Based on the Project of the Adult Resources Unit in view to:

• Expand, strengthen and provide support to man-power in the region with the aim of assisting NSOs in managing their Adult support and,
• With the objective of making available sets of tools to equip and support volunteers in Scouting in the Africa Region,

Supporting better Scouting for more young Africans
The international Scout Movement has a long and illustrious history and is a world leader in educating the youth. Scouting inspires patriotism, sound moral values, courage, character building, self-reliance and community awareness. It also motivates the youth to achieve their full potential.

Objective
To equip leaders with the necessary skills to mobilise necessary resources to support the growth and development of Scouting in Africa. Scouting in Africa suffers greatly from inadequate resources both material and human. Whilst this is partly as a result of the general situation in Africa, it is also partly due to inability of national Scout organizations to identify, interest and attract necessary resources to finance the expansion of the Movement.

FACING THE CHALLENGES IN AFRICA: A PRACTICAL LONG TERM VIEW
Scouts in Africa, together with their leaders at national and world levels want to take action. Their vision is based on a personal understanding of the needs in Africa, and a belief in the power of Scouting to make a difference today, and tomorrow.

Objective
To strengthen the Africa Regional Office with human and material capacity to oversee the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the 10-year development plan.

Geneva, 13 March 2009 - On the occasion of the Africa Scout Day, World Scouting launches a fund-raising campaign to “help young people to help themselves” with the support of The Scout Universal Fund (“U” Fund). This fund was established in 1963 to provide a means for all members of the Scout Movement to help Scouts in other countries in their development activities.

The Africa Regional Office identified the uFund as a possible vehicle for mobilising funds to support Scout projects in the Region. Consequently a proposal was forwarded to the U Fund Monitoring Group of the World Scout Committee to have the U Fund dedicated to supporting projects in the Africa Scout Region.

The proposal was accepted and the U Fund was relaunched in January 2003 for Africa for a period of three years. It will be managed and promoted by the Africa Regional Office and will operate under the theme: helping Scouts make a difference in Africa.

The Africa Regional Office will therefore raise funds through the U Fund to support specific projects in the Africa Region of which three have been considered as priority areas. These are:

• HIV/AIDS awareness education
• Reaching out to Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances (CIEDC)
• Peace Education through Scouting

Grants will therefore be made to National Scout Associations/Organisations undertaking activities in the above mentioned categories.

Millions of people in Africa have been killed, many others wounded or maimed for life. Property has been destroyed, children have been orphaned, abducted and raped. Many have watched in horror as their parents, relatives, sisters and brothers, friends and neighbours are butchered in cold blood. The trauma is unfathomable. The number of African countries at war continues to rise over the years. There is need for a lasting solution; an end to this act of madness.