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ACTIVITIES REPORTS

Bihar

Samasthipur Division of Bihar State Bharat Scouts and Guides organized a Webinar for Scouts, Guides, Scout Masters and Guide Captains on 18th May 2021, on Free Being Me and Action on Body Confidence. Mr. Bablu Goswami, Assistant Director of Eastern Region graced the virtual gathering and blessed the participants. Mr. Alok Ranjan, State Coordinator of ABC and FBM of Bihar State gave brief information about the programme.

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Chhattisgarh

Rover Crew & Ranger Team of Maharaja Agrasen International College, Raipur has organised the “Food Distribution Campaign” for the needy. This campaign was organised under the guidance of Chairman Hon’ble Mr. Rajesh Agrawal and Dr. Jyoti Janswamy.

During this pandemic period many states f the country are under lockdown. Majority of economic activities are also under restrictions. This is causing the threat to survival of many families as they do not have access to the essential commodities. MAIC Rover Crew & Ranger Team has come forward to help these families by organising the Food Distribution Campaign. The team students have distributed the food packets to the needy. Running such a campaign at this hour of need is a great act of service to humanity. Earlier also Rovers & Rangers team distributed grains, masks, sanitizers,

immunity booster medicines etc.

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Rover Crew & Ranger Team has followed the COVID guidelines during this campaign. Since lockdown, Rovers Crew & Rangers Team had been continuously engaged in such social activities. Running such a campaign at this hour of need of corona crisis is a great act of service to humanity.

Haryana

District Palwal of Haryana State Bharat Scouts and Guides organized a virtual painting competition on `safety from Corona` on 16th May, 21 to create awareness in the local public. 75 Scouts & Guides participated in the Competition.

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Himachal Pradesh

On 15th April 2021 `Connect to Community Conclave Induction` was organized by the Seema Scouts (Shimla) in the auditorium of Seema Rotary in which representatives of School and Village under Rohru and Chuhara area participated.

On 18th April Himachal Pradesh State Bharat Scouts and Guides engaged young people and mobilised volunteers to support communities in need during the global health crisis. During the raise of Corona Virus disease, as Scout Volunteers it is our primary responsibility to involve ourselves to support communities with the Government to fight against Corona Virus by creating awareness in the

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society to adopt the Rules to stop the spread of Corona Virus Disease. Vaccination, ill - being to well - being during the pandemic and building of immune system.

The Bharat Scouts and Guides Himachal Pradesh engaged young people and mobilised volunteers responsibly to support communities in need during the global health crisis.

17 Rovers & Rangers of Snow Land Scouts and Guides Open Group Kullu, District Kullu rendered their services 0n 18th April 21 during the time of COVID - 19 pandemic as per the guidelines by district police administration kullu.

Rovers and rangers are making people aware through mini speakers to follow the guidelines given by the administration to stop the spread of

corona virus at different places of Kullu and Bhunter.

Meghalaya

The Meghalaya Bharat Scouts and Guides in collaboration with Scout and Guide Fellowship had organised a Virtual Awareness Discussion Programme on 15th May 2021. The main purpose of the programme was to educate and create an awareness to the general public over various topics such as mental health during pandemic, COVID

Northern Railway

Scouts/Guides/Rovers/Rangers of Northern Railway state Bharat Scouts and Guides, Bareli Division continuously rendered their service to local people on 19.5.21 to supply the provisions, Cooked food, Mask and sanitizer to help the people in this pandemic situation.

Odisha

A cookery-based weekly programme, namely, “BYANJAN” was conducted by Odisha State Bharat

Scouts and Guides on 17th April, 2021 in which 120 participants from various districts attended.The programme covers a demonstration of a healthy recipe online, so that the beneficiaries can utilise their valuable time during this covid-19 period. Dr. Kali Prasad Mishra, National Vice President cum state Chief Commissioner, OSBSG inaugurated the programme.

Odisha State Bharat Scouts & Guides started “JalaSeva Kendra” in the month of April. The summer Services have been started from April till the end of May. In this connection 1235 Scouts, Guides, Rovers, Rangers and unit leaders distributed lemon, Curd & Mint water to people and

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normal water to animals and also birds, showing Leaflets & banners about Sunstroke & social distancing, uses of face masks, messaging how to wash your hand properly at home and also how to maintain social distance at different places. BYANJAN- a weekly (Episode-2) was successfully conducted on 30th April. Smt. Anamika Das, SOC (G) presented a delicious recipe i.e Tandoori chicken without tandoor chulla/Bhatti, Dr. K.P Mishra, State Chief Commissioner also joined the episode.

Webinar on U- Reporter was inaugurated by Dr. K.P Mishra, National Vice President cum State Chief Commissioner, Odisha State Bharat Scouts and Guides in the presence of all the state officials. More than 150 participants have joined successfully through google meet and learned how to create their own id and share skill ideas through the India Voice matter programme i.e. “U-REPORT. Shri Debasish Mohanty, State Coordinator was the Leader of the Webinar.

The Advanced Training Course for Guide Captains was organized virtually from 15.04.2021 to 22.04.2021.

Different subjects such as Revision of pravesh & patrol system, knots, first aid, fire, estimation, compass, sense training, nature rambles, woodcraft expedition, estimation, programme activities, scheme & proficiency badges, mapping, programme planning & Troop meeting, Scout ceremonies, Investiture, Camp fire, all faith prayer, Camp Craft, Safety rules of Camp tools, Spiritual Dimension of Training of Scouting, Games, Community Development project CMSC/PMSC, COH log book, Proficiency Badge Log Book & Knowledge of Rashtrapati Award were dealt. The Advanced Training Course for Scout masters was organized virtually from 15th to 22nd April, 2021in which 21 participants from different districts have participated. The course was inaugurated by the Hon’ble National Vice President & State Chief Commissioner Dr. Kali Prasad Mishra. Subjects as per Scheme of Training, both theory and practical, were discussed. All will attend 2days residential course after the Covid pandemic to get the Advanced Training completed.

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Southern Railway

Bharathidasan Scout Group and Kasthuribai Guide Group Katpadi, Central District S.Rly, organized Corona (Covishield) Vaccination (1st and 2nd dosage) Camp for the Railway employees and their families at our Scout Denon 04-05-2021 in which 256 Railway employees got vaccined in this Vaccination Campaign. The camp was organised in association with Tamilnadu Health Department and Shri K. Ravindarnath, SMR/KPD. They also celebrated World Earth Day by Planting 20 saplings in Katpadi Railway Quarters South Colony. Members of the group actively participated in the Tree plantation Programme.

Tamilnadu

Scouts and Guides of Kaleshwari Hr. Sec School. Vanniyampatti. Srivilliputtur educational district of Tamilnadu participated in Tree Plantation programme& Kabasura Kudineer distribution in vanniyampatti village. About 500 families were covered under the project.

Maharishi District conducted the First Online InterDistrict Refresher Course for Unit Leaders (Rover Scout Leaders/Ranger Leaders) on 8th May 2021.Mr. D.Poornachandran LT(C) District Secretary of Maharishi District welcomed the gathering. Ms. Kumud Mehra, LT (R), Assistant Director, Southern Region, inaugurated the course and blessed the Unit leaders. Mrs. Premalatha Bhoopathy, Vice President & District Treasurer was the Guest of Honour. 20 Rover Scout Leaders and 32 Ranger Leaders from 22 districts of Tamil Nadu attended the refresher course.

The topics discussed were: CD project, Hobbies & Handicrafts, OYMS, Alternative Syllabus, WAGGGS, How to start & run a unit effectively. They had quiz questions which were sent through google link. For the Valedictory function Mr. R. Krishnaswamy LT (R) Executive Director, National Training Centre was the chief guest & blessed the participants. Mr. C. Ramalingam, District Chief Commissioner, Maharishi District was the Guest of Honour.

The Course was conducted by Mr. J. Krishnamurthy, ALT ® )&District Training Commissioner (scouts) with invited staff from Southern Railway and Tamil Nadu states& Maharishi District. Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, LT(R ), ASTC (S). Ms. Indrani Mallikarjuna, LT(R )and former SOC(G), Ms. Salini Surendran, HWB (R) SOC (G), Mr. K.Kamalakannan, LT(S) and SOC (S), Mrs. K. Alamelu, LT (G) and SC (R). Mrs. S. Anantha Chidambara Selvi, Assistant District Secretary, Ms. R. Anuratha, ALT (G), District Training Commissioner (G). Mr. D. Poornachandran LT(C) was the Course Co-ordinator. The Course ended with National Anthem.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand State Bharat Scouts and Guides

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conducted Online Beginners’ Course from 15th to 17th May/2021 in which 31 participated from various Schools of Dehradun.

West Bengal

Covid Awareness programme was held on 17th May 2021 at Kasba Bazar by the members of 24th Ashok Group of West Bengal State Bharat Scouts and Guides.They have showcased a street play on combatting covid 19 to the local people of the community.

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GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT 2021

YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING

The Global Youth Summit is a unique virtual event designed by young people and for young people. Over three-days, young people, leaders, policy makers and change makers gathered at one place to discuss the challenges facing young people across the world. Scouts and Adult leaders from all over INDIA could watch the live broadcast on social media. It was led by the Big 6 Youth Organizations, including World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, in partnership with the World Health Organization and United Nations Foundation, representing more than 250 million young people around the world.

In the session, YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING, The Bharat Scouts and Guides had unique opportunity to participate as a Facilitator at the Global Youth Summit on 25th April, 2021. Miss Ayantika Kundu, Vice-Chairperson of NYC had an interesting Question Answer session seeking her views of Youths in a decision making platform. Here’s a sneekpeek into the discussion of Miss. Ayantika and Mrs. Darshana.

1. Tell a little about yourself, your role and briefly your journey to achieving this role. 2. Being the Co-Chair of the National Youth

Committee, why do you feel it is necessary for youths to be present in d e c i s i o n m a k i n g platforms? 3. What have the young people and your organization gained from your leadership? 4. What do you think could be improved at the National Youth Committee to enable young people’s voices to be heard and acted upon? 5. What is still your “wow” moment in your journey so far?

The entire session was moderated by Miss Adele Lync, from WAGGGS where other facilitators like Motunrayo Akinsete, Chinelo Ochu, Pascaline Iyodusenga, Trinita Bambe from Rwanda and Nigeria were present. They also shared their opinions on youth participation in decision making, capacity building, telling the importance on how youths can be trained and mobilized. The overall response was quite appreciable and the audience actively took part in the conversation.

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K V Deepak Kumar, Adv. Cub Master of Tamil Nadu writes thus:

The Global Youth Summit is an exemplary virtual event for the young people around the world of the big 6 youth organizations, from 23rd April 2021 to 25th April 2021 especially for young people, leaders, policymakers, global brands and changemakers to come together to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young people in the areas of education, health and well-being, work and employment, and inclusion and inequality.

I was privileged and honoured to represent our NSO as a delegate in this summit.This Global Youth Summit programme featured three main plenary sessions and over 70 interactive breakout sessions across time zones. In addition to inspiring keynote speakers and hands-on learning and professional development opportunities for participants, the Global Youth Summit will also launch a call for young people to apply for funding to support local and innovative COVID-19 response and recovery solutions.

In the Breakout Sessions, there were 50+ expert Speakers, whose inspiration, thoughts, and suggestions enabled and engagedus to work on different aspects for consideration. They have focused on big 6 youth organizations such as World Organization of Scout Movement (WOSM), World Association of girl guides and girl scouts (WAGGGS),World YMCA, World YWCA,IFRC and the Duke of Edinburgh’s international award.

As our founder Lord Baden Powell quoted –“In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed”, this event though is not full of scouting initiatives or organized by scouts but the way this summit went was totally in accordance with this quote and totally satisfied this quote.

I have experienced wonderful moments during the summit, as I have witnessed many young people were doing marvellous actions and all the sessions were informative and knowledgeable.As most of the speakers were youngsters, it prompted me that our Bharat scouts and Guides also provides ample number of opportunities to the young people in organizing and decision-making platforms. It was a good arena to share my thoughts about our esteemed organization in a global forum.

We had plenary sessions for all three days with many breakout sessions which were organized effectively. Some of the topics such as Social action – good for you, good for others; climate action session, budget for youth session and special people’s sports such as Paralympics were thought-provoking and interesting.

Some of my suggestions and feedback from this summit for our organization are :

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(these are my personal reflections from the summit)

1. Making sure we work for climate action in more ways, I’m firm that we are already saving mother earth at our levels and also working collaboratively. 2. We need to include such topics and activities in our upcoming events and let youth work more efficiently in this regard. 3. We need to ensure that specially-abled children to be given more priority in our organization as we have extension scouting (as per A.P.R.O – II*III). 4. We have to make sure that youth members of our organization are managed financially by providing opportunities to conduct sessions/ awareness on the topic Youth budgeting. 5. Making sure our youth get expertise in soft skills. 6. We need to involve youth in decision making processes and involvement towards decision-making training.

************* Supreeth Balaji from Karnataka state reports that the Global Youth Summit was a unique virtual event designed with young people, for young people. Over the past three days i.e. from 23rd to 25th April 2021, the Summit convened young people from all over the world.

I was overwhelmed when I got to know that I will be one of the delegates representing the Bharat Scouts and Guides for the forum with Rover K V DEEPAK from the Tamil Nadu State.

As a true Scout, I was determined to utilize the fullest of the forum by learning and gaining knowledge from the breakout sessions. Even if the time zones did not coincide, I was excited about the sessions and was determined, that I sat overnight and attended every session. My threeday experience in the forum was really exciting and informative. During the Forum, I had some opportunities to exchange thoughts and ideas with young people from across the world. Each and everyone had different views and opinions on some present problems, some solutions could be reflected in my community, where I can implement with other Young People.

The virtual Summit included 3 plenary sessions with high-profile keynote speakers and 70+ interactive breakout sessions involving a range of Young People’s organization partners across the globe.

In the Breakout Sessions, there were 50+ expert speakers, who interacted and enabled the young people to think on different aspects.This ground-breaking mobilization empowered me to respond to challenges in our communities and to recognize them for their efforts. The partners of the summit inspired many young people including me to take action on the current problems and to serve the community.

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I experienced that many other Young People are given new opportunities and higher positions in the organization for a better youth point of view (as per other Young People). As the BSG is giving us opportunities in the organization, I was happy to share with everyone in the Forum, that our organization also falls under some of the best ones. The latest climate change has affected many countries' environment and the way of living in this world with dangerous consequences. To use the burnt trees from the forest fires and to convert them to crayons and to distribute to everyone in the district and ask them to paint a tree and when they paint a tree, the Young volunteers will plant those many trees. By this there is no wastage of burnt trees and even sponsorship of the saplings will be easy. Some of these inspirations have given me some more ideas that can be implemented in the NSO. Those are: 1. To work on pollution control in the respective states using the state government’s support. Use the support from the government and try to encourage others to use public transport and to work on waste management. 2. To have a Celebrity Youth Ambassador for the BSG such as Virat Kohli so that even the Growth of the organization will increase. 3. To create a group of young people who are enthusiastic about Science, where the NHQ can provide all the materials and support for making innovations using the ideas from the Young People making them Young Scientists of Scouts. 4. To start a climate change activity pack for all the Young Members of the organization who will follow it when necessary. 5. To create a big virtual network of Scouts and Guides across the country to work on the betterment of the local problems and to support each other. 6. To make a network like Scout. org for the Bharat Scouts and Guides. 7. To open a fund raiser for the development projects across the country and to sponsor every month one Scout or a Guide with the fundraised money for their project, which can be maintained by the National Youth Committee. 8. To train and engage more Scouts and Guides to represent the Bharat Scouts and Guides in National Eventslike Sports, Cultural, and Academic. This can be done by recognizing the Young People with the talent or skill and then giving them support for polishing their skills and representing BSG on bigger platforms.

- Ayantika Kundu Vice Chairperson, National Youth Committee , BSG

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BSG YOUNG GIRLS ON GLOBAL PLATFORM

TIDE TURNER’S PLASTIC CHALLENGE Shimtilang Kharbuli of Meghalaya

The Tide Turners Plastic Challenge is a Global Youth Movement to fight plastic pollution around the world. It is designed to inspire young adults to reflect upon their plastic consumption, discover solutions to reduce this consumption, and lead change in their homes, communities, institutions and office. This project helps everyone to learn the negative impacts of plastics pollution on nature and man, and will be inspired to change their own plastics used and they can also encourage others.

Entry level is all about exploring ourselves how we can reduce plastics in our lives. At this level we have to only answer questions that are related to plastics that are given in the questionnaire. All the questions are related to usage of plastics in our daily lives.

At Leader’s level we have to actually create awareness among the society, our friends, family, neighbours etc. talking to them about plastics and how we can deal with plastics for our better future. For example, organizing a talk show with our friends and family, a virtual exhibition related to plastics and discussing about how we can reduce plastics along with actions.

Champion level is all about creating awareness on plastic wastes management, how we can recycle plastics instead of throwing them anywhere around us. And also taking a pledge with our friends and family members to try our best to make this world a better place and make it plastic free. For example organizing a session on plastic segregation, organizing a committee that can make sure the waste management is working.

Taking a look at all levels and all the challenges that were divided under those 3 levels, I’ve realized that as an individual and as members of the group, we have learned a lot. We may not realize it while doing it but when it comes to summarizing all the work that had been done, many thoughts start flowing into our minds that can’t be expressed just by writing a sentence or paragraph. This tide turner’s plastic challenge was indeed a good experience for me and my team as a whole. Taking a small initiative, and being a part to make this world plastic free is a great feeling that can’t be described. The overall challenges were quite interesting to perform as we got a chance to communicate with different people around us. I hope we as a

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team will be able to reach our goal. We have also reached many schools to take up this project. Because of this project I was able to join the national youth summit tide turner’s plastic challenge 2020, the virtual delegates for tide turner’s challenge.

U-REPORT GLOBAL AMBASSADOR

Shubhangi Srivastava U- Report Global Ambassador, India

The role as Global Ambassador involves directly adding up my voice to the shaping of WAGGGS and advocacy & youth consultation initiative & support the Girl Guiding & Girl Scouting Movement. I have started working as a global ambassador from 29/01/2021.I have worked on with the Ambassadors Team for two major concepts i.e. Wheel Mechanism and IWD 2021.

I shared my opinions with the Ambassador Team to introduce pictures, emotions and voice notes. For the one who is facing problems in reading, it will help the reporter to understand easily. And they can easily earn badges and become active on u-report platform.

The proposed Agenda for the Global Ambassador is as under: 1. Attendees' engagement 2. Panelist’s introduction 3. Young Speakers Support 4. Internal Network Promotion 5. Live Social Media Coverage

ALL GIRL PANEL

Deepanjali Pramanik, SPC West Bengal

The Her World Her Voice/WAGGGS partnership has been going since 2003. Each phase has supported Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world, from building membership and capacity in our Member Organizations to enabling girls and young women to make their voices heard at international events such as the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP).

A key component of the Her World Her Voice Programme is to provide more opportunities for the engagement and meaningful participation of girls and young women (GYW) in the programme itself. As part of the demand driven grant allocation process of the Her World Her Voice Programme, WAGGGS is

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forming an all-Girl Panel that will contribute to decision-making and the allocation of grant money. The purpose of the Her World Her Voice Girl Panel is to share decision-making with the girls and young women the project seeks to empower, and to demystify the grant-making process, so that WAGGGS can make strides towards being more responsive and accessible to girls and young women themselves.

I am really honoured and privileged to be a part of this DDG Girls Panellist. During my training period I got the opportunity to learn many things. The fund to support our member organizations to implement projects that will empower and engage girls and young women from diverse backgrounds. The Her World, Her Voice programme is currently running across five countries – Rwanda, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico

and India. It's really fun to work with WAGGGS in this project. I believe that every girl has the potential to change this and I would like to empower and equip them to do so. I would always be there for every girl and any girl. I would like to be the Change, See the Change, Plan the Change, Make the Change and Share the Change . I hope one day we would together be able to make this world a better place for girls to live in and make this project Her World Her Voicesuccessful.

CO-CREATION TEAM ON ‘SURF SMART’

Imlikala, Nagaland State

Volunteering for WAGGGS Surf Smart partnership with Norton Life Lock (previously Symantec), one of the world’s largest Internet security firms began in 2011, to help keep girls make the most of the internet whilst staying safe online. Together our aim is to raise a generation of internet savvy girls and young women who can use the internet to make a positive difference in the world.

Co-creation is the process of creating something (a programme, a curriculum, a strategy) collaboratively,

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involving different ideas and perspectives from relevant stakeholders to come up with one output. The co-creation team is being formed at WAGGGS for Surf Smart programme as it is being refreshed. The last Surf Smart was published in 2011, edited and republished in 2015. Since then, we are using the same version of 2015.

The whole time we were connecting through a Social media app called Mobilize. Task was given like collecting materials and ideas or asking for volunteers who can help in translation.

CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF GUIDES Gone Home

Dr. (Mrs.) Manik Barsaley was a philanthropist, fellow guide, motivator, role model to many. As a profession she was the Director, Principal cum Manager of Green Field Public School, Dilshad Garden, Delhi. Being an educationist she received many Awards which include:

v 1989-90- State Level Best Teacher Award v 2003-04- Indira Jyoti Award for outstanding work in the field of National Integration. v 2008- Vidyashree Award v 2009- Adarsh Pradhan Aacharya Samman v She was associated with the Bharat Scouts and Guides movement for the last 30 years. v She worked as District Commissioner (Guide) of East Delhi from 1983 v Awarded Special Certificate of Merit for her commendable services during relief camps in November, 1984. v 1991- Medal of Merit Award for commendable service, dedication and devotion in Scouts and Guides movement. v Worked as State Chief Commissioner Bharat Scouts and Guides Delhi State since 30 August, 1996 till date. v 1997- ‘Silver Elephant’ the highest National Award of the Bharat Scouts and Guides in recognition of service of most exceptional character to the movement.

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v 1998-2001- International Commissioner (Guides) of the Bharat Scouts and Guides. v 2004- 2013- Chief Commissioner (Guides) of the Bharat Scouts and Guides. v 2017-2019- National Commissioner of Guides of the Bharat Scouts and Guides. v 2019-20 - National Advisor for Development of Guide Wing. v From- 2020 again she served as Chief Commissioner of Guides of the Bharat Scouts and Guides till her last breath. v Participated in many APR WAGGGS conferences as a representative of Bharat Scouts and Guides and also World conference of WAGGGS. “Death cannot take away a person he/she will always remain alive in our hearts”. Dr. (Mrs.) Manik Barsaley, Chief Commissioner (Guides), BSG, India and State Chief Commissioner of Delhi State Bharat Scouts and Guides left for heavenly abode on 16th May, 2021, a condolence meeting was organized by the Bharat Scouts and Guides, National Headquarters, New Delhi on 17th May, 2021 at 05:00 PM through Zoom. All the Office Bearers of Bharat scouts and Guides, APR WAGGGS members, Chair FAPW and Hon’ble Chief National Commissioner paid tribute to Late Dr. (Mrs.) Manik Barsaley. Vice-Presidents Shri K.P. Mishra, Mrs. Geetha Natraj, International Commissioner (Scouts and Guides), Secretary General, President-in-Council BSG, National Commissioner of Scouts (Adult Resources), Member APR WAGGGS, Chair FAPW, Additional Chief national Commissioner and Hon’ble Chief National commissioner conveyed their condolence messages. The family member of Madam Barsaley were also present in this condolence meeting virtually. A short prayer video was played followed by the Silent prayer all dispersed. Bharat Scouts and Guides lost a guiding star. We pray the departed soul to attain heavenly abode. We also extend our prayer to the family to overcome this loss.

“Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti ”

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With profound grief we announce the sad demise of the following in the month of April – May, 2021 : 1. Dr. (Mrs.) Manik Barsalay, Chief Commissioner of Guides BSG, India. 2. Ms. Jyotsna Banerjee, Former National Organising Commissioner (Guide) BSG India & Former State Training Commissioner (Guide), Uttar Pradesh. 3. Shri R.C. Rana, Leader Trainer (Scout) District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. 4. Shri M. Rangasamy, ALT (Rover) and Former DTCs Salam District, Tamilnadu. 5. Shri D.K. Das, Leader Trainer (Scout), ASOC (S) Ahmedabad Region, KVS. 6. Shri M. Selvakkannu, Leader Trainer (Scout) and District Secretary Thanjavor District, Tamilnadu. 7. Ms. Nirmala Kala Shetty, Leader Trainer (Bulbul) & Former ASOC (Guide), Karnataka. 8. Ms. Bharati Rai, ALT (Guide) Chhattisgarh. 9. Shri Vansraj Singh, Former State Commissioner (Scout) Uttar Pradesh. 10. Shri A. Naga Malleswararao Garu, State Treasurer, Andhra Pradesh State BSG. 11. Shri P. Venkat Rao, Pre ALT (Rover) Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh. 12. Shri Nayan Mani Das, Scout, Badarpur District, N.F. Railway. We pray for eternal peace of the departed souls.

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