SAF-Scout Friendship Camps
Event
Gadpuri, India -
22nd November 2009
Testimony
Dhaka, Bangladesh -
16th November 2009
In the media
15th October 2008
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The Friendship Camps aim to create a “youth movement” to encourage person to person contact for peace, progress and regional development. Hundreds of girl guides and boy scouts from across the SAARC countries participate annually in these camps, which are held in rotation across different SAARC countries. The Seventh SAF-Scout Friendship Camp - 20th-26th November 2009, Gadpuri, India |
During a visit to Bhutan in January 2000, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh was greatly impressed by a scout camp in Thimphu. He suggested to the Chief Commissioner of scouts that since the aims, objectives and activities of the SAF are in tune with the spirit, purpose and principles of the National Scout Organisations of South Asia, similar SAF-Scout Friendship Camps be jointly organised so that young people from all the South Asian countries get an opportunity to meet each other and in the process foster mutual understanding and forge creative friendships. In line with the SAF mission to promote regional cooperation, the Friendship Camps aim to create a “youth movement” to encourage person to person contact for peace, progress and regional development. Hundreds of girl guides and boy scouts from across the SAARC countries participate annually in these camps, which are held in rotation across different SAARC countries. With the signing of an MoU between the SAF and the Regional Commissioner of Scouts Organization, the SAF-Scouts Friendship Camps will, henceforth, be annual events. The expenses are shared between the SAF and the Scouts Organization. The first camp was held in Bhutan in February 2002. The second was held in the Maldives (2003) the third in Nepal (2005) the fourth in Sri Lanka 2006 and the next will be in Pakistan. |
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