News from the South African Scout Association

Devastation in Haiti - coordinating
the World Scouting response to the earthquake in Haiti
National Scout Council motions for 2010
- Motions for consideration at the National Scout Council in March
2010
Copenhagen
Climate Change Conference - SASA youth member Quintin Combrink
is representing World Scouting at the Climate Change Conference
in Copenhagen.
A real boy scout - by Matabello
Motloung
The Financial Mail ran a story on former Chief Scout and World Scout
Committee member, Nkwenkwe Nkomo - 30 October 2009
 Pack
Chat volume 2 - the October 2009 edition of the Cub newsletter
The new Cub Programme came into
effect on 1 October. Details are available online.
Springbok
Scout cake decorated by Brian Tompkins of 1st
Bergvliet to celebrate his Springbok Scout award
Youth involvement - plans
for the establishment of District, Provincial and National Youth
Forums.

Scouts
in Mpumalanga host an environmental rally on the road from KaNyamazana
to KaBokweni in July.
 Mandela
Day (18 July): Scouts are asked to dedicate time in service
to their communities to commemorate Nelson Mandela's life and legacy.
Northern District Scouter
/ Rover Pioneering Compo - report and photos from this pioneering
event in Gauteng in April

Two South African Scouts summit Everest
- on 21 and 23 May, two South African Scouts, John Black of 1st
Discovery and Robby Kojetin of 1st Germiston in the Gauteng Province,
successfully reached the top of Mount Everest.

Scouts Support Earth Hour 2009
At 8.30p.m. on 28 March 2009, towns and cities across the world
turned off their lights for one hour sending a powerful global message
that it is possible to take action on global warming. Scouts signed
up to participate.
HV Marsh Award for Scout Journalism:
national winners from 2008 have been announced.
First
550 Scouts earn World Scout Environment Badge - Fourteen local
Scout Groups and Scout Centres from nine countries around the world
(including South Africa) were given the special task of testing
the curriculum content and programme activities for the World Scout
Environment Badge.
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