3rd Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators Meet

12Indonesia’s Peace Run adds colour to Scouting

8Rovers in Islamabad receive Better World Framework training; becoming active global citizens

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International Dayof Peace 21 September 2019

ASIA-PACIFICMessengers of Peace

The Messengers of Peace quarterly newsletter is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Support Centre of the World Scout Bureau highlighting the project, programmes and activities of National Scout Organizations under the MoP Initiative.

ISSUES NO.28 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2019

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Orieenteering PeaceScouts SDGs

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NSOs in Asia-Pacific celebrate International Day of Peace with Climate Action initiatives

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Scouts from different National Scout Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region joined the celebration of the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2019 advocating Climate Action for Peace. Scouts planted trees as part of their effort to address climate change, while others participated in clean-up drives resulting to cleaner and safer environment.

In Fiji, a total of 175 plants and 200 tree saplings were planted.

In Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia, tree-planting and clean-up activities in schools and project sites were conducted. While tree-planting is a good idea, for other NSOs, they opted to do awareness campaigns.

In Afghanistan and Bhutan, Scouts and their adult leaders organised peace rallies, door-to-door campaigns and peace pledges, discussions on the signs and impact of climate change in the atmosphere, land, and oceans and the positive action they can contribute. In India, The Bharat Scouts and Guides led the “Say No to Plastic” activity where Scouts and Guides explained the harmful effects of plas-tic to the environment. They also took part in picking up plastic waste in Sambalpur Railway Station as their environmental solution in ad-dressing the growing problem of plastic pollu-tion.

With the climate change initiatives done by Scouts from different NSOs, this is their way of contribut-ing to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Photo (c) Gerakan Pram

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CLEAN-UP DRIVES

TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY

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Afghanistan

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Bhutan

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The General Association of the Scouts of China

Cambodia

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Fiji

The theme draws attention to the importance of combat-ting climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world.

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Indonesia

Sri Lanka

Messengers of Peace team of Gerakan Pramuka con-ducted a Peace Run and Peace Movie Competition in Jakarta, gathering 795 runners and 115 volunteers to celebrate the International Day of Peace. The event coincided with the “Car-Free Day,” a weekly event in the country where the main streets of Jakarta are free from vehicles from 6am-11am every Sunday.

Wearing their MoP scarves, Scouts enjoyed the peace run along with other non-Scout participants. Upon reaching the finish line, different colors were thrown in the air commemorating the victory of the runners. For non-runners who also came, they enjoyed taking part in the peace dialogue and playing the games.

On the other hand, the Peace Movie competition

Indonesia’s Peace Run adds colour to Scouting

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By Erwin Samuel Ramli

received five entries from different groups which created a short clips and shared it in their Youtube channel and posted in scout.org. Participant Dini Suputri said, “This kind of event is rare in Scouting, and coinciding it with the Car Free Day is just a crazy yet fun idea. Appreciation for the committee and those who are in charge. Can’t wait to

see another fun event like this.”

Supriyadi, Gerakan Pramuka Vice-Chairman for Youth Programme said, “Messengers of Peace really gives a new colour on Scouting. Nowadays, Scouting is not only about camping, hiking and other old-fashion activities, but with MoP activity such as this, it has improved the style of Scouting”.

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Photo (c) Gerakan Pramuka

With the theme “Saving Lives”, the Boy Scout of the Philippines conducted its 17th National Scout Jamboree on 1-7 December 2019 at Camp Kaino-mayan, Botolan Zambales. The event focused on how Scouting can help address various issues concerning people, nature and the community where Scouts can be cata-lysts for positive actions. Apart from that, the event aimed to develop Scouts’ character towards their community so that they may be able to nurture their culture and love for their country. Highlight of the Jamboree was the Better World Framework (BWF) Exhibition where programmes like Scouts for SDGs, Scouts Go Solar, World Scout Environment Programme, Dialogue for

Peace, HeForShe, and Messengers of Peace were showcased. As an additional attraction, informa-tion about Scouting in the Asia-Pacific Region was also on display.

A creative presentation of each programme, combined with games were conducted to en-gage more Scouts to the activities. Scout talks were also organized everyday to deepen the knowledge of Scouts about the programmes. Additional topics tackled were Scouts of the World Award, Youth Engagement in the NSOs Decision-Making Process, and the Scout Dona-tion Platform. More than 14,000 Scouts and 560 adult leaders were introduced to the Better World Exhibit and 1,500 Scouts and Scout leaders received the BWF Badge.

Philippine Jamboree features Better World Framework programme

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Orieenteering4Peace and Scouts4SDGs

The General Association of the Scouts of China celebrated the International Day of Peace by conducting Orienteering4Peace and Scouts4SDGs event on 6 October 2019 in Kaohsiung City, par-ticipated by 250 Scouts. There were booths during the event which show-cased several Sustainable Development Goals, and the Messengers of Peace Programme. Participants were introduced to the importance of land crea-tures in achieving SDG 15 (Life on Land). Also, the participants were asked to conduct a PEACE in your Mind activity which targets to achieve SDG 10 (Re-duced Inequalities) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions). Furthermore, the team part-nered with Pier-2 Art Centre to successfully conduct the orienteering of Scouts where everyone was tasked to visit selected museums to understand their local culture and history. At the end of the event, participants were in-spired to initiate and conduct more activities in their respective communities. Pei Wen Yuan, a

Rover from Taichung City Scout Council said, “During the event, every child was [deeply] involved in the activity. [Through] the booth visit-ing, they could learn more about the endangered species and the nice way to treat the forests. We hope the Scouts and children, who visited the booths, could bring back the ideas [gained] and share [it] to their friends and family. Besides, [through the] other activities, we also learned more [about] the Messengers of Peace. We hope that different Scout groups can establish their own MoP project, to create impact to their socie-ty, and to solve different problems. We hope the world could change by those tiny MoP projects and create a better world,” he added.

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Sherman Sheng Hsiao Ming, The General Association of the Scouts of China

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3rd Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators Meet, Thailand

National Scout Organization of Thailand organised its 3rd Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators Training Course on 22-24 November 2019 at the Red Cross Youth Activities Personnel Develop-ment Center, in Bangkok, Thailand, gathering 58 participants. In partnership with Rajadhivas Scout Club, Janta-siri Vittaya School, and Technology Asia Vocation-al College, the participants comprised of school directors and community leaders from northern, central and eastern Thailand who were trained and introduced to the MoP Programme. After

completing the course, they were awarded with certificates and green scarves, and were encour-aged to actively promote Scouting and the MoP Programme in their schools. The MoP Thailand Adult Training also awarded the Blue Scarf to MoP Local Coordinators who have been performing and accomplishing the criteria set by the NSOT for the past three years. The presentation of the Blue Scarf was led by Re-gional Scout Committee Chairman Ambassador Ahmad Rusdi, who also presided the opening ceremony.

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rganisation of Thailand

To solve the problem on waste management, Sri Lanka Scout Association (SLSA) conducted national and district levels Awareness Training advocating Zero Waste to Scouts. The training was mainly designed to educate the public on proper waste management. The Zero Waste training was first introduced to 100 adult leaders on 12 October 2019, who are MoP District Coordinators and Commissioners from 37 districts. The introductory workshop includes understanding the concept of Zero Waste, creating a training plan for Scouts, and planning the district level projects. After the introductory sessions, adult leaders shared their knowledge and experiences on proper waste management in their respective districts that will deepen the understanding of the Scouts on the project, aside from distributing the leaflets and oth-er promotional materials to the public. Currently, a total of 5,000 Scouts and 500 adult leaders are trained.

District coordinator Chathura Tharuka said, “Zero

Sri Lankan Scouts advocate Zero Waste

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By Nandini Das, Sri Lanka Scout Association

waste is an extreme approach towards reducing your waste and simplifying your life. As an Air Rover Scout and MOP coordinator, we must have a proper management and disposal of waste.” This was supported by District coordinator S. Meenambika who said that if the programme is implemented in the districts, there would be a revolution on waste management in Sri Lanka.

“We are proud to have been instructed to do this,” he said.

A total of 235 Scouts participated in the Better World Framework (BWF) Integration Camp organ-ised by the Pakistan Boy Scout Association (PBSA) on 16-22 November 2019, in their Islamabad head-quarters. The camp provided a platform for the Rovers to further understand the core values of the Better World Framework. The presence of the PBSA National Commissioner and other 35 adult leaders from different provincial branch associations had largely contributed in running the camp. Prior to the camp, an awareness programme

and a roadshow was organised, with 250 Scouts actively participating. This event provided aware-ness on BWF badges including Messengers of Peace, and Scouts were provided with training on how Scouts can invite non-Scouts to be active global citizens. As part of the activity, participants visited three model schools where an estimate of 450 students were introduced to BWF programme. Furthermore, a WhatsApp group was created to serve as a plat-form for Scouts to share their action plans.

Rovers in Islamabad receive Better World Framework training; becoming active global citizens

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The Messengers of Peace Hero Award is an an-nual recognition for Scouts around the world for their outstanding contribution towards community development, promotion of dialogue and peace and relief in needs through service projects. This year, 15 Scouts were awarded in Kuwait last 30th Octo-ber to 4th November 2019, three coming from the Asia Pacific Region. One of the awardees is Sam Aliff Ajwad Bin Marzuki from Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM).

Aliff was recognized for his environmental pro-jects in Malaysia, inspiring a number of Scouts to take action towards protecting and preserving the environment. One of his projects is the WalkSide By Rovs Project, where plastic bottle caps were collect-ed and used as designs for pedestrian walkways to encourage local transportation. A total of 80,000 plastic caps were collected from

Photo (c) Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia

Sam Aliff Ajwad Bin MarzukiMessengers of Peace Hero 2019IN FOCUS:

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Scouts around the world including Switzerland, Maldives, Mauritius, Thailand, Myanmar, Indone-sia, Singapore and Malaysia to build a walkway of approximately 100 meters. A promotional video was made exclusively for the project to acquire support gaining massive attention and interests in social media and different private companies and govern-ment institutions. The collection of plastic caps took about six months where the team also conducted promotion in different school, national and private events. With the help of the local community of Jalan Mes-ra, Datuk Keramat, the pedestrian walkway was built after two weeks. They also made the path interesting by arranging the bottle caps in floral design and inspirational words that represent the value of Scouting. This project encourages local commuters to walk going to their destination as the road was con-structed removing the problem of trash and stench. The project has also created an awareness and partnership with the local communities in taking action toward the environment. Sam has also co-organized other projects such as the River Revival: River Restoration Project with the objective of saving a commodore lizard’s habitat in the Damansara River establishing partnerships with Management and Science University and other organizations to preserve the wildlife habitat and to conserve the river. The project was pioneered by biomedical Science students where they used

enzymatic mudballs to increase the pH level of the river to neutral level allowing the commodore lizard to have conducive homeland. The impact was real-ized after six months where there is an increasing population of commodore lizard. The project was also recognized in Malaysia Book of Records with the number of mudball (176,000) made creating positive impact to the environment. Another project is the My Mountain, Gunung Nuang, a tree planting project in conjunction with the re-opening of Mount Nuang, Selangor. The project was conducted with partnership with Shah Alam Youth (SAY) and His Royal Highness Tengku Amir Shah ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj, the crown prince of Selangor. With Sam’s exceptional experiences and recognition as MoP Global Hero, he was appointed as WOSM Ambassador for MoP and Scouts for SDGs initiatives where he received training for Scouts for SDGs and youth representation during his 5-day stay in Kuwait. Sam said, “I love green, I love nature so much. I will do everything to make it beautiful again. I will continue to improve the environment condition of my lovely country, Malaysia. Yes! Malaysia is a beautiful country, but there is a side of Malaysia that doesn’t have that beauty. From there, I de-cided to let the people of Malaysia and the world to see and experience the beauty of nature even though it is an artificial or made out of recycle items.”

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Eighty Scout Leaders from the districts of Sabah came and participated in the Sabah Zone National MoP Coordinators Course, organized by the Perse-kutuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM) on 1-3 November 2019 at the Scout Nature Park in Sandakan, Sabah. The event was created to provide experience and knowledge to the coordinators in the management and administration of the Messengers of Peace Pro-gramme. They were introduced and exposed to various activi-

MoP Coordinators training runs in Sabah

ties including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), website registration, administrative training which tackles the preparation of MoP Programme documents, and creating their own action plans. The training course was led by MoP National Coordi-nator Dr. Amir Hamzah bin Aman who believes that the training course will give birth to new coordi-nators who serve as catalysts at their districts and states. The experience and knowledge gained dur-ing the course will also help to produce more Scouts who will initiate and assist the projects.

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Azahar Surain, Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia

Scouts around the world are doing community actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Ms Nandini Das, from the Bharat Scouts and Guides initiated a project targeting the SDG 2: Zero Hunger. The project aims to reduce hunger and food scarcity in her community. Nandini partnered with food delivery giants: Swig-gy and Zomato and hotels like Saravana Bhavan in collecting excess food and distributing it to the community. Nandini’s team digitally connects to their partners to know where and when to collect the food excess. The flow of the work starts when the team receives a message from their partners, Scouts will collect the food, then locate the beneficiaries and deliver the food to the target community. The team is using stainless containers in distributing the food in all of their deliveries.

Nandini said that they have already strategized the work for the whole year and was delighted to share that many Scouts have sign-up to join

Scout leads Zero Hunger project in her community

them. Another SDG that her team helps is sending children to go back to school. One of them is Mithun, whose school fee is being sponsored by Scout Abrar Anna, one of their partners. Mithun said that because he needed to help in their family’s small shop since his parents have their own respective work, his schooling is halted. With the sponsorship he receives from Anna, he can go back to school.

“Abrar Anna is my mentor, my well-wisher and my best friend. Thank you for paying my school fee in Chennai Corporation school. I promise, I will work hard and earn respect in the society,” he said. Other SDGs that the team are also contribut-ing are SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13: Climate Action, SDG 14: Life below Water, SDG 15: Life on Land and SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals. In their past activities, the team promoted the #RECYCEDPAPERBAGS as packaging of food products, as well as using leaves as natural packaging.

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NOVEMBER 2019TOP 10 NSOs

(scout.org users)

1. Philippines 547,782,1342. Bangladesh 198,063,6533. Malaysia 91,389,6044. India 66,286,3915. Bhutan 29,685,1006. Nepal 13,931,1037. Thailand 10,030,3448. Fiji 8,923,3369. Indonesia 6,051,21110. Sri Lanka 3,602,737

TOP 10 NSOs (service hours)

TOP 10 NSOs (projects)

1. Malaysia 12,9392. India 11,2333. Bhutan 7,1334. Thailand 3,8935. Philippines 2,6536. Indonesia 1,2057. Bangladesh 7888. Fiji 5559. Pakistan 48810. Nepal 473

1. India 33,8632. Indonesia 25,8753. Philippines 19,3494. Malaysia 15,5375. Bangladesh 13,3106. Bhutan 7,5857. Australia 4,4788. Thailand 4,0259. Hong Kong 3,86510. Pakistan 3,766

DECEMBER 2019TOP 10 NSOs

(scout.org users)

1. Philippines 549,190,2992. Bangladesh 198,274,0913. Malaysia 94,846,5544. India 76,179,3705. Bhutan 34,024,8716. Nepal 13,934,4487. Thailand 10,800,5048. Fiji 8,923,3369. Indonesia 6,257,68710. Sri Lanka 3,772,093

TOP 10 NSOs (service hours)

TOP 10 NSOs (projects)

1. Malaysia 13,0612. India 11,5433. Bhutan 7,6464. Thailand 4,2335. Philippines 2,6586. Indonesia 1,2167. Bangladesh 8518. Fiji 5559. Pakistan 52010. Nepal 477

1. India 45,1182. Indonesia 26,0033. Philippines 19,5944. Malaysia 15,7245. Bangladesh 13,4106. Bhutan 7,8937. Australia 4,5178. Thailand 4,4499. Pakistan 4,35310. Hong Kong 3,913

This monthly statistical report shows the current progress of our National Scout Organizations in the imple-mentation of the Messengers of Peace Programme through the data populated at WOSM’s Global Network of Service – www.scout.org. The results are primarily made on the basis of [a] the number of users registered, [b] the number of actual service hours rendered, and [c] the total number of projects posted.

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OCTOBER 2019TOP 10 NSOs

(scout.org users)TOP 10 NSOs

(projects)

1. Malaysia 12,7362. India 11,0593. Bhutan 6,9344. Thailand 3,3945. Philippines 2,6146. Indonesia 1,2057. Bangladesh 7758. Fiji 5559. Pakistan 48510. Nepal 462

1. Indonesia 25,7152. India 24,6083. Philippines 19,0584. Malaysia 15,3665. Bangladesh 13,2216. Bhutan 7,5107. Australia 4,4388. Hong Kong 3,8219. Pakistan 3,62810. Thailand 3,592

TOP 10 NSOs (service hours)

1. Philippines 547,543,7362. Bangladesh 197,597,3443. India 65,960,3154. Malaysia 47,523,6735. Bhutan 27,513,5496. Nepal 13,927,0627. Fiji 8,923,3368. Thailand 8,018,3099. Indonesia 6,051,21110. Sri Lanka 3,551,528