Gone Home: Uganda’s Chief Scout, Hon. Manuel Pinto

On Monday 14 April 2008, Uganda’s former Chief Scout, Hon. Manuel Pinto passed away at Nsambya Hospital where he was taken after being involved in a car accident. He was a Bronze Wolf holder and served as the Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee. He was born on 25 December 1938.

A former Member of Parliament, Manuel Pinto, left parliament to become the Director of the Parliamentary Professional Development Unit. He was a renown debater in parliament who served on various commissions and statutory committees in Uganda.

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2011, European Year of Volunteering

 

On Wednesday 9th April, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Marian Harkin (IE), Gisela Kallenbach (DE), Emmanouil Angelakas (GR), Mieczyslaw Janowski (PL) and Joel Hasse Ferreira (PT) launched a written declaration in the Parliament to propose 2011 be designated the European Year of Volunteering. If it is adopted it will make a significant contribution to the campaign to have the year designated.

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UN World Youth Report launched in Geneva

 

Geneva, 3 April 2008 – Youth are a powerful resource for development and are critical actors in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. This was one of the key messages of the World Youth Report 2007, which was presented in Geneva on 3 April 2008 at an event hosted by the CONGO Committee of Youth NGOs which is currently chaired by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). The event was also attended by representatives of international youth organizations and UN agencies.

“There has never been a generation that was more likely to volunteer and be involved in community causes than this one,” declared Ms. Patience W. Stephens, the Team Leader and Focal Point for the United Nations Programme on Youth, as she presented the United Nations World Youth Report 2007. Unfortunately, volunteering is still a luxury that most young people cannot afford in the world, due to socio-economic difficulties. Volunteering is a window of opportunity for young people to be sensitized to worldwide issues, to become pro-active in them and to set foot in the job market, so it should be further encouraged amongst all layers of the world’s population, through financial support for example.

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Conflict in PPM

A not so recent article from Bernama concerning Chief Scout Datuk Seri Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh. It was posted on one of the discussion pages of a Scout group on Friendster.

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Mac (Bernama) — Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia hari ini mendesak bekas menteri pengajian tinggi Datuk Seri Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh meletakkan jawatan sebagai Ketua Pengakap Negara berikutan satu resolusi undi tidak percaya yang diluluskan terhadap beliau.

Ketua Pesuruhjaya Pengakap Negara Kolonel Profesor Datuk Dr Kamarudin Kachar berkata resolusi undi tidak percaya itu diluluskan pada 3 Feb lepas.

“Tindak tanduk beliau (Shafie) menyebabkan 90 peratus Pesuruhjaya Pengakap Negeri mengeluarkan satu resolusi undi tidak percaya terhadapnya. Saya rasa beliau tidak perlu jadi Ketua Pengakap Negara lagi dan elok kalau meletakkan jawatan dengan cara terhormat dan sukarela,” kata Dr Kamarudin kepada Bernama di sini hari ini.

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38th World Scout Conference & 10th World Scout Youth Forum

The 38th World Scout Conference will be held on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from Monday 14th to Friday 18th July 2008 while the 10th World Scout Youth Forum will take place in Iksan, Korea, from Monday 7th to Thursday 10th July 2008, just prior to the 38th World Scout Conference.  The Korea Scout Association (KSA), the National Scout Organization of the Republic of Korea, will host the two events. They have formed a very good team in Seoul, where the headquarters of the organization are located, and are enthusiastically preparing for the events.

(WOSM)