Jun 16 2021
We have been advised by Scouts SA that the 8th Africa Scout Jamboree will be hosted by Uganda. As we all know, due to COVID-19, it is not practical or sensible to send a contingent, so what the organisers have done is to open this jamboree up virtually. This Jamboree is open to scouts between …
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Sep 18 2019
Jamboree is essentially a massive gathering of Scouts from all over the world. The 2019 World Scout Jamboree was the 24th in total and was held in West Virginia, USA. The South African contingent started this three week adventure off with a week-long pre-tour of New York and Washington DC. We started the adventure staying …
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Sep 18 2019
Simon, Matthew, Natasha and I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 24th World Scout Jamboree in the USA. I would like to share my journey with you. My journey started 18 months before with applications and interviews and then the anticipation. As Dr. Frank N. Furter said, “I can see you shiver with anticipation”. …
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Scouts have a very varied and diverse program and no two troops are exactly the same. Here at 1st Claremont we have a program which is orientated towards the outdoors, so we try to go on as many camps and hikes as we can. Many South African troops are also orientated towards the outdoors, a …
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