Example 1: South Africa

South Africa has declared its HIV/AIDS awareness programme as its Gift for Peace project and has set ambitious targets to be achieved across the whole country. It is estimated that 1,440 Senior Scouts will be trained as HIV/AIDS peer educators. An extra challenge has been set for young people working for their Springbok Award to undertaken their community service to support those whose lives have been impacted by HIV/AIDS, either as someone who is HIV positive or children who have been orphaned as a result of AIDS. A flyer has been produced to encourage all Scouts to participate in this programme and report on the outcomes. Scouting in South Africa recognises the value of effective communication.

 

Example 2: Slovakia

The Roma project is now well-established in Slovakia and the project is developing so that in addition to offering traditional Scouting activities it is focusing on increasing the employability of Roma Scouts. The success and effectiveness of the project has been recognised within the European Scout Region with a grant from the Centenary Scout Foundation and from the PHARE programme of the European Union, which is a fund to support the new members of the union.

Scouting in Slovakia is committed to develop this project for the Roma community. It knows the importance of effective communication in supporting the supply funders, partners and volunteers to achieve this.

 

Example 3: Saudi Arabia

The Scout Association in Saudi Arabia has been active in sharing its results with others. Some of the participants at the camp were invited to meet His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz which was a great honour and generated much publicity for the event and for Scouting around the world. Scouting in Saudi Arabia has been very active in promoting its activities to support others within the country, particularly in relation to the work undertaken during the Haj when there are millions of visitors to their country.