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Scouting for Solutions

Vol. 3 No. 1, April 2007

Boys and girls can

Welcome!Dear reader, we bring youthe first issue ofScoutsVoice in 2007.In this issue we arescouting for solutions forgirls and boys to betreated equally. And alsosolutions to power

misuse.Read about what boys

Theatre Badge and the 100years of Scouting.Congratulations to allscouts world over, on theCentenary Celebrations!

The next Scouts Voiceissue will be about HIV/AIDS care and support.

Discuss issues you readabout with your friends,teachers and parents.

Scouts

Voiceforall: Scoutsand non-scouts canbenefitfrom SV. Aboy atMusasa PSgoes home

with a copyof SV.

and girls can do. Andhow to help them do thebest they can.

Whether you are a boy ora girl, be proud of whoyou are. You are special.

This time, Scouts Voice hasmuch fun: puzzles,Michongoano andcartoons.

Also read about how youcan win the Little Magnet

Earn the Little MagnetTheatre Badge

Treat boysand girls thesame way

Think about your sister, girls in your class andcommunity. What leadership positions do they

hold? What about boys: Do you think they are suitedfor those positions? Why? What do you think wouldhappen if those positions were to be exchanged?

All these questions help us tocheck ourselves on how welook at boys and girls andtheir roles in society.

There are natural differencesbetween boys and girlsbecause they are born withdifferent biological roles suchas girls ability to bearchildren.

and girls go in differenttroops. Whether it is a boys or

girls troop, each member hasdifferent leadership roles.

Also, boys and girls do allsorts of work. BramwelKundu, SV journalist

There are beliefs that girls areweaker and have to be underboys. What do you think?

Scouts Voice journalists whogathered at Kakamega inNovember 2006 found outwhat other young people

Message from AgnesMwangi, Director,Gender and Communi-cation, Kenya ScoutsAssociation (KSA)

You can earn this badgewhen you participate in

the Interactive-Regular- Drama (Little MagnetTheatre). Ask yourScouts leader about it.

The 1977 Constitution of theWorld Organisation ofScouting Movement urgesNational Associations toencourage girls to joinScouting. KSA is not left out.

Many girls have joinedScouting although we do not

know how many they are.But we have carried out acensus and the results willbe out soon.

We are happy that manyparents are allowing theirdaughters to join Scouting. Ialso urge each scouts unit tohave parents on theircommittee. This will helpthem appreciate Scoutingmore.

Through Scouting girls andboys learn leadership skills,lifeskills and other usefulthings.

Scouting for Solutions (SfS)activities help young peoplemake healthy choices.

There are no activities forboys or for girls in Scoutingas believed in some patrols.Girls and boys can competewell. For example, the 2005Zonal competitionschampions are girls fromKitale Academy.

Scouting is for both girlsand boys. I encourage moregirls and boys to joinScouting.

Interviewed by NancyWanjiru, SV journalist

do the same things

But society through religionsand culture has assigneddifferent roles to girls andboys.

Scouting teaches us that boysand girls are equal and givesthem a chance to do their best.

We do the same workWhen we go camping, boys

Scouts Voiceis a newspaper written by scouts. It is however forscoutsand non- scouts. Read and share what you have learnt with yourfriends.

Female scouts pitch a tent, boys cook, while girls do gymnastics during the 2006 Competitions

think. Read more about theirfindings on page 2.

How do boys and girlsshare power?There are different sources ofpower that include education,skill and others. Do you knowof a boy or girl who is inpower? Look at your leaders.Are they men and women? Canboys and girls be in power orit is only boys? How is powershared between boys and girlsin Scouting?

Agnes Mwangi