Twinning is something wonderful that should happen even without using modern tools. On 22 July 2017 two Twinning Guilds celebrated more than 20 years of Twinning.
The Nepal Scout and Guide Fellowship recently held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Chitwan National Park, a World Heritage site.
The National Scout and Guide Fellowship of Sweden (St Georgs Scoutgillen i Sverige) will organize the Gathering in Gothenburg, the second-largest city in Sweden situated on the west coast of Sweden. It is now 18 years, since last time the gathering was held in Sweden. In 2000 we met in Mora, in the middle of Sweden but now the Gathering will be held in a major city with all the possibilities and challenges incurred by that.
On 12th August three members of the Nepal Scout and Guide Fellowship supported people with special needs to have their eye checkup at a free eye clinic.
The 15th World Scout Moot has been held in Iceland from 25th July to 2nd August 2017. It is an official event of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), hosted and organized by the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association, for young people aged between 18 and 25 inclusive.
Anton Õunapuu (7 November 1887 – 2 April 1919) was the founder of the Boy Scouts in Estonia. He was buried on the Vändra Cemetry, 100 km from the capital of Talinn, on 9 April 1919. The Skautmaster gilde (Estonian Scout Masters), a new local Guild of young adults in the Estonia Fellowship organized on 29 April 2017 an excursion to the birthplace of the founder of the Estonian Scouting.
The Bronze Wolf Award is given by the WOSM World Scout Committee to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement".
The National Council of the India Scout and Guide Fellowship was held on 15-16 April, 2017 in the Vivakananda Nagri, Khetri in the State of Rajasthan, India. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of National President Mr. Kalpesh S. Jhaveri. During the meeting a youth award ceremony took place, in which five youngsters of Bharat Scouts & Guides were felicitated.
About 30 Guild members from the Norwegian Fellowship participated in the “Nord2017”, the National Scout Jamboree for the Norwegian Scout and Guide Association. The event took place from 1 – 8 July in Bodø, north of Norway above the Arctic Circle. The Guild members were divided in several teams. One team supported food distribution while another team ran the Hotelt tent hotel for guests. Other teams were busy with the Stamp Bank or the Scout Museum exhibition.
The Central Antony Guild of Estonia Scouts and Guides visited the National Jamboree Wheel of Adventure that was held from 8 till 15 July 2017 in the Tagametsa Hunting Lodge and Camping Center (ca 120 km from Tallinn). The camp site was situated in an ancient forest and in the middle of it is a hunting lodge.
