During International Day of Families that was celebrated on 15 May 2020, the committee of programs and activities of the Arab Union of Pioneer Scouts & Guides organized a digital lecture.
The technical Committee of the ISGF Arab Region, representing Programs, Activities, Community service, Development and the Media held multiple video conference calls in June 2020.
Maharashtra State Indian Scout and Guide Fellowship gifted 200 kits to the 200 para medical staff of the Mumbai Municipal T.B. Hospital at Sewri.
The Rucas Huenei, the local Fellowships of NSGF Argentina, collaborated very actively during the pandemic, making masks (around 6000) in different parts of their country. Protective gowns and shoe covers were also made.
Since 2007 when the partnership of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship was signed, actions have been important, if not numerous: 1000 backpacks for 1000 children who had returned to Burundi after having been refugees in Tanzania, important gifts of toys for children in refugee camps, construction of houses for 50 families in the Imvepi camp in Uganda.
The effects of the ongoing COVID-19 virus have been dramatic, causing serious health problems, strict travelling restrictions and serious financial problems all over the world. As individuals, we cannot solve all the problems for all people, but we can at least try to reduce them for some of the people. The St. Georges Guilds of Norway (SGGN) have in earlier years supported a couple of scout building projects in Nyeri, Kenya.
NSGF Libya already published their project on ISGF website by providing masks to citizens, see this link. To reduce the spread it is recommended to wear a mask, so they continue to do this work.
Helen Mitchell, member of NSGF New Zealand sent 32 pairs of booties to the Little Angels Shop in Auckland run by the Leprosy Mission New Zealand.
The Scout and Guide Fellowship of Angola, the Fraternidade Frei Agostingo di Bassano (FFAB), is ready to join ISGF and to become a full member with 154 members.
Despite the lack of opportunities for personal meetings due to COVID-19, the Board is in regular contact via email and Skype. There have already been three multi-hour Skype and Google Hangout conferences, which will certainly take some getting used to. It offers a good opportunity for the entire Board to be able to communicate with each other at the same time.
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