Jamboree News

The Duke of Kent and Prince William will take part in the opening ceremony of the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park in Essex on Saturday 28 July 2007.

40,000 Scouts from over 160 countries around the world will attend the ceremony, which will officially start 12 days of celebrating 100 years since the Scouting was founded.

The Duke of Kent, who is President of The Scout Association, and Prince William will be taken on a tour of the site by Scouts attending the Jamboree, observing first hand how Scouting has evolved into the modern organisation it is today.

Hylands Park – July 27, 2007 – From today until the 8th of August 40’000 Scouts from over 160 countries from all across the world are gathering at Hylands Park near the city of Chelmsford, UK, 30 kilometers northeast of London. For the next 12 days they will participate in the 21st World Scout Jamboree and celebrate 100 years of Scouting. Tomorrow, the 28th of July, the official opening ceremony will take place, with a special visit from Prince William and the Duke of Kent from the UK Royal Family.

Prince Mohammad bin Nawaf the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in the UK has visited the Saudi delegation at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in the presence of Dr Abdullah Al Obaid the Minister of Education, who is also the president of the Saudi Arabia Boy Scout Association, and his deputy Dr Abdullah Alfahad. Dr Abdullah Alfahad officially opened the Saudi delegation's exhibition and met with the Scouts.

Prince William and the Duke of Kent graced 40,000 Scouts at the Opening Ceremony of the 21st World Scout Jamboree

“They often say youth is the future, I say youth is the present!” This is how Evelyn Herfkens, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals officially opened the Global Development Village at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in the UK.

31st July 2007, on the eve of the Scouting Centenary, members of the Committee and World Bureau staff present on the Jamboree site, accompanied by the volunteers working at the World Scout Centre, joined together to give Eduardo a surprise this morning: Celebration of his birthday!

His Majesty, the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, has taken part in the adventure at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Hylands Park, UK.

Today, Scouts worldwide are celebrating Scouting's Sunrise, our 100th anniversary and the dawn of a second century of Scouting.

Millions of Scouts are sharing their Gifts for Peace with their communities, demonstrating how we can work to create a better world.

The 96 year old Milos Miovic is the oldest person camped at the 21st World Scout Jamboree. He is from Slovenia and this is the second World Jamboree he is enjoying.

I salute the Scouts of Romania and Scouts from all over the world on the special occasion of celebrating 100 years of Scouting.

Message to 21st World Scout Jamboree - Chelmsford, 1 August 2007
Dear young friends,
As scouts from all over the globe taking part in this world jamboree, you have much in common with the United Nations: people of different backgrounds joining hands in friendship and in search of knowledge, understanding and solutions to global problems. If the United Nations is the international community’s most universal organization, scouting provides an early training ground. It is a way to prepare all of you for the responsibilities of global citizenship. It is a forum bringing together ideas, values and cultures. It is a way to open minds and help equip you to take on the challenges of our time.

The BBC's daily interactive discussion programme 'World Have Your Say' arrives at the World Scout Jamboree on 3rd August.

Broadcasting to the globe on the BBC World Service radio station, we'll let young people from all corners of the world set the agenda, produce and co-present the show LIVE from Chelmsford.

Hylands Park, Chelmsford, UK – August 3, 2007 – During 2 days, the former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, visited the World Scout Jamboree. Joined by members of the polish contingent, he toured around the site to see many of the Jamboree activities, to talk to Jamboree participants, to be honored by the European Scout Foundation and ultimately to share his thoughts on World Scouting with the secretary general of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement, Eduardo Missoni.

People used to speak always about children and young people as the good hope of the future if we bring them up properly, educate them and if we put into their minds new concepts of love of peace and hate of war and provide them with modern science so that they may be the scientists of tomorrow. But the question will be: how will our future be? The answer is that we make this future. We can make it ever bright, full of work, activities, science and love or vise versa. Everyone acts according to his understanding, environment and culture.

Scouts learn, discuss and understand the critical needs of young people worldwide.

At the heart of the World Scout Centre is the display and exhibition area for Scouting around the world.
World Scouting presents broad themes encompassing a culture of peace, including gifts for peace, education for all and reducing the digital divide.

He pasado los últimos días conectado a las cuatro esquinas del mundo, el Jamboree ahora está preparado para ir al espacio. Esta noche en la “Zona de los Elementos” diéz scouts estarán en contacto directo con la Estación Espacial Internacional.

As a young Scout at 12 with the 75th Kowloon Scout Group in Hong Kong, Herman Hui knew he would be a Scout for the rest of his life. Forty-five years later, he is now chairman of the World Scout Committee.

Scouts from across the world have linked live to the International Space Station at a World Scout Jamboree.
“Scouts helped me to learn a lot about myself and to take care of myself in a harsh environment like the woods, or the space station.” These were the words of Flight Engineer, Clayton Anderson during the live link up between the International Space Station and Scouts at the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park in Essex.

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the president of Iceland together with his wife, enjoyed a full day of activities at the World Scout Jamboree taking place in the United Kingdom.
The president was welcomed at Hylands Park by representatives of the Icelandic contingent and was given the tour of the Hylands House.

Arianna Corradi travelled more than 1200 km on her horse to get from Italy to the 21st World Scout Jamboree in the UK. Following a dream from her childhood, Arianna, 29, an Italian Scout, left her home town, Susa (near Torino, Italy), two months ago and headed for the Jamboree. Accompanied by her best friend, a horse named Borbera, she has had an adventurous trip to get to the place where more than 40,000 Scouts from around the world have gathered to celebrate the Centenary of Scouting.

In June 2007 Alcoa Foundation and the World Organization of the Scout Movement decided to launch a joint programme promoting sustainability awareness. It will be initially rolled out in five European countries and will be funded by a two-year $205,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation. The 21st World Scout Jamboree in Southern England, taking place until 8th of August, is a good opportunity to start to involve young people in the programme. Alcoa Foundation has supported a series of workshops based in the “Global Development Village”, where the Jamboree participants, aged from 14 to 17, reflected on issues and challenges facing the global community.

7th August 2007, Chelmsford, UK- Tonight, 12 adventurous days after the Duke of Kent and Prince William opened the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park in Essex, 40,000 Scouts will watch the sun set on the closing ceremony before beginning their journeys home to almost every country in the world where they will be able to share their experiences with friends, family and fellow Scouts.

Message of His All Holiness The Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I on the occasion of the 21st World Scout Jamboree