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Maldivian Scout Leaders!!!

In the past few years the Scout Movement in Maldives has grown in number. It has a become one of the most famous co-curricular activity in the schools. Parents support this activity. Scouting famous for its methods of teaching young children Life-skills, building Character in them and developing citizenship in them is indeed a very success full and fruitful activity every parent want their kids in. Some people have done a lot to bring up this movement to what it is today! Scouting in Maldives has come so far. It has broaden so well, it has spread out across the Maldives. Scout activities have increased so has its popularity. However, we have problems, we have issues that need to be dealt and dealt fast. We need to change things. Need to revise stuff. !!! I have no intention of going into all that details here. Maldives will mark its 53rd anniversary next year. Well for one thing that period is a long time in one humans life!! Lets take a ride down the memory lane!!! First Maldivian to

Scouts join in with Youth and Future Generations Day at UNFCCC COP 15

Scouts join in with Youth and Future Generations Day at UNFCCC COP 15 On Thursday 10th December the voices of young people around the world were heard at the UNFCCC COP 15 Conference. Youth and Future Generations Day was an opportunity for youth organizations to share their thoughts and ideas on climate change through a variety of actions, workshops and presentations. Scouting joined in this celebration of youth with a presentation explaining why Scouts are part of the solution to climate change. The presentation, given to a wide audience of conference participants, focused on showcasing what Scouts are doing all around the world to raise awareness of climate change and how Scouts are taking action to improve the environment. The importance of youth involvement in the climate change debate is clear at the conference. There are young people present from all around the world. They are here to learn about the problem and the solutions and they are here to make sure the voice of youth org

APR SCOUT YOUTH FORUM RECOMENDATIONS

The forum was held on the 22nd October to 25th October 2009 at the venue of International Youth Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 109 participants from 27 National Scout Organizations, including guests from Finland and Uganda took part in the forum. Youth Forum Steering Committee who managed the Youth Forum, Mohd Hafiz Bin Ariffin from Malaysia, Muhammad Waqas from Pakistan, Ari Wijanarko Adipratomo from Indonesia, Nobuyuki Takasugi from Japan and Jose Chan Rodrigues from Macau. The Chairman of the forum was the Young Adult Member Group Chairman Manabu Hiratsuka from Japan. The Youth Forum mainly discussed four topics. They are: · Youth Involvement in Decision Making Process, · Scouting’s Impact to Society, · Retention and Promotion of Scouting, · The future of Scouting. The participants of the 6th Asia Pacific Regional Scout Youth Forum from the countries of: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Camb

Vulnerability and Adaption to Climate Change in the Maldives: Expectations for COP15

Climate change is the 21st Century’s greatest human rights issue and security challenge. To stave off disaster, world leaders meeting at Copenhagen must agree to deep, rapid and binding emissions cuts. Dr Mohamed Waheed, Vice President of the Republic of Maldives 21/10/2009 10:05 For an effective agreement in Copenhagen, developing countries must drop their objections to making serious emissions reductions of their own. The rich world can help alleviate developing countries’ reticence in two ways: firstly, by helping developing countries secure access to the capital and the technology necessary to pursue green growth. Secondly, by increasing their aid budgets to ensure poor, vulnerable nations can protect themselves from inevitable changes to the climate expected over the next half Century. For many developing countries, such as the Maldives, climate change is no longer a theoretical concept or a future threat. Climate change is happening now. Increased outbreaks of mosquito-born tropi

7th SAF SCOUT FRIENDSHIP CAMP 2009

Been quite sometime since I put up any Posts up here. I recently came back from the 7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp held from the 20-26, November,2009 National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India. I was up there with SYD from APR to help organize the Youth Forum there. Boy to get to there from Bangalore i had to travel on a train for two days. Now this is a great experience i tell you!!! Maldivian Contingent was also there, 16 of them. In the end I ended up being with them. The forum went on smooth of course with SYD as the mastermind! Below is the final recommendations from the SAF Youth Forum: 7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp 20-26 November 2009 Gadpuri, India Youth Forum Recommendations We, the participants of Youth Forum during the 7 th SAF Scout Friendship Camp held from the 20-26 November 2009 National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India, attended by 151 young people from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: A. We define Peace as a state of calm atmos