace by Scouts in the region.

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