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Permalink Reply by SCOUT FRIENDS on July 21, 2008 at 6:27pm

INTERNATIONAL SCOUT FRIENDS (Service for Peace)

YES (Youth Education Support) (www.yes.or.ke) is implementing the "Scout Friends Award" - an international experience that gives Scouts and non Scout Friends an opportunity for “discovery”, “service” and “adventures” in Kenya and Africa.

Scout Friends Award has three main components;
 Discovery - is an adventure that lasts for several days, organised with a focus on youth education support.

 SERVICE- is a period of personal commitment to support a project in the field of environment protection, PEACE and youth development especially in the area of street youths orphaned as a result poverty, HIV/AIDs and other killer diseases in Kenya and Africa.

On successful completion of a chosen ‘service’ period ranging from 1 week to 6 months, Scout Friends gets the Scout Friends Award showing that s/he is aware of the youth issues (discovery) and has acquired through “service“ the necessary experience and skills to become part of the “International Scout Friends” (www.yes.or.ke/yes_scouts_friends.htm).

 Adventures - is an added opportunity for “International Scout Friends” to visit Baden Powell (BP) 2nd home in Kenya (PAXTU) and his Memorial Park (Final Resting Place) in Kenya and other adventurous sites of interest like the famous 7th. Wonder of the World only found at the famous Masai Mara National Park in Kenya.

Scouts Friends can also plan to climb the amazing snow capped Mount Kenya – which is the 2nd. highest mountain in Africa situated along the world equator line, do white water rafting, sport fishing, relax at the sandy and warm coast beach hotels, resorts and lodges and time allowing, visit other tourist sites of interest.

YES works with the “orphans (YES Scouts)”, “Scout Friends” and appointed area “Ambassadors” to promote the “Scout Friends Award”.

YES Scouts Ambassadors play active roles to;
- Reach out to other Scout Friends and Network (www.yes.or.ke/yes_scouts_friends.htm)
- Create awareness about the “Scout Friends Award”
- Implement fundraising activities to facilitate “Scout Friends Award” in Kenya
- Do a chosen period of “discovery”, “service” and “adventures” in Kenya
- Create the YES web-link (www.yes.or.ke) in your website
- Coordinate the Scout Friends Award in the area

Scout Friends have over the years been responding either individually or within a group system by organising challenging discovery adventures in Kenya in support of YES Scouts.

Can you be our YES Scouts Ambassador in your area? Through your partnership and support, we can hope to make the “Scout Friends Award” an experience of a life time. You can help to enhance Scout Friends Award as an International experience though "service for peace"

Scouter Paul Kabao
DIRECTOR
Youth Education Support (YES) (Rover / Scouts Kenya)
P.O. Box 45818 Nairobi, 00100 Kenya,
Tele Phone: +254 20 2153915,
Cell Phone: +254 722 332942,
E-mail: scouts@yes.or.ke
Yahoo IM: pmkabao@yahoo.com
URL: www.yes.or.ke