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On Wednesday April 2, 2008, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Youth and Employment, Hon. Justin Kouataba, officially opened the Regional Communication Forum . The ceremony took place at Notre Dame de Lorette in Ouagadougou. Also present were, Hon. Salif Sawadogo, the Minister for the environment and Mr. Seydou Zagre, Permanent Secretary in the office of the Speaker of the Assembly.
On Thursday 13th March 2008, the Scout fraternity from various corners of Africa, marked the Africa Scout Day. 13th March is a day that was set aside by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, OAU – a predecessor of the African Union (AU) – during its 62nd Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on 21st – 23rd June 1995. This was in recognition of the role of Scouting in educating Africa's youth.
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, the Africa Regional Director, Ms Rubina Haroon, made a keynote presentation at the University College of the Fraser Valley, at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium in Abbotsford, Canada. She was speaking at a forum that attempted to explore children and youth issues in Africa and Canada. The theme of this symposium was: 'Cities for Children and Youth - Child and Youth Friendly Development in Canada and Africa'
Jim Kastelic has recently joined the Africa Regional Office (ARO) of the World Scout Bureau as the new Youth Programme Director. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA) on February 5, 1954. He joined the Scout Movement as a Cub in 1961 and became, until today, the Group Scout Leader at 1st Tsumeb in 1989.
A regional Communication Forum will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 2nd to 5th April 2008, with French as the medium of training. Participants will arrive latest Tuesday evening, April 1st and will remain until Saturday 5th April 2008. The Forum will be held at the Centre d'Accueil Notre Dame de Lorette des Frères de la Sainte Famille.
On 13th February 2008, Cecilia Njoroge, a Rover Scout from Powellnet Rover Crew, Kajiado District, Kenya, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She was one the 9 climbers who made it to the highest point, known as Uhuru Peak (5,685 metres), out of a team of 35 persons.
The 4th Zonal Conference and the 4th Zonal Youth Forum of West Africa took place in Niamey, Niger, from the 16th to 18th February 2008, at the Village de la Francophonie.
The official opening ceremony took place at the Palais des Arts, and was presided by the Minister for Youth and Sports, who was in the company of other Government officials, Ambassadors, representatives of international and national NGOs, former Scouts, members of the National Council of Association des Scouts du Niger.
My Dearest Brothers and Sisters,
Today, we celebrate the birthday of our Founder who built our movement based on values and integrity and fought for peace and equality. While we cannot change the course of history, we can all leave this world better than we found it by starting in our own small patches of earth.
In the run-up to the 2009 Regional Scout Conference, the Botswana Scouts Association (BSA) held a workshop on Friday the 8th February 2008, at Aedume Scout Training Centre. The workshop was attended by 25 participants from different organizations and stakeholders.
February is the month in which the Founder of Scouting, Lord Baden Powell, was Born. In Fact, on 22nd February 2008, the Kenya Scouts Association, like other Scouts from all corners of the world, will be celebrating the 'Founder's Day', in Nyeri, Kenya.
