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March 2013

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News from the Africa Scout Region

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All Africa Scout Day celebrations

Inside Highlight

All Africa Scout Day celebrations

Page 1 From NSOs Training in NGO’s best practices President Museveni hails the Scout Movement Togo celebrates Africa Scout Day

Page 2 From ARO Africa Scout Committee Meeting  WSB-ARO

MoP Network Management Workshop

ETHIOPIA - For a week, 11th to 16th March 2013, Addis Ababa became the capital of Africa Scouting, as Scouts and Scouts leaders from across the continent converged at the Addis Ababa University College of Development Studies for events around the All Africa Scout Day celebrations. The overriding theme for this year celebrations was “Scouts promoting good citizenship and peace”.

The events were officially launched on Monday March 11, 2013, at the National Palace With His Excellency Girma Woldegiorgis, the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, who is also the Patron of the Ethiopia Scout Association, as the Chief Guest. In his opening speech, Dr. Wayne Adrian Davis, the Chief Commissioner of Ethiopia Scout Association and member of the Africa Scout Committee, paid tribute to the Scouts and Scout leaders of Ethiopia for the revival of the Movement in the country and recognized the support from the national government, the World Scout Bureau and development partners. In turn, Dr. Costantinos Berhe, stressed the importance of the All Africa Scout Day being celebrated in Addis Ababa, at a time where the Africa Union that had established this day 18 years ago in the same city is poised to celebrate its golden jubilee later this year in the same city.

He went on to note the significance of Scouting as a value-based non-formal education movement, especially for a continent where scramble for resources has often led to violent conflict. In their speeches, Mr. Gilbert Mussumba and Mr. Frederic Tutu Kama-Kama, the Chairperson of the Africa

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Scout Committee and the Regional Director, World Scout Bureau Africa regional office, respectively, also lauded the government of Ethiopia for the support extended to the Scout Movement. In particular, they praised His Excellency Girma Woldegiorgis for his personal involvement with the cause of Scouting and the young people in general. Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Frederic also called upon the Ethiopian Scouts in particular and African Scouts in general to uphold Scout values that are portrayed in the Scout law and promise. In his speech, His Excellency Girma Woldegiorgis, echoed the sentiments expressed by the previous speakers and reiterated his commitment for the cause of young people. He went on to say that he is proud to be associated with the Scout Movement as a way to instill character and values in young people and making them responsible for their own lives and for the entire society. In solidarity with the Movement and as a way of closing the official launch of the events around the All Africa Scout Day celebrations, he invited all present to share in the refreshment.

The actual All Africa Scout Day celebration took place on 13th March at Oromia State Regional Offices, also in Addis Ababa, with over 500 Ethiopian Scouts and over 50 Scouts from the rest of Africa (Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, D.R Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe), as well as representatives of government agencies and diplomatic missions in Ethiopia, in attendance.

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Community Scouts as Messengers of PeaceDevelopment Ghana Page 4

Events Southern Africa Zonal Youth calendar Forum and Conference 1st World Scout Education Congress

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FOCUS ON NSOs President Museveni hails the Scout Movement

(Continues from page 1) The day started off with the planting of trees at the University ground, to showcase the commitment of the Scout Movement to the welfare of the community and its care for environment. The chairperson of the Africa Scout Committee, Messengers of Peace representatives and representatives of Ethiopia Scout Association laid the process in planting three symbolic trees which were specifically entrusted to the care of Ethiopia Scout Association.

This was followed by a panel discussion on “Scouts promoting good citizenship and peace” at Oromia State Regional Offices. The panel discussion was introduced

by Dr. Costantinos Berhe who highlighted challenges faced by Africa, despite its enormous natural resources, and the need for Scouts and all other actors to be involved in the development of the continent, as a way to ensure peace. The discussions were then led by four youths who share their aspirations and expectations for a better Africa. A message from Mr. Scott Teare, WOSM Secretary General, congratulating African Scouts and Scout leaders on the occasion of the Africa Scout Day and urging them to continue spreading the message of peace around them, was also read during the tree planting session and the panel discussion. The ceremony at Oromia State Regional offices was concluded by a traditional dance and a song prepared and composed by Ethiopian Scouts for the Africa Scout Day. In the evening, Scouts from different regions of Ethiopia showcased their traditions, including traditional clothing and traditional dances, at a coffee ceremony. The celebrations ended by an all-night campfire where different Scouting games were taught to each other.

UGANDA - Scouts in Uganda organized a camp from 11th to 13th March 2013 that culminated to the main celebrations of the Africa Scout Day at the Marumba Scout Camping Grounds in Rukungiri District. The Chief Guest was Honourable Kamuntu who represented the President of Uganda, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who's the Patron of Uganda Scouts Association.

In the President's speech, he hailed the Scout Movement and acknowledged the Movement for the great work they are doing and for changing young people's lives. He said, "I wish in a special way to thank the World Organization of the Scouts Movement that has kept the spirit of Baden Powell alive. It is now the biggest youth movement in the world, producing enlightened, tolerant, disciplined leaders for the next generation.” With the theme, “Scouting a Vehicle for Development”, the event was attended by close to 3000 people who included Ugandan Scouts, 15 Canadian Scouts and other invited guests. Rukungiri District Scouts were the main organizers of this memorable event.

Togo celebrates Africa Scout Day TOGO - Under the theme "Scouts promoting good citizenship and peace," the Africa Scout Day was celebrated in Lome, Togo on Saturday, March 16, 2013.

Training in NGOs best practices ETHIOPIA – As a follow up to the SGS audits that were carried out last year for African NSOs (Benin, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and South Africa) and for the ARO, executives of the audited entities and members of the ASC, as well as executives of the Ethiopia Scout Association underwent training in NGOs best practices at the Addis Ababa University College of Development Studies from the 14th to the 16th of March 2013.

The training was facilitated by Mr. Fabrice Fayd'herbe de Maudave and Mr. Robert Jourdain from Sabis Consulting and SGS respectively, with support from Mr. David Berg, Organizational Development Global Director - World Scout Bureau Central Office. It was adjusted to address more specific concerns from audited entities, with particular focus on good governance, leadership and management.

It was attended by over 371 scouts from all branches of the national team and AST, from the cities of Aného, Tabligbo, Tsévié, Vogan and Lomé. Scouts organized a peace march of 6 miles with stops at two markets namely; Totsi and Adew.

The objective of the march was to raise awareness on the ideals of peace as a factor for development. At Totsi market, the "Messengers of Peace" coordinators passed their messages of peace to the women working at the market. Following a game-question, the market women were awarded with cups and fans with a logo of the messengers of peace as a souvenir.

Later the Scouts continued their march to the Adew market where the climax of the day was planned. They arrived at 11:30am and the MoP coordinators took over, spreading messages of peace in French and local languages: Ewe, Kabyè, Naoudem, Kotokoli and Tchamba. Scouts in the MoP Network were not left out as they interacted with people in the market who are mainly women, asking basic questions regarding peace and rewarding them with gifts. The event ended at noon with a call to maintain peace and to recruit more Scouts into the Network.

As a result, participants identified areas they need to work on to ensure compliance of their respective entities with best practices and avoid risks inherent in non-compliance with these practices. It is intended that lessons learnt through this initial phase will be shared with other NSOs in the region and beyond, through the Global Support process.

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FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE Africa Scout Committee Meeting ETHIOPIA – To make it cost effective, members of the Africa Scout Committee (ASC) took the opportunity of events around the All Africa Scout Day celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to convene for the first of their two annual formal meetings on 11-13 March 2013. The meeting, which was their second since the 15th Africa Scout Conference in Angola, reviewed the status of Scouting in the region and adopted a series of measures to capitalize on the gains made and to address challenges the region is faced with.

The number and depth of achievements shared showed a great deal of progress since the initial training in Burundi. Challenges expressed included limited local infrastructure and access to resources to reach out to more young people. As a way forward, it was recommended that participants take advantage of national, zonal and regional scout events to pass on knowledge and skills acquired and to explore the opportunity of the MoP support fund with their NSOs.

In recognition of their achievements and as a sign that they qualify to conduct MoP Community Leaders Training, participants were awarded an MoP Trainer’s scarf.

North-South Network Meeting Amongst other measures, the ASC reinforced the Messengers of Peace Regional Decision Committee with the appointment of Mr. Kikas Manuel Machado as the third member of the MoP Committee, along with Mr. Jeremy Miriti Naivasha and Mr. Mohamadou Bachir Diouf. The ASC resolved also to liaise with Zonal Scout Committees as de facto standing committees on organization of Zonal Scout activities and as a pool of resources with regards to various aspects of regional Scout activities.

Thus, the ASC recommended its appointed Zonal representatives (Ms. Jeanne Ebongue for Central Africa, Dr. Wayne Adrian Davis for East Africa, Mr. Danielo Ramsamy for Indian Ocean, Mr. Kikas Manuel Machado for Southern Africa and Mr. Mahamadou Bachir Diouf and Mr. Ayim Palamwe for West Africa) to liaise with the various Zonal Scout committees to bring their work and that of ASC closer and at the same time align them with world and regional priorities. Means allowing, the ASC did also resolve to involve respective Zonal Scout Committees in regional visits to NSOs. Following comments from the World Scout Constitutions Committee, the ASC did also review and adopt subsequent editorial changes to the Constitution of the Africa Scout Region amended at the 15th Africa Scout Conference in Angola and recommended for formal approval by the World Scout Committee.

SWITZERLAND - The North-South Network held its annual meeting from 14th to 17th March in Zurich, Switzerland. Ms. Mary Waweru, the Partnerships Support Officer – Africa Regional Office, represented the office at the meeting Under the theme "Partners or neighbors?” the event was organized to provide a space for ideas on how to build and reinforce existing partnerships, and also further develop multilateral approaches, such as the UNGUVU project. There was also a focus on partners: How do they see the partnership? What are their needs and what do they offer to your association?

MoP Network Management Workshop ETHIOPIA – As part of the events around the All Africa Scout Day celebrations, participants drawn from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Togo, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ethiopia, D.R. Congo, Benin, Madagascar, Uganda, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Namibia and Malawi met from 11th to 13th March at the Addis Ababa University for a Messengers of Peace workshop.

The participants were the same ones who underwent the initial regional MoP Community Leaders Training within the framework of “Developing Leadership in Young People in Africa” project at the margin of the 6th Africa Scout Jamboree in Gitega, Burundi. The facilitators of the workshop were Ms. Cynthia Marquez, Mr. Jacques Sandrizi and Mr. Jonathan Omondi, MoP Global Projects Manager - World Scout Bureau Central Office, Development Support Manager - Africa Regional Office and Youth Programme Assistant - Africa Regional Office, respectively.

The workshop aimed at providing opportunity for participants to share their experiences for mutual enrichment and support and to identify areas for continuous improvement.

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In attendance were European Associations from WOSM and WAGGGS. The meeting was organized by the North-South Network, a coalition of Scout and Guide Associations, which aims at fostering, strengthening and developing new partnerships between associations in Europe and associations from other regions of the world.

The overall idea of the network is to share and create information about ongoing partnerships, as well as to provide a platform for the exchange of experiences and knowledge. Some of the key elements discussed were the lifecycle of Partnerships, Partnerships as an answer to the needs of the partner NSOs, future of North-South Network meeting as well as looking at the funding opportunities available. The meeting ended with a session on applying the learning outcomes in the partnerships as well as an evaluation of the event.

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Memorable quote “Beyond holding Jamborees and other events, Scouting should be able to put measures in place to put young people in strategic places in society in order to make positive impact in the society. This can be done by developing appropriate frameworks, strategic plans, good knowledge management and capacity building.”

Scouts as Messengers of Peace GHANA - On 3rd March 2013, 140 Scouts from the township of Gushegu in the Northern Region of Ghana lined up peace activities to enlighten people on the importance of being messengers of peace after the community experienced pockets of post election violence.

Dr. Constantinos Berhe Chief Scout, Ethiopia Scout Association

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UPCOMING EVENTS The Scouts invited schools and community members for a walk around the principles streets of Gushegu where discussions and comments in the local language about Peace and its relevance to the society were done.

The climax of the day’s activities was at Gushegu Senior High School where the entire student population of about 1200, in the presence of two Assistant Headmasters and staff had assembled to conduct a peace quiz and to get to know more about Scouting, the four participating houses took part in a keenly contested four round quiz with topics centered on peace and nation development.

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Southern Africa Zonal Youth Forum and Conference

9th to 11th and 12th to 14th April 2013, respectively

Gaborone, Botswana

22nd – 24th November 2013

Hong Kong

1st World Scout Education Congress

The leadership of the Ghana Scout Association was also given the opportunity to explain about MOP as well as what scouting was.

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The last activity for the day was a football match between the community of Gushegu and Scouts from the Northern Region.

Importantly the event was an opportunity for Scouts to work with key decisions makers in the community and demonstrate to them the relevance and roles Scouts play in bringing change to the society by doing small projects.

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