CANADA 2013
from August 8 to 18, 2013
News Bulletin Bulletin 3, September 2012
Be there! «Moot 2013»
An International Experience When I was with the Pionniers (14-17 years old), I was young – yes – and full of hope. It was in 1998, I was 15 years old at the time, and for two years I looked for all kind of fundraising to finance my participation to the 1999 Jamboree in Chile. From our team of about 20 interested individuals only four “die-hard” remained to the end. When I talk about diehard, it’s really because we did everything together! During almost three years we, the four of us, worked relentlessly to achieve our dream, our ambitions. This trip cost us at that time countless numbers of hours of voluntary work, engagement and dedication.
facing up their miseries and daily problems. And I saw scouts during all those moments, ready to help their community. Always ready whatever the situation, despite the loss of theirs brothers and sisters in a building collapse. Scouts ready to help, to help under any circumstances, ready to create a better world. In a few years after 2013, I am sure that those who will share their experience at the MOOT will be you, not me; you who will have actively contributed to create a better world, one step at a time. You will talk about it with emotion and interest…
Why go to all that trouble? Why try to rise above our limits? Scouts that I met in Chile, from all over the world, didn’t ask these questions. It went without saying. Why, you would ask me? Because… • • • • • •
Because we believe in exchange among people. Because we see this as an opportunity to develop knowledgeable young adults. Because we believe in the strength of people to create lasting change in our life. Because we believe in change instead of status quo. Because we want to create a better world. Because we are scouts.
I am now 29 years old. I will always be a scout and happy to contribute to a better world. I did some humanitarian missions over the years; I saw nations from different parts of the world. I saw people suffer from hunger, infectious diseases, and natural disasters. I saw people standing up,
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Those are my memories I cherish of my international experiences with the Scout Movement. I am looking forward to seeing you in 2013! Yours in Scouting,
Nicolas Gauvin, ing. National commissioner and Chief executive Officer of Association des scouts du Canada Chairman of the Board of Directors, MOOT Canada 2013
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Means that an explanatory video capsule is on the website of Moot Canada 2013
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