Been quite sometime since I put up any Posts up here. I recently came back from the 7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp held from the 20-26, November,2009 National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India. I was up there with SYD from APR to help organize the Youth Forum there. Boy to get to there from Bangalore i had to travel on a train for two days. Now this is a great experience i tell you!!! Maldivian Contingent was also there, 16 of them. In the end I ended up being with them.
7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp
20-26 November 2009
Gadpuri, India
Youth Forum Recommendations
We, the participants of Youth Forum during the 7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp held from the 20-26 November 2009 National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India, attended by 151 young people from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka:
A. We define Peace as a state of calm atmosphere where people belonging to different nations enjoy their own and respect the basic human rights of others and live freely according to their law, customs, traditions and religion. We define Solidarity as the integration of society to achieve a common goal.
B. Peace and Solidarity is important for people of South Asia because of the following:
1. For sustainable, socio-economic and cultural development;
2. To share knowledge and technologies;
3. To use our potential positively;
4. To overcome difficulties;
5. To use the resources efficiently;
6. To reduce environmental degradation;
7. To develop and maintain better relationship;
8. To improve cultural exchange among all the countries;
9. To gain trade advantages;
10. To promote health and welfare; and
11. To remove discrimination.
C. To achieve peace and solidarity in South Asia we promise on our Honor to do the following:
1. By organizing more friendship camps;
2. By organizing awareness programs, like workshops, environmental camps to spread the message of peace and solidarity;
3. By organizing youth conferences;
4. By working with NGOs in promoting peace and solidarity;
5. By submitting articles to media our experiences in SAF-Scout Friendship Camp;
6. By passing the message of peace and solidarity through words of mouth;
7. By virtual volunteering starting with joining in scouting4peace.org and scoutface.com;
8. By extending Scouting to children in extremely difficult circumstances;
9. By taking part in the Scouts of the World Award rogram; and
10. A copy of this recommendation should be sent to respective governments and visa offices to solve the visa issue for Scouts
D. We consider SAF Camps as the basic platform for the development and prosperity of peace and solidarity among the youth of South Asia and therefore it should be continued so that there is Peace and Solidarity among young people.
Approved by the young people of the 7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp on 22 November 2009, National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India.
I got to see a lot of India with the Maldivian Contingent! We did quite some sight seeing !! :)
places visited include the famous Taj Mahal, The Red fort in Delhi and also the Red Fort in Aagara, Akbar's Tomb, famous India gate etc ... Haryana, Delhi and Aagara are some of the most amazing and cool places in India!!!
At India gate!
At the Taj Malal
At Akbar's tomb
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