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AFRICA SCOUT REGION

TRIENNIAL REPORT2012-2015

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AFRICA SCOUT REGION

TRIENNIAL REPORT 2012-2015

Towards Efficient, Effective and Sustainable Scouting in Africa

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Message from Chairperson of the Africa Scout Committee

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Message from the Regional Director02Executive Summary03

Youth Engagement04Educational Methods06

Diversity & Inclusion08Social Impact10

Communications & External Relations 13Governance16

NSO Membership Census17World and Regional Events19

Africa Scout Foundation20Finance & Administration22

Gone Home27Awards and Honours28

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“By 2023 Scouting will be the world’s leading educational youth movement, enabling 100 million young people to be active citizens creating positive change in their communities and in the world based on shared values.”

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Over the last three years, Scouting in Africa region has undergone numerous developments as you will find out in this report. A lot of progress has been made amidst many challenges. That however, has never dampened our spirits to pursue the vision of facilitating better Scouting for more young Africans. We will cAontinue to explore all opportunities and resources available to grow Scouting even further.

During his visit to Africa in April 2015, the WOSM Secretary General, Scott Teare observed that Africa and Asia Pacific are World Scouting’s next big growth frontiers. This indeed resonates very well with the glob-al trend of “Africa Rising.”

The potential for growth of Scouting in the region is immense. This growth relates to the membership of all member NSOs, improvement in governance, increase in the social impact of the movement across African communities as well as increase in infrastructure and technical capacity to delivery more quality educational programmes for your people that in turn enables them to transform their lives and that of their societies.

This growth, however, can only be realized out a strong and unified commitment form all stakeholders of the movement in region. The will to effect and embrace change must be there and accompanied by the desire to work honestly and diligently to address the challenges facing the region.

Membership management is crucial here. For us to get a true reflection of how many Scouts colour the continent, there is a great need to improve on the accuracy of reporting on the membership as well as developing systems that make the management of these members easier and more efficient. Continuous adaptation of a responsive 21st century youth programme is also key, just as good governance, responsible and accountable leadership are.

There are many partners willing and ready to work with us, we just need to ensure our systems and working well. Everybody is rushing to Africa and as Africans we should be ready to take advantage of the opportunities available to develop Scouting and our continent as a whole.

In this report you will find highlights of the work we have been able to do since the last conference held in Angola in 2012 – which cuts across many areas from youth programme, to adults’ support, governance, communications as well as finances. Let us use this as a benchmark for future success.

On behalf of the Africa Scout Committee 2012-2015, I wish to thank all who have contributed in making this triennium successful. In a special way, I appreciate the efforts of all committee members and the staff of the Africa Regional Office, who have continuously dedicated themselves to the service of the Scouts in Africa.

As we go into the next triennium, I am convinced that Scouting in Africa, if well supported financially, will enable more young Africans to be responsible, self-reliant citizens and dependable leaders. We therefore invite you to be a partner in this undertaking. We call upon each one of us to join the Africa Scout Foundation – which aims to provide Africa Scout Region with financial support needed for the growth and development of Scouting - and collectively support us in working towards making Scouting the world’s leading educational youth movement, enabling 100 million young people to be active citizens creating positive change in their communities and in the world based on shared values.

Mohamadou Bachir DioufChairperson, Africa Scout Committee

“Africa Region: World Scouting’s Next Growth Frontier”

“...Continuous adaptation of a responsive 21st century youth programme is also key, just as good governance, responsible and accountable leadership are.”

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON, AFRICA SCOUT COMMITTEE

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“Fifty Years of Dedicated Service Scouting in Africa.”

2015 marks 50 years since the Africa Regional Office was created in Lagos Nigeria. Over this period the office, which will henceforth be referred to as World Scout Bureau – Africa Support Centre has continued to fulfill its primary role of providing services for the promotion and development of Scouting throughout the region. Additionally, the staff work to support NSOs as well maintain relations with NSOs and international organizations whose activities are concerned with youth matters.

The last triennium saw many developments across World Scouting and within the region. This report, pro-vides an overview of the work that has been done since 2012, led by the staff with support from the Africa Scout Committee. It is a result of the implementation of the triennial plan passed at the last conference.

Despite the many successes we have realized, as a region we still face many challenges. Leadership and governance, youth programme development and delivery, adult support, membership management as well as communications and public image are areas we still need to work on, especially at the NSO levels.

As you are already aware, a new vision and six new priorities for World Scouting were adopted at the World Scout Conference in Slovenia. As a region, we have also aligned our new triennial plan with these global priorities. This will enable us to effectively track Africa’s contribution towards the achievement of the vision outlined above. We also encourage all NSOs to do the same.

I am very grateful to the Africa Scout Committee, the staff at the World Scout Bureau – Africa Support Centre, regional volunteers and NSO leadership for their efforts and dedication to serving Scouting in the region. As we conclude this triennium, we can look back and say that “we did our best”, amidst the challenges we face as a region.

The coming triennium gives us another opportunity to do better. With the plans in place we are confident that Africa remains the greatest growth frontier for World Scouting. We will continue to work together towards achieving the Vision 2023.

Thank you all!

Frederic Tutu Kama-KamaRegional Director, Africa

“...As a region, we have also aligned our new triennial plan with these global priorities. This will enable us to effectively track Africa’s contribution towards the achievement of the vision outlined above. We also encourage all NSOs to do the same.”

MESSAGE FROM THE AFRICA REGIONAL DIRECTOR


EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe report also gives financial reports, changes in office and staff organization as well as highlights on key developments within the Africa Scout Foundation. It also recognizes outstanding Scouts and Scouters conferred with various awards in this triennium and pays tribute to those Scouters who have left this earth to be with God.

The region is grateful to the Africa Scout Committee, the staff at the World Scout Bureau – Africa Support Centre, regional volunteers and NSO leadership for their efforts and dedication to serving Scouting in the region. As we conclude this triennium, we can look back and say that “we did our best”, amidst the challenges we face as a region. The coming triennium gives us another opportunity to do better. With the plans in place we are confident that Africa remains the greatest growth region for World Scouting. We will continue to work together towards achieving the Vision 2023.

This report presents the results of several important developments at different levels of the movement and accumulated efforts by the Africa Scout Region for the period August 2012 to August 2015. It has been an exciting three years. One major highlight was the adoption of a new long-term Vision and Strategy for the Movement by the World Scout Conference:

“By 2023 Scouting will be the world’s leading educational youth movement, enabling 100 million young people to be active citizens creating positive change in their communities and in the world based on shared values.”

“This new Vision and its six Strategic Priorities will guide National Scout Organizations (NSOs), Regions and World Scouting for the next 9 years, ensuring that we provide even better Scouting to more young people. Providing a high quality Youth Programme is key to achieving this Vision, and we are excited to also have a new World Scout Youth Programme Policy that will guide NSOs in their work to strengthen the quality of Youth Programme offered to young people,” said Scott Teare, the Secretary General of WOSM.

This report is structured according to the six new Strategic Priorities (Youth Engagement, Educational Methods, Diversity and Inclusion, Social Impact, Com-munications & External Relations and Governance) as opposed to the priorities as at the start of the previous triennium. It presents the activities undertaken at Africa Scout Regional level that contribute to the fulfillment of each Strategic Priority.


This triennium came to an end at the backdrop of key Scouting events both at globally and at the regional level. These included; 23th World Scout Jamboree held in Japan and 7th Africa Scout Youth Forum held Uganda.

Strategic Goal and Objectives

The strategic goal set out at the beginning of the triennium was “to make the Youth Programme relevant, attractive and responsive to the needs and aspirations of Youth in Africa. The key objectives under this goal included the following:

• Youth Programme: To facilitate the development of vibrant, attractive and relevant youth programmes in at least 1/3 of NSOs in Africa by 2015

• Digital Divide: To implement ICT curriculum in at least 1/3 of NSOs in Africa by 2015. (To bridge the digital divide)

• Enrichment through exchange: To scale up youth involvement and participation in Regional and Global Youth events and programmes in at least 1/3 of NSOs in Africa by 2015

• Reaching out: To integrate “reaching out” in the Scout programme in at least 35% of NSOs in Africa by 2015.

The focus here is about strengthening leadership opportunities for young people through the Scout Method and the Youth Programme as well as promoting leadership stories from young people.

Some key responsibilities of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre in relation to Youth Programme include:

• To promote unity in the Scout Movement through the Youth Programme in National Scout Organisations (NSOs) by ensuring that the Youth Programme expresses the fundamentals of Scouting and maintains its specific character

• Stimulate the ongoing development of the Youth Programme in National Scout Organizations by providing information, creating opportunities for exchange of experience, and improving communi-cations between key volunteers and professionals engaged in programme development and delivery

• Assist NSOs to achieve their Youth Programme goals by providing advice, facilitating workshops, developing tools, identifying resources and oppor-tunities for young people,

• Providing training for youth programme volunteers and maintaining relevant databases

• Promoting and supporting regional and world events• Promoting WOSM programme initiatives (Scouts of

the World Award, World Environmental Programme, Spiritual Development Guidelines, Rover Guidelines, etc.)

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT


As a result of these efforts, more young people are increasingly getting engaged in their respective NSOs in decision-making.

At the World Scout Conference in Slovenia, a special meeting was held between Africa and Inter-America, with the ambition to strengthen the collaboration between the two Regions, especially in the topic of youth empowerment.

Other stories worth sharing are the cases of Mr. Nelson Ochieng Opany form Kenya and Miss Marie Louise Ycossie, from Côte d’Ivoire, who won the Messengers of Peace (MoP) Hero Award in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Nelson was nominated for his active engagement in pro-motion of Messengers of Peace in the Region and specifically for mobilizing youth action for a peaceful election in Kenya. Marie Louise on the other hand was nominated because of her outstanding contribution to her NSO Youth Leadership development. She initiated various training and mentoring of youth that has contributed to the visibility and impact of Scouting in Cote d’Ivoire. This positioned Kenya in east Africa and Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa as some of the most active in the MoP Network and has been a huge motivation for Scouts in their countries, as they have seen that what they achieve is highly appreciated in wider society. The award ceremonies took place in September in Saudi Arabia.

2013 Africa Youth Advisors Meeting-5 out of the 6 Youth Advisors were able to hold a meeting in Ethiopia at the margin of the MOP training in March. Youth advisors were able to review their action plan and share their success stories since their election.

ChallengesYouth Programme delivery faces numerous challenges at the NSOs level. These are either systematic or structural. They include

• Limited resource materials• Ineffective structures at the NSO and Regional Level• Governance weaknesses at NSO Level• Low capacity in Programme Development.

These challenges make it difficult to manage the youth programme cycle and have the potential to affect the overall quality of Scouting experience for the youth.

Conclusion and Way Forward

As we celebrate the gains in this triennium, our emphasis will be to counter the challenges in the coming triennium so as to provide an opportunity for more young people in Africa to experience better Scouting. With a focus on enabling more young people to actively participate in development of Scouting in the Region, we will focus on supporting existing NSO youth programme structures and systems, supporting establishment where they do not exist and strengthening the capacities of Youth Programme Developers to better manage the programme cycle. We will also work closely with concerned departments to address governance and leadership issues that are counter productive to Youth Programme development initiatives. The triennium will also be dedicated to empowering more young people to take up leadership roles.

Achievements

Below is a summary of the work done over the last three years in positioning young people as agents of change.

The Africa Region was represented at the International Gathering for Cultural exchange, organized in Egypt by the Arab regional Office. Rover Scouts from various NSOs represented the Africa Region and got an opportunity to interact with other Scouts from across the globe and sharpen his leadership skills.

Representatives of Zimbabwe and Kenya attended the “Wonderland” Azerbaijan camp and Scouts from Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe represented the region in the Korea Scout Jamboree and had an opportunity to exchange with other Scouts from all over the world. These visits enhanced the profile of the Africa Scout Region among the participants from other Regions, but also enriched the participants through the acquisition of skills and ideas from other Regions.

The region was also represented at the 12th World Scout Youth Forum held in Rogla, Slovenia from 4-7 August 2014. The Forum participants produced 13 amendments to the proposed Triennial Plan 2014-2017 and two draft resolutions, as well as a Forum Declaration. Each of these brought valuable input for the Conference, and gave voice to a youth opinion about the common future of the Movement

The 40th World Scout Conference, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11-15 August 2014, adopted the World Scout Youth Involvement Policy, which outlines the tasks and expectations of each level in Scouting in order to increase youth involvement in the Movement. Alongside that, the Conference also adopted the Strategy for Scouting, as well as the Triennial Plan 2014- 2017, each of which has a special focus on youth engagement.

Other developments at regional and NSO level on youth engagement include the production of four training modules by the Youth for Change working group, launch of the Youth Wall on scout.org, Facebook and Twitter managed by the Youth Advisors to the World Scout Committee. This youth wall portal is the link between young people and the Youth Advisors, which bring a lot of ideas, information and up-to-date analysis of the Youth Engagement status at all levels. A Youth Engagement Unit has also been formed at world level, as part of the Innovating Scouting work stream of the World Scout Committee.

Apart from the events mentioned above, the regional office often supported organization of regional/national youth forums in the various zones, as well as participa-tion of young people from African NSOs at the WSYF.

In particular, the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre supported several events, including:

The East Africa Zonal Youth Forum in Rwanda. This particular youth forum was the best attended in recent years, with all NSOs of the zone represented. NSOs were supported in setting up National Youth Forums. NSO Youth Forum guidelines were developed and disseminated across the Region. Tanzania and Rwanda held their 1st ever-national Youth Forums, and youth members from Tanzania were incorporated into the National Executive Committee.


Youth Programme Support

The Youth Programme should provide a non-formal learning environment strengthening the capacity of young people to face the challenges of tomorrow. Scouting should attract, train and retain quality adult volunteers to deliver the Youth Programme.

National Scout Organizations have been renewing or adapting their youth programmes. Support was given to a number of NSOs including Ghana, Burkina Faso, Lesotho, Kenya, Nigeria, Seychelles and Ethiopia. These workshops were meant to support the said NSOs to develop vibrant and attractive programmes and better manage their Youth Programme cycles.

Burkina Faso: Through MoP project, the NSO has been supported in renewing its youth programme, as well as training a team of volunteers ready to deliver the new programme. Angola, motivated by the 1st World Scout Education Congress, the Angola Scout Association organised its own version of the event, attracting 150 participants from all provinces of Angola. As an outcome of the event, the Association has started the review of its leader training and youth programme contents to meet the current realities on the ground.

Introduction

One of the biggest developments for Educational Methods in the past triennium was the adoption of the World Scout Youth Programme Policy at the 40th World Scout Conference. The renewed policy provides a clear set of overall guidelines for Scouting at all levels for implementing the youth programme.

At its November 2014 meeting, the World Scout Committee agreed on the principle of linking the World Scout Programmes (Scouts of the World Award, Messengers of Peace and World Scout Environment Programme). The name chosen for the framework is “Better World”. This will help NSOs and young people to understand the intent behind and benefits of all of these initiatives. The MoP programme concept basically maximises the idea of becoming an active citizen and telling the story of Scouts’ service actions to inspire others.

The Youth for Change Priority Area working group (of the previous World Scout Committee) initiated the process of the Scouts of the World programme review. The Scout Centres of Excellence for Nature and Environment (SCENES) dedicated page has been created on scout.org to serve SCENES centres: www.scout.org/scenes. The Innovating Scouting Work Stream has also been formed as a result of the new Triennial Plan 2014-2017


EDUCATIONAL METHODS

• 1st World Scout Education Congress (Hong Kong) 22 to 25 Nov 2013: The 1st World Scout Education Congress provided an opportunity for the participants to share the needs and aspiration of the Young people of Africa. The Regional facilitators and Rapporteurs gained experience that will be used to improve the Region’s future events

• Scouts Exchange programme in 2014: Supported the coordination of an exchange pro-gramme between Kenya Scouts Association and the Angola Scout Association during the founders day celebration. Over 20 youth from Angola were exposed to the Kenyan culture through Scouts ex-change programme leading to the building up of International Scouting friendship between the two NSOs

• 6th International Gathering: Rover Scouts from 20 NSOs in Africa participated in the 6th Interna-tional gathering held in Sharjah from 1st to 10th February 2014 through support extended through the Arab Scout Region

• Youth Advisors participation to ASC meetings: Coordinated the participation of Ester Hilundwa in the ASC meeting held in Swaziland at the margin of the Africa Scout Day 2014. Joel from Benin also participated in the Africa Scout Committee meeting held in Senegal while Grace from Kenya attended the ASC meeting held in Uganda. Capacity of Youth Advisors strengthened in the areas of leadership and governance.

• 17th International Youth Gathering for Cultural exchange: A Rover Scout from Kenya represented Africa at the programme held in Egypt courtesy of the Arab Regional Office and got an opportunity to interact with other Scouts from across the globe and sharpen their leadership skills

• Wonderland Azerbaijan Camp: This camp was attended by Kenya and Zimbabwe representa-tives who got an opportunity to enrich themselves through exchange

• Korea Jamboree: Scouts from Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe represented the region in the jamboree and had an opportunity to exchange with other Scouts from all over the world

Adult Leader Training Support

The regional office supported the various courses aimed at equipping adult leaders and volunteers with skill s to better support in the delivery of youth programme to the young people. In particular;

• 5 Woodbadge courses were supported in Chad, Ghana, Lesotho, South Sudan and in Zambia - which was also attended by leaders from Botswa-na; reaching out to a total of 155 adult volunteers across the six countries.

• 4 Assistant Leader Trainers courses were support-ed in Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Togo and Uganda. 2 Leader Trainers courses were also supported in South Africa and Togo. All these brought together a total of 164 adult volunteers from the six countries

General Educational Methods Support

In addition to the training and workshops supported during the triennium, the regional office also provided tailor-made support as per requests from different NSOs as follows

• Training policy development support to South Sudan Scouts Association

• Cordination of participation of NSOs in the region at the 1st World Scout Education Congress in Hong Kong

• Zonal Conferences and Youth Forums in East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa zones

• Development of National Strategic Plan for Emavundlela Swaziland Scouts Association

• Development of National Strategic Plan, youth programme review, launch of Food for Life projcet and Global Support Assessment Tool training for Lesotho Scouts Association

• Induction training for newly eleceted executive committee members for Zambia Scouts Assocoation and Botswana Scouts Association.

• Management workshop support for Kenya Scouts Association and Ghana Scouts Association

• Global Support Assessment Tool training in Chad

Other activities where support was given include:

• International Peace Camp in Indonesia: Four Rov-er Scouts presented Africa during the International Camp. They were from Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and Zimbabwe and benefitted from funding support from Indonesia Scout Association. Partici-pants were introduced to and shared on success stories on MOP

• Review of Africa Scouts against Child Abuse manual


This project aimed at:• Empowering Youth through capacity building and

training on partnership and inclusion.• Reinforcing bi-lateral Cooperation between Africa

and Europe Scout Regions by providing a platform where partners from both regions meet and inter-act.

• Promoting inclusive growth within Scouting by focusing the Euro-Africa partnerships on inclusion of young migrants and minorities and dissemination of the skills acquired within the NSO.

The main priority of this new project is to promote inclusion. We believe that inclusive Scout organizations can help to build bridges between different youth groups. Scouting as a global movement has always aimed at creating solidarity among young people and international solidarity lays at the core of our values.

Nowadays, Scouting organizations are aware that better and more diverse reaching out is a priority for them in order to be reflect better the society they live in and offer the possibility to all young people to actively contribute to their communities and make their voice heard through the Scouting methodology, governed by the “learning by doing” principles. The Euro- Africa partnerships are a true lever to achieve this priority: a focus on strengthening the sense of tolerance and dialogue among Scout members from different backgrounds and also directly to reach out more to migrants and young people with fewer opportunities.

As a result of the adopted Triennial Plan 2014-2017, the World Scout Committee has formed the “Reaching Out to All” Work Stream, which encompasses work related to Diversity and Inclusion, as well as Social Impact.

Work done during the triennium relating to this priority was mainly conducted under the banner of the Unguvu Project on Diversity & Inclusion

The Unguvu project is a multilateral cooperation project aimed at strengthening partnerships and cooperation between Africa and European NSOs. Unguvu, which means “strength through unity,” aims to strengthen the existing and create an opportunity for new Europe-Africa partnerships. This first regional project (at European and African level) implemented in 2011 aimed at increasing the quality of partnerships, by focusing more specifically on capacity building through the identification of good practices to improve partnerships efficiency. Based on the good results of this first project, more European and Africans National Scout organisations decided to join this cooperation to develop more multi-lateral partnerships.

As a follow up of Unguvu and in order to keep strengthening the cooperation, the partners decided to focus their partnerships on a specific and mutually relevant topic (for both regions) and in which the Euro-Africa partnerships could create clear synergies: inclusive growth. The new project has been designed by taking into consideration the lessons lerarned and the feedback from evaluation of the previous project.


DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

The project focused on the following objectives: networking on fundamentals, faith groupings and spiritual development; enhancing diversification of membership to ensure membership better reflects society; being able to recognise and measure the benefits of diversity and to promote greater gender balance.

Major Successes

• Involved 16 partners: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Finland, Sweden, France (SGDF), Rwanda, UK, Chad, Gambia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Italy (AGESCI), Germany (VCP), Switzerland with the support of the Africa and European regional offices

• 28 young people Scouts (18-25) trained during the main workshop in Ethiopia

• An online tool on diversity and inclusion• An award at the Africa Europe Youth Leaders

Summit for an organization promoting the Coopera-tion of the Africa Europe Youth Cooperation

• At least 210 secondary beneficiaries: Each NSO to multiply the lessons learnt to at least 15 scouts

Key Challenges

• Transmission of the lessons learnt back to NSOs• Due to the number of partners involved in the

project, it is sometimes difficult to find common grounds on topics and common understanding

To know more about Unguvu read the Unguvu Partnership Handbook at http://www.scout.org/node/6252 or visit http://www.scout.org/node/27903. A new project has been submitted to the Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission. If funded, the project will take place in the year 2015-2016.

Social inclusion will be at the core of the future challenges both in Europe and in Africa and we believe, together with our partner national Scouting organizations, that we need to equip better our Scout leaders to better reach out and to build continuous dialogue between Europe and Africa.

Unguvu connects 11 National Scout Organisations/Associations; Associacao de Escutieros de Angola, Association des Scouts du Burkina Faso, Association des Scouts du Burundi, Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter (SP-FS), Scoutes et Guides de France, Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (Germany), the Scout Association of Malawi, Corpo Nacional de Escutas (Portugal), Jeunesse et Developpement (Senegal), The Scout Association (United Kingdom) and the Scout Association of Zimbabwe.

Co-funded by the Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission, Unguvu forms a key part of the commitment of the two regions to work together in partnership. The project works with young people from the partner associations, as well as representatives from the two regions to build their capacities and act as multipliers to strengthen existing partnerships, creating new bilateral and multilateral partnerships between NSOs/NSAs. As part of this process, participants have produced an introductory handbook on Partnerships and a Training Module that can be used by Youth NGOs to introduce even more young people to Europe- Africa partnerships.


Centre and the NSOs of Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Great Lakes Region, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

A total of 35 Messengers of Peace Community Leaders from 28 NSOs in the region have also been empowered with knowledge and skills to coordinate MoP activities in their NSOs. This has led to a continuous growth of the Messengers of Peace Network in the region with over 4,500 users registered on scout.org, over 500 service projects done totalling to over 4.3 million service hours.

In order to understand the success stories and replicate them even further, a mid-term evaluation of the Initiative is being conducted in 2015 by the World Scout Bureau in partnership with the University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, and will additionally involve an external impact evaluation company. The evaluation will focus on measuring the social impact the Initiative has achieved so far, by using various research methods, including: surveying MoP network members and NSOs’ leadership, interviewing external partners, conducting case studies in selected countries, as well as organizing focus groups with Scouts. The end results of the research will be published in a report by the end of September 2015, and will include a proposed framework for evaluating the MoP Initiative in the years to come.

The 40th World Scout Conference adopted Social Impact as one of the Strategic Priorities of Vision 2023. As part of the work done regarding this Strategic Priority a Reaching Out to All Work Stream of the World Scout Committee has been formed, and will in particular address Scouting’s definition of social impact, as well as work on defining the ways in which we measure it.

In 2014 WOSM and UNICEF put in place a global partnership extending the four year cooperation that started in 2010, between the Uganda Scouts Association, the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre and UNICEF. Through U-report World Scouting has already been able to engage more than 1,000,000 young people from more than 11 African countries in leading community change, connecting through a range of communication channels to voice their opinions about what is happening in their communities and working with leaders at community, national, regional and international levels to create positive social change.

Some of the activities done in the region in the past triennium which relate to social impact include:

MESSENGERS OF PEACE PROGRAMME

The Messengers of Peace Initiative has been inspiring Scouts worldwide to local action since 2011. Since then, a total of seventeen projects have been developed and approved for funding under the Messengers of Peace Support Fund. These projects have been implemented by the World Scout Bureau Africa Support


SOCIAL IMPACT

The following is a summary list of the beneficiaries of the project between 2012 and 2015 where the project was implemented in Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Lesotho.

• 9,744 scouts trained• 853 unit leaders trained• 3,408 non Scouts reached by the project and joined

scouting• 103 model gardens established• 2,177 home gardens established• 7,308 households reached• 1,325 Indirect beneficiaries reached

The major successes of this initiative are:

• Scout have been empowered with Agricultural skills and are contributing to food security in their house-holds

• Some scout groups have been able to sell their produce and hence building onto their entrepreneurship skills

• There has been an increase to in the number of Scouts from the non scouts admiring the skills the Scouts are acquiring through the project

• It is an easily sustainable project that uses a simple concept where the Scouts can continue even after the project funding is over.

• The project has enriched the youth program• Inclusion into to the FFL project small animal

farming such as chicken, rabbits etc

The challenges faced in the implementation of the initiate include:

• Lack of continuity for the project because of lack of continuous funding opportunities.

• Harsh climatic conditions• Unpredictable weather patterns• Political instability as in the case of South Sudan

In conclusion, the need for the project is great across all the other countries in Africa. It’s a project with a great impact on the lives of the Scouts and the community at large.

U-REPORT INITIATIVE

U-Report is a free youth and community participation platform that was developed in 2010 by UNICEF in collaboration with Uganda Scouts Association. U-Report is open to everyone and aims to inspire action within our communities to unite and share the responsibility of creating a better environment for everyone. U-Report amplifies the voices of young people and allows them to communicate, share information and opinions as well as vote on local issues. It also provides a channel for strengthening communication and dialogue with communities around development issues

The uniqueness of U-Report is its provision of a channel for Scouts to “report and act” on social concerns in their communities. U-Report gives Scouts opportunities to contribute towards creating a better world, to find ways to be constructive – not to leave society to the care of others, when they themselves can be helpful.

So far, among other things, Messengers of Peace has:

• Built in the young people a sense of ownership of the peace process, increase in knowledge and also in confidence to promote peace

• Enabled young people to distinguish themselves as community leaders with the ability to initiate action, inspire others and support the growth of the net-work

• Enabled majority of the young people trained to transfer the knowledge and build capacity of many other young people and adults in relevant topics on social challenges such drug abuse, domestic violence, cleanliness, environmental management including recycling in partnership with their local communities.

• Created a stronger spirit of brotherhood, understanding, solidarity, cooperation and partner-ship among young people in Africa

FOOD FOR LIFE PROJECT

The Food For Life Project (FFLP) was conceptualised to respond to the food crisis facing many countries in Africa. The solution lies in the population being able to produce enough food for their families amid scarce resources such as water and land and relying on the natural weather patterns.

In this context, the FFL Project was initiated in 2007 with the aim of contributing to the fight against hunger in Africa by equipping the youth (6 to 18 years old Scouts) with agricultural skills to produce their own food.

The specific objectives for the project are to:

• Train and impart the Scouts with agricultural skills.• Contribute to attainment of food security for their

families and the communities• Equip the Scouts with entrepreneurial skills so that

they can use agriculture as an income generating activity

• Encourage young people to have a more positive view of agriculture through practical application of the skills in their own homes to grow crops.

The project achieves the above objectives by:

• Implementing a Scouting proficiency programme that disseminates agricultural skills, including the production and distribution of trainer and partici-pant manuals, proficiency badges and seeds.

• Training and supporting of national project coordinators who are then able to coordinate the Training of Trainers and Scouts at the local levels

• Supporting the implementation of the programme at national level

• Monitoring the effectiveness of the project• So far the project has been implemented in 11

countries in Africa namely; South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Benin, Niger, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Lesotho.


During the Triennium the 40th World Scout Conference in Slovenia in August 2014 adopted a resolution for U-Report to be used as a tool by the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to achieve its strategic priorities and initiatives and enhance youth engagement. Subsequently, on 18th November 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, WOSM and UNICEF signed a global partnership on U-Report and Youth Engagement, paving way for the creation of a global communications and advocacy network, and creating the possibility of having 40 million Scouts speaking as one strong voice.

“WOSM will leverage its network of 40 million Scouts in over 200 countries and territories, which it plans to grow to over 100 million by 2023, and encourage them to participate in global and national advocacy and mobilization efforts through U-Report as part of efforts to create a better world”, said WOSM’s Secretary General, Scott Teare.

From 200 Uganda Scout U-Reporters in 2010, today globally, there are over 1 million U- Reporters. U-Report has been launched in 13 African Countries of Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Senegal. U-Report is also in Indonesia, Nepal, Chile and Mexico. Several other countries are in the process of launching U-Report.

The global success of U-Report within and outside WOSM has been made possible by the strong involvement and support of Scouting in Africa.

WOSM encourages Scouts in countries where U-Report exists to join and be part of the national advocacy and mobilization efforts. WOSM further encourages Scouts to take action by carrying out service projects to help address community needs identified through U-Report in order to increase our Social Impact.

WOSM also invite all Scouts to join the U-Report Global Platform by following @UReportGlobal on twitter or registering at www.ureport.in. Join U-Report to connect and work together with other Scouts and young people around the world for positive change. By becoming a U-Report, You become part of the global movement for positive social change.


COMMUNICATIONS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Achievements

Here some of the key highlights of the work done in the last three years.

a) Effective PR and Media RelationsThe image and credibility of Scouting in Africa faces a number of hurdles. Stakeholders are yet to understand fully the correct identity and purpose of Scouting and respect the movement as a reliable partner.

In light of this we have continued to implement sound reputation management through effective media and public relations activities. In this triennium we managed to:

• Create a reliable network of media contacts, so as to benefit from favourable media coverage whenever it is deemed necessary

• Promote the Scout Brand through publications and production of promotional items.

General Overview

In line with the main communication goal for Scouting in Africa for the 2010 - 2020 decade “Reaching stakeholders, more effectively, with the Scout message”, activities during the triennium aimed to enhance and sustain the image and credibility of Scouting in Africa with special focus on the following areas:

• Effective PR and Media Relations• Improve quality and quantity of publications • Improve news gathering and dissemination • Contribute to the reduction of the digital divide • Effective management of Events

Continuous work was also done to support the other parts of the organisation in producing materials, to increase World Scouting’s presence in social media, establish relationships with other organizations and provide information to our NSOs.


b) Improve quality and quantity of publications

Despite internet penetration in Africa having increased significantly over the past few years, online communication alone cannot be relied upon to relay information. Thus, the printed hard copy is still valued by many Africans who cannot download electronic publications due challenges related to cost, access, relevance.

Over the past three years we have:

• Regularly distributed, to a growing number of subscribers, the Kudumail newsletter that contains information about activities and stories from the Region. The stories are also shared on www.scout.org/africa

• Launched a new publication; the ConferenceInfo Bulletin that serves to provide information relating to regional conference and youth forum. Plans are also in place to begin publication of the bi-annu-al Committee Brief dedicated to reporting on the activities and developments within the Africa Scout Committee

• Produced calendars and other promotional materials to help in projecting the image of Scout-ing in the region and beyond annually

• Prepared quarterly, annual and triennial reports in English and French

• Improved the content and quality of regional publications

• Regularly contributed to compilation and dissemination of global publications such as the WorldScoutInfo newsletter and the Better World magazine

• Conducted capacity building for key communication staff in the office through training and support by a consultant on outcomes based communications and program results storytelling with the aim of enhancing the quality of content generated and published.

c) Improve newsgathering and dissemination

Powerful stories are effective tools of Public Relations, fundraising, partnership. They improve credibility and bridge the gap between an organization and its stakeholders. Thus, the quality and quantity of news stories on Scouting in the region need to improve. To this end we have:

• Developed and reviewed a “News Reporting Template” for use in gathering news

• Diversified and made more vibrant its social media platforms for greater interaction with the audience. Apart from the website – which has become the main channel of communication, Scouts, parents/guardians, partners and investors can now share and receive information directly form the regional office through Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube and Flickr.

d) Contribute to the reduction of the digital divide

One of the ways, to create a seamless, effective operational ecosystem within and without the region, is the reduction of the digital/technological divide created by the rapidly changing information age.

To bridge this gap, we have:

• Actively taken part in the review and rebranding of the global scout.org website to make it more inter-active and functional as the main source of infor-mation and as a tool for providing direct support to NSO. This also includes testing of the beta versions of the SCOUTS Android App and the Scout.goals.org platform

• Migration from Zimbra email Platform to the new Office365 platform that offers much more features and abilities for enhanced efficiency and collabora-tion.

• Implemented knowledge management softwares and digital databases to help preserve ARO’s Insti-tutional Memory. This has been made possible by the Alfresco Online Repository, Office365 suite, the intranet on the scout.org and Basecamp Project Management Tool among others

• Initiated the process of forming the Africa Scout Communications and External Relations Network comprising of key resource people in the region

• Organized and promoted the annual JOTA/JOTI events

• Improved bandwidth and internet connectivity at the Regional Office for enhanced efficiency

• Installed web conferencing facilities at Regional Office to enhance collaboration

e) Effective Management of Events

Events provide a unique platform for PR in the sense that they bring together diverse stakeholders, who in turn constitute a captive audience for the Scout Mes-sage. Moreover, events, depending on sizes and impact have the potential to make news. Finally, events are one of the key inevitable and recurrent operations for Scouting. Hence, their effective management is essential for reaching out and for better reputation management.

We worked with various departments and NSOs to:• Support the planning and delivery of key world, re-

gional, zonal and NSO events. Among event sup-ported include; the Africa Scout Conference & Youth Forum, Africa Scout Jamboree, Africa Scout Day, Founder’s Day, Zonal Scout Conferences & Youth Forum, specialized trainings and meetings among others

• Promote and assist with publicity, coverage and documentation and reporting on key global, region-al and NSO events

Support and Collaboration

In addition to the activities above, the regional office has also continuously supported NSOs address specific issues upon request. Some of the support given includ-ed tasks like resolving system failures, offering technical support to staff and backup monitoring.

Through constant correspondence the NSOs are able to make known to the office areas of support needs.We have also worked closely with colleagues from other regional offices in promoting regional and global initiatives and campaigns like Photo Missions Contest, a billion service hours contest, Peace Starts With me campaign, JOTA/JOTI among others in the spirit of one World Scout Bureau. This is part of a larger process of assessing and streamlining current internal and external communications systems, channels and tools.


EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Scouting does not work in isolation but has been partnering with other organizations to achieve its mission as well as to contribute to the development of youth in the continent. Much of the cooperation has been under the umbrella of the Network for International Youth Organizations in Africa (NIYOA) where WOSM is one of the founding members. Through this Network, WOSM works closely with the Pan African Youth Union, The European Youth Forum, The North South Centre of the Council of Europe, the Africa Diaspora Youth in Europe

Several meetings have taken place including:

• The institutional Meeting held in Braga in 2012• The Africa Europe Youth Platform Meeting held in

Brussels in 2013• The Africa Europe Youth Leaders Summit held in

Brussels in 2014• The Africa Europe Youth Platform meeting held in

Nairobi in 2015• Hosting the African University on Youth and

Development in Nairobi in 2015

PARTNERSHIPS

The Africa Region promotes and strengthens cooperation between NSOs from Africa and other Regions. These Partnerships are based on common projects and initiatives, exchanges, development cooperation, friendships among others. A few examples of the bilateral partnerships currently going on include:

• VCP Germany and Zimbabwe• Ireland and Lesotho• Netherlands and Ghana

These partnerships continue to provide opportunities for exchange programmes, training and capacity building, development of facilities at Scout camps and the formation of long term friendships between Scouts.

Some of the challenges to partnerships in the region revolve around leadership challenges that sometimes makes the partnerships end prematurely, lack of clear agreements between the two NSOs from the initiation stage on the partnership and poor communication.

Challenges

Despite the many successes, we still are faced with some challenges, among them being:

• Need for increased technical capacity to cover news through provision of professional newsgathering and media production equipment

• More resources for training to enhance skills of staff and key persons in the NSOs

• Low uptake of scout.org, which has been adopted, as the main channel for official communication, with only 4,575 registered users from Africa as at June 2015.

• Delays in sending information and receiveing feedback from NSOs causing huge delays in the implementation of planned activities.

Conclusion & Way Forward

Scouting’s profile should accurately portray what we do and why we do it, reflecting our shared values. Using the most impactful methods of communication, and engaging in strategically relevant partnerships should recognize Scouting recognized as the world’s leading youth movement.

As we move into the new triennium the focus greatly remains on Strengthening Scouting’s Profile. We will support NSOs in communicating their Scouting stories, work together with other WOSM bodies to further improve communication within and about the Movement, and develop effective partnerships with external stakeholders


GOVERNANCECapacity Building of Key NSO Staff

The regional office conducted on-the-job training for key executives from 9 NSOs namely: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Tanzania. The training aims at enhancing the management skills and sharing of best practices in NSO management.

Support to Join WOSM

This triennium saw the admission of the newest member of WOSM, The South Sudan Scouts Association who were officially recognized at the 40th World Scout Conference in Slovenia. The regional office also supported Guinea Bissau, Congo Brazzavile and Sao Tome & Principe, who are now at an advanced stage in the process of becoming full members of WOSM. Support to other potential members is also still ongoing.

Strategy & Triennial Plan

In efforts to support the achievement of World Scouting’s Vision 2023 the Region has taken steps to align its 2015-2018 triennial plan with the global plans. This will ensure that the region effectively contributes and better supports the growth of Scouting in Africa.

NSO Support

The WSB office and WOSM volunteer structures worldwide have devoted substantial effort to supporting NSOs in various aspects of organizational development. Much of these efforts were focussed on helping NSOs come out of crisis, constitutional development and reviews, capacity building of key staff, participation at annual general meetings, induction of new leaders and sharing of best practices.

The following are examples of work done in the Region, as a response to the development needs expressed by NSOs:

Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT)

The Regional Office has continued to follow up with NSOs who have participated in the pilot GSAT assessments, based on the needs identified. NSOs who are not part of the pilot project have also used the GSAT standards as a guiding tool when strengthening the governance of their NSOs. The tool is being implemented in the region through the Quality Assured Scouting project.

Constitutional Development and Reviews

A number of NSOs including; Cameroon, Ghana, Seychelles and Zambia were supported to review their constitutions and Policy Organization and Rules documents in this triennium


Role of the Africa Scout Committee

The Africa Scout Committee played a very key role in providing leadership and overall guidance to Scouting activities in the region. Many of these support directed at NSOs were spearheaded by the committee working closely with concerned staff at the regional office.

Key Challenges

Despite all these, the region still faces some challenges. These include:

• Governance challenges at the NSO level that impede youth work along with minimal demonstrated support to youth initiatives

• Inadequate resources to conduct field activities. This affects continuity of some ongoing projects• Slow action and delays in relaying information and feedback from NSOs to the office leading to delays in the

implementation process.

MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL SCOUT ORGANIZATIONS Membership Per Country (As at December 2013)

COUNTRY MEMBERSHIPSeptember 2011

December 2013

Un-Official

Angola 13,777 18,654Benin 6,350 5,226Botswana 4,660 3,357Burkina Faso 10,165 11,528Burundi 6,661 28,559Cameroon 4,561 4,501Cape Verde 733 733Chad 8,132 14,500Comoros 1,725 1,725The Democratic Republic of Congo 71,486 71,443Cote d’Ivoire 6,436 7,512 68,000Ethiopia 1,827 67,977Gabon 3,809 3,736Gambia 18,448 18,422Ghana 2,311 3,818Guinea 10,592 10,522Kenya 262,146 323,884 1,032,000Lesotho 371 371Liberia 2,418 2,418Madagascar 2,418 50,464Malawi 9,473 12,810Mauritius 4,000 3,463Mozambique 28,993 21,487Namibia 2,172 2,836Niger 3,113 3,300Nigeria 46,701 46,701


COUNTRY MEMBERSHIPSeptember 2011

December 2013

Un-Official

Rwanda 18,884 18,859Senegal 26,373 9,857Seychelles 609 169Sierra Leone 7,902 15,074South Africa 11,634 69,316South Sudan --- 2,500*Swaziland 4,994 6,843United Republic of Tanzania 91,057 538,933Togo 7,326 9,196Uganda 92,946 116,054Zambia 7,396 7,396Zimbabwe 2,389 6,731GRAND TOTAL 805,592 1,540,875

NOTE

• NSOs marked in green are those that reported increase in membership• NSOs marked in red are those that had a decline in membership• NSOs in white are those that either did not have or had very slight increase or decline in membership

*The membership figures provided for South Sudan are still not yet official.

Despite the total regional membership reported as at December 2013 having increased to 1,540,875 from the previous figure of 805,592 in September 2011, we still believe that the actual number of Scouts in Africa is much higher.

We therefore encourage all NSOs to adopt the practice of accurately declaring and reporting on the membership in their countries to enhance the region’s contribution to the achievement of the targeted 100 million Scouts in the world by 2023. One way of achieving this is for NSOs to put in place effective membership management systems


A number of Regional, zonal and NSO events took place during this time period, with support provided to these and upcoming organizers. There were also various world events where the region was represented. Below is a summary.

World Events

• Founders’ Day, 22 February every year, Worldwide• 14th World Scout Moot, July/August 2013 in

Ottawa, Canada• 40th World Scout Conference & 12th World Scout

Youth Forum July/August 2014 in Slovenia• 1st World Scout Education Congress, 22 – 25

November 2013 in Hong Kong• 23rd World Scout Jamboree, July 28- August 8 2015

in Japan• JOTA/JOTI October every year

Regional Events

• 6th Africa Scout Jamboree, August 2012 in Burundi• Reloaded 6th Africa Scout Youth Forum in August

2012 in Burundi• Messengers of Peace Community Leaders Training,

August 2012 in Burundi• Africa Scout Day, 13th March every year• Regional Messengers of Peace Coordinators

Workshop, March 2013 in Ethiopia• 16th Africa Scouts Conference & 7th Africa Scout

Youth Forum, August 2015 in Uganda

WORLD & REGIONAL EVENTSOther Events

• Mauritius Scouts Centenary Jamboree, November/December 2013

• Malawi National Jamboree• East Africa Zonal Scout Conference & Youth Forum,

December every year• Southern Africa Zonal Scout Conference & Youth

Forum, April every year• West Africa Zonal Scout Conference & Youth Forum,

June 2013 and June 2015• Uganda Scouts international Centenary Jamboree,

August 2015

Upcoming World and Regional Events

The following events are also planned to take place the coming triennium (2015 – 2018)

• Founders Day, 22 February, every year• Africa Scout Day, 13 March every year• JOTA/JOTI October every year• 7th Africa Scout Jamboree, Cote D’Ivoire 2016• 2nd World Scout Education Congress 2016• 15th World Scout Moot, July 25 – August 2 2017

Iceland• 41st World Scout Conference & 13th World Scout

Youth Forum August 2017 in Azerbaijan• 17th Africa Scout Conference & 8th Africa Scout

Youth Forum 2018• 24th World Scout Jamboree 2019 in USA & Mexico


The year 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Africa Scout Foundation that was formed in October 1995 with the aim of providing the Africa Scout Region with finan-cial support needed for sustainable growth and develop-ment of scouting activities in the Region. The Founda-tion has made very slow progress since its inauguration.

The current Board members elected during the Africa Scout Conference held in Accra, in November 2009 are: 1. Mr. Nkwenkwe Nkomo - Chairman2. Hon. Dr. Tebebe Y. Berhan - Vice Chairman3. Mr. Isaac Newton Addy - Member4. Mr. Charles Ray Musau - Member5. Mr. Winston Adams - Member6. Mr. Jeremy M. Naivasha - Treasurer7. Mr. Frederic T.Kama-Kama - Secretary.

The associate members of the Board include:

1. Mr. John Neysmith,2. Mr. Alexander Wong 3. Mr.Jorgen Rasmussen4. Mr. Scott A. Teare

The accounts of the Foundation have been audited on annual basis by the PSK Associates since 2011. The accounts have received clean bills of health.

Here is a brief summary of the ASF performance as per audited accounts for the past years:

Year 2011 2012 2013 2014Interest Received

6,572 6,583 5,818 3,720

Members’ Contribu-tion

12,174 16,899 7,926 8,829

Fund Balances

187,650 209,208 220,081 230,410

Increase in Fund Level

9.7% 11.5% 5.2% 4.7%

The decline in Interest received in 2013 was due to market instability when the US Dollar significantly lost against the Swiss Franc (CHF).

In addition, one of the Bonds held came to mature in March 2013 and only one Bond for USD 70,000 from the General Electric remained in investment during 2014. These funds have now all been consolidated and a total of USD 200,000 is invested with the World Scouts Foundation from August this year.

The overall performance of the ASF Fund shows an average increase of 7% over the last triennium (2012 to 2014). A better performance in the ASF case may come from members’ contributions, as growth depending on Bonds performance is not a viable to reach the target set by the ASF.


AFRICA SCOUT FOUNDATION

The Africa Scout Foundation has individual member 285 members and 32 Association members. Membership is spread as shown in the table below.

Individuals NSOsAfrica 87 9Arab 2 -Asia – Pacific 100 7Europe 68 10Eurasia - 1America 28 2Others - 3Total 285 32

The ASF Board, recently decided to invest together with the World Scout Foundation as higher interests are given for higher invested amounts. The Africa Scout Foundation Board then agreed to invest its USD 200,000 with the WSF that also has funds from other Regional Foundations.

CHALLENGES

An analysis of the Foundation figures showed above raise two clear challenges that need to be addressed in order to meet the objectives of this wonderful cause.

GrowthI would like to recognize the sacrifice made by each member who has subscribed to the Foundation and who in one way or the other has supported it up to this level. For sure, the Foundation has grown since its inception in 1995 but I must say that the growth as indicated above is very slow and at this pace may take too long to attain its target of reaching the One Million US dollars for it to make noticeable contribution to scouting activities in the region.

The intention is to invest the fund and only use the pro-ceeds from investment income for activities and sup-port. However, with an accumulated fund of only fund USD 230,410 raised over 20 years, the fund can hardly make an impact on the challenges facing scouting in Africa.

MembershipThere are today 39 NSOs in the Africa Region and only 9 of them are members of the Africa Scout Foundation. Out of the 285 individual members, only 87 or 30% are from the Africa Region. Thank you for those who heard the call in 2012 and joined the Foundation to bring this percentage to 30% from the then 25%. The foundation therefore lacks an African image.

To own the Foundation, it is important that Africa takes a lead in membership. We therefore encourage NSOs in the region to become members and also encourage all scouts to register to the Foundation irrespective of the amount of the contribution. All scouts and NSOs should also reach out to corporates and to people of goodwill to strengthen the Foundation.

CONCLUSION

We continue to count on your support to build an African Foundation beyond its expectations. Anyone who sup-ports us, is supporting scouting development in order to give African youth a chance to grow as happy, useful, and responsible citizens.

Miriti NaivashaRegional Treasurer


Management

The WSB Africa Support Centre has always considered management of its offices and of the NSOs in its constituency a key component of its commitment and efforts to make scouting in Africa more efficient, effective and sustainable. During the triennium under review, the WSB, Africa Support Centre, embarked on the recommendations of NGOs benchmarking audit carried out in 2012 by SGS and it adopted the Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT), an amended version of the SGS that suits well our needs and those of the NSOs and challenge all to embrace best practices and international standards in our day-to0day operations.

Organization

The Regional Office, headed by the Regional Director, is organized in to two main departments: General Management Department and Operations Department. Under each department are various units dedicated to various aspects of the organization as follows:

General Management Department

• Office of the Regional Director • Finance & Administration Unit; including Finance,

Administration, Transport and Welfare• Communications & Information Services Unit;

including Communications, External Relations and Information Technology

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONOperations Department

• Strategy & Education Services Unit; incorporating Youth Programme, Adult Resources and Training

• Development Support Unit; incorporating Messengers of Peace, Projects and Partnerships

Staffing

During the period under review, the Africa Support Centre had an average of 14 staff members and it counted at the date of this report 15 staff members at the service of NSOs in the Africa Region. During the period, the Africa Support Centre encountered three resignations for greener pastures and only two were replaced as some duties were shared among existing colleagues to cut on costs. The Africa Support Centre counts six expatriates and 9 nationals and all from the region.

These are the staff that have been supporting Scouting from the Regional Office in Nairobi over the last three years and their designations


No Name Designation1 Frederic Kama-Kama Regional Director2 Banafai Bansadja Deputy Regional Director / Director, Finance & Administration3 Christophe Sanon Director, Strategy & Education Services4 Mostaff Matesanwa Adult Resources & Training Manager5 Jacques Sandrizi Messengers of Peace Programme Manager6 Jonathan Omondi Youth Programme Manager7 Mary Waweru Development Support & Partnerships Manager8 Anne Leparan Executive Assistant to the Regional Director9 Mercyline Busolo Accountant / Finance & Administration Assistant10 Nelson Opany Communications & Public Relations Officer11 Moses Engadu U-Report Global Coordinator12 Morris Nzuma Information Technology Officer13 Jane Njenga Front Desk Officer14 Kennedy Kimani Driver & Messenger15 Caroline Rutere Welfare Assistant

Other Staff who left during the triennium1 Euloge Ishimwe Communications Manager 2 Susan Otieno Communications & Events Assistant3 Amos Ndegwa Communications & Information Services Officer

Finance

The fiscal year 2014-2015 has started on a lower note in terms of cash flow and finances. To illustrate this, we have received less than half of the expected allocations over the last five months. This has impacted some activities and initial plans. This also explains the negative net income as shown in the current Income statement.

External Audit ReportsAs one of the best practices required for any moral entity, the Africa Support Centre undertook external audit for each for the financial year in the triennium. Below is the financial statements for the year just ended and it gives a comparison with the previous year.

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER 2013


Fiscal Year (2013-2014) Fiscal Year (2012-2013)USD USD

ASSETSCurrent AssetsCash & Short Term deposits 206'622 309'367 Securities 0 Accounts Receivable 31'202 2'083 Amounts due from related parties 22'480 24'638 Prepayments & accrued income 23'879 19'313 Inventories 43'255 11'453 Inter-Office Accounts 43'858 724

Total current assets 371'295 367'579 Non-current assets Fixed Assets 14'872 21'736 Financial Assets including (Guaranty) 1'328 1'368 Investments

Total non-current assets 16'201 23'103 TOTAL ASSETS 387'496 390'682


Fiscal Year (2013-2014) Fiscal Year (2012-2013)LIABILITIES & FUNDS Current liabilities Short term & Financial Liabilities Registration fees received in advance 0 0 Accounts Payable 22'160 9'716 Other liabilities -352 14'004 Short term loans 0 0 Provisions 0 0 Accrued liabilities 22'198 33'185 Deferred income 0 0 Amount due to related parties 63'645 55'011 Inter-Office Accounts 0 0

Total current liabilities 107'651 111'916 Non-current liabilities Long term loans 0 0 Other non-current liabilities

Total non-current liabilities 0 0 Restricted funds Restricted funds (ex. projects) 49'366 60'359

Total restricted funds 49'366.37 60'358.60 Own Funds Result of previous years 218'408.05 191'594.92Result of the year 12'070.25 26'813.13Sub-Total 230'478.30 218'408.05Reserves 0.00 0.00

Total own Funds 230'478.30 218'408.05 TOTAL LIABLILITIES & FUNDS 387'495.67 390'682.65

FISCAL YEAR (2013-2014) FISCAL YEAR (2012-2013) USD USDOPERATIONAL INCOME Regional Registration Fees 0 0Contribution Regional Foundations 0 0Restricted Funds revenue (Projects) 118'911 210'792Fees Seminars, Networks (unrestricted funds) 0 0Other donations 25'132 32'477Royalties 16'452 9'564Other operational income 21'375 312

Total operational income 181'871 253'145 OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE General Management 429'664 393'618Operations Service 241'054 206'727Restricted funds Charges (Projects) 138'592 167'930Charges Seminars, Networks (unrest. Funds) 0 0Expenditure for field activities 42'625 49'922Depreciation 9'926 9'964

Total operational expenditure 861'861 828'160OPERATIONAL PROFIT/(DEFICIT) -679'990 -575'015 Transfers main office - general 675'311 581'551Transfers main office - Rest. / Unrestricted funds

0

Transfers main office - field activities 0 50'894 INTERMEDIATE SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) -4'679 57'430 FINANCIAL REVENUE Creditor Interests (Bank Accounts) -2 0Interest on investments Bank charges -1'287 -1'445Interests on loans 0 0Profit/Loss Transactions (Investments) Exchange gain/loss -1'643 -9'660 NET FINANCIAL SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) -2'932 -11'105 OPERATING SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) -7'610 46'325

INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2014


FISCAL YEAR (2013-2014) FISCAL YEAR (2012-2013) USD USDCHANGES IN RESTRICTED FUNDS Allocation -138'591 -191'280Use 118'911 210'792 NET SURPLUS OF THE YEAR BEFORE ALLOCATIONS/WITHDRAWALS

12'070 26'813

(Allocation to)/Withdrawal from Registration Fees risk reserve 0 0Operational risk reserve 0 0Future events & other reserves 12'070 26'813other unrestricted reserves 12'070 26'813 SURPLUS OF THE YEAR AFTER ALLOCATION / WITHDRAWALS

12'070 26'813


Auditors Opinion and Management Letter

Each set of accounts during the triennium were unqualified and proper books of the accounts were kept. No major issue was raised by external auditors through the Management Letters of the period under review.

It’s worth reporting that an internal audit also took place during the triennium and it applauded the significant progress and the professionalism at the Africa Support Centre. The internal auditor’s conclusion reads: “I was very satisfied with the overall performance and management of the Office”.

This is a list of Scouts and Scouters who have “Gone Home” during the triennium;

1. Mr. RAMBININTSOA José, Madagascar: Former Chief Commissioner and Chairman of the National Scout Council of Scout Tily Eto Madagasikara

2. Mr. Alphonse Ntisinzira, Burundi: Former Chief Commissioner of Burundi Scouts Association.3. Mr. Elhadj Bemhotom Ngéadoum, Chad: Chief Commissioner of Association des Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs du

Tchad4. Mst. KOMEZAMAHORO Jean Népomuscène, Burundi: A 15 years old Scout killed in demonstrations5. Mr. Lawrence Mhomwa, Tanzania: Former Chief Commissioner of Tanzania Scouts Association 6. Dr. Emmanuel Gasakure, Rwanda: Former Chairperson of the Board of Rwanda Scout Association and former

member of the Africa Scout Committee (2004-2007)7. Chief Addy Isaac Newton, Ghana: Former Chief Commissioner of Ghana Scouts Association and Vice Chairperson

of the Africa Scout Foundation8. Mr. Cecil Reddy, South Africa: Former Member of National Scout Council of SCOUTS South Africa and a Trustee

of the Scout Foundation9. Mr. Garnet de la Hunt,South Africa: Former Chairman and Board Member of the National Scout Council of Scouts

South Africa. Former Chairman of the World Scout Committee and World Scout Foundation Board Member.10. Mr. Joseph Seidu Tambilla, Ghana11. Mr. Diego Suarez, Madagascar12. Mr. Eurico Malaquias Nhaca, Mozambique13. Mr. Emmanuel Peter Ndungwi, Tanzania14. Mr. Alassane Ndaw, Senegal15. Mr. Deo Mutera, Burundi16. Mr. Robert Mathias Kuadjo, Benin17. Mr. Mohammed Kudu Bagudu, Nigeria

May the Almighty God grant their souls peaceful rest.

GONE HOME


World Scout Messengers of Peace Heroes Award

Since 2011, Messengers of Peace has been recognizing the many contributions made by Scouts and Volunteers toward peace. The “Heroes” are selected based on their time, hard work and heart put into service actions in their local communities and for advancing the Mission of Scouting to create a better world.

So far from the Africa Region, 2 young people; Nelson Ochieng Opany from Kenya and Marie Louise Charlie Y’cossie from Cote D’Ivoire has been awarded in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Africa-Europe Youth Cooperation Distinguished Projects

Unguvu Project, which is a joint flagship project of the Africa and European Scout Regions, was awarded as one of the three distinguished projects that have exhibited great impact among young people at an inter-regional level. The award ceremony took place at a cocktail gala hosted by Microsoft during the 3rd Africa-Europe Youth Leaders Summit held from 31st March to 1st April in Brussels, Belgium.


AWARDS & HONOURS


AFRICA SCOUT COMMITTTEE AMBITION FOR 2015 - 2018

Driven by our strategy, • We develop and innovate Scouting • We increase our social impact, reaching out to

more young people • We strengthen our image, partnerships and

communications

And in doing so support growth and delivery of Quality Assured Scouting in Africa.


AFRICA SCOUT COMMITTTEE AMBITION FOR 2015 - 2018

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