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SUB . UMBRA . FLOREO.

EDITION

Nº 33

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It was in the year 1987 that I began my work as an adult volunteer serving the

Scout Movement. Then began a long journey as a scout leader, a road full of

challenges, a lot of learning, acquiring a very strong commitment to contribute

to the education of young people and, why not, my satisfaction. Incorporated

into my life was a new role that would require me to donate my time, my talent

and resources (money) for the benefit of others.

Today concerning balance, after almost 28 years of having become an adult in

Scouting, I reflect strongly about the importance of “balance”. Balance in the

various roles we have in life, balance in the time devoted to each, balanced

results that are desired during the passage of time.

When I started my work as a scout leader, I was at the same time a college

student, son, brother and friend. Such were the key roles played then. I knew I

could not stand out as scout leader ignoring the good performance as a student,

or giving up family life, or surround myself with negative friendships that could

have caused me to misuse my time and money. Trying to maintain balance was

not just a matter of knowing how to manage the time that was given to each of

these roles to achieve the results I craved, but above all was related to an issue

of consistency with the values expressed in the Scout Promise and Law. I could

not be a “Streetlight and darkness in my house”, as stated in a popular Mexican

saying. Often I devoted less time to my parents and brothers and gave it to

Scouting or study, which was not right. I had to learn over time that I should

give a place to everything and I cannot deliver on a role at the expense of or

failure in another.

Over the years, as a result of conscious decision-making, I started playing

other roles as husband, father and professional scout. I know the importance of

maintaining the balance between each of them, not allowing, for example, work

to overshadow my effort to be a good husband and a good father. I confess that

it was not always easy. Often work had absorbed large amounts of time and

attention. However, I have found the key to not separate the roles of each. I’m

not one person when I am a father and another when I am a scout professional.

My values are exactly the same in either role. My colleagues at work know my

wife and my children, and my family knows what my job is and my office mates.

This challenge comes to everybody daily and not achieving balance can lead

to much frustration. The key is to maintain integrity. Be yourself in any role in

life and seek to grant each the necessary time. Important things should take

precedence over the urgent things.

Raúl Sánchez VacaRegional Director

World Scout BureauInteramerican Region

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WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

Social justice emerged at the middle of the X1X century

as a consequence of the necessity to achieve an equitable

distribution of social goods, because in a society in which

social justice is valued, the human rights of individuals

that inhabit it will be respected and the unprotected

social classes will have opportunities of growing.

The UN General Assembly proclaimed February 20 as

the World Day of Social Justice in 2007. They invited the

member states to dedicate to promote this special day

nationally, with specific activities that meet the objectives

and goals of the World Summit for Social Development

at twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly.

The celebration of the World Day of Social Justice should

support the efforts of the international community aimed

to eradicate poverty and promote full employment and

decent jobs, gender equality and access to well-being

and social justice for all.

According to the UN, the foundations of the social justice

advocate when:

- Gender equality is promoted.

- The rights of indigenous peoples are promoted.

- The rights of migrants and refugees are promoted

worldwide.

- Barriers of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion,

culture or disability that people face are eliminated.

For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at

the core of our global mission to promote development and

human dignity. The adoption by the International Labour

Organization of the Declaration of the International Labour

Organization on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is

just one recent example of the commitment of the United

Nations system of social justice.

The declaration focuses on ensuring equitable outcomes for

all through employment, social protection, social dialogue

and fundamental principles and rights at work.

The general concept of social justice

incorporates the idea that inequalities

between people do not exis,

opportunities are for everyone, from

those who live in poverty to those

found in wealth. As long as there is

no social injustice in the world there

will be inequality of opportunity, no

freedom of speech, neither access to

the basic services that a human being

needs.

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GREEN PLANET

In almost all major cities of our countries the situation of street animals is worrying, but what do we call stray animals? Well stray animals are those animals that live part of the day outside their compounds, whether they were freed by owners, neglected or because the animal is lost or was born on the street and they collect in packs to form colonies.

It is not true that these pets need to have a litter to complete their life cycle, since there is not a conscious connection with the reproduction as a necessary part of their emotional well-being.

When we decided to reproduce a dog or a cat we think that not more than 1 or 2 pups will be born. They often birth more than 6 or 7 (sometimes 12 or more) and these animals alike deserve a home where they have safety, care, affection and, most importantly, a permanent place to stay. Of 10 puppies, only two remain after a year of life in their original home. This results in the abandonment of the other 8 puppies that end their lives on the streets or in shelters. It is important to note that when you try to breed your dog or cat the off-spring will not be a copy but shall have its own mental and physical characteristics.

Most people crossing their dogs or cats have good intentions for puppies and sincere expectations to accommodate

them but unfortunately, it is very difficult to place ALL puppies, as this rarely happens. The result of a cross between a dog and her offspring results in the birth of 67,000 dogs in six years. The result of a cross between a cat and her offspring results in the birth of 420,000 in seven years!

The problem of canine and feline overpopulation is a difficult dimension to understand. Therefore there are different campaigns in our countries for sterilization. This is not a moral issue. It is a responsibility: sterilizing your animal is like contributing a grain of sand and you help to prevent the birth of thousands of animals in the future that will be on the streets of our cities, experiencing a very bad life where most will not exceed three years of life.

There are misconceptions about sexuality and reproduction of these animals in our society. This lack of information leads to over population.Be responsible for your pets, sterilize.

STREET ANIMALS

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WORKS OF NORBERTO ARGÜELLO

Sea Scouting has led to two books. They consist of a

collection of anecdotes and a complete record of letters,

newspaper articles and editions of the Association of Sea

Scouts Admiral Brown.

“In the winter of 1982, being head of the group,

Roberto Campo, handed me a folder with photocopies of

documentation of sea scouts kept at the HQ. They were

letters and handwritten notes by Alberto Leoni, writer of

Gaceta Marinera. I took all the material and I kept it for

years in my house” he began explaining to “The New”, the

scout leader on the beginnings of this editorial project.

“In 2009, as he reread old papers, these photocopies

made by primitive photocopying process, vanished with a

simple touch. I could not find the originals and I decided

to transcribe them before they became unreadable” he

added.

Thus was born the idea. He began a slow search for

information to develop a publication on the history of the

Sea Scouts.

In 2011 he deepened investigations and came to consult

organizations such as the Foreign Ministry, the Yellow

House, the Historical Archives of the Navy and the Naval

Museum of Puerto Belgrano. He also began interviewing

notable former scouts and families of deceased leaders.

Having so much material he realized that he could publish

a bulky specimen consisting of several books on specific

themes he called “The Book of the Centennial”.

He set to work and finding publishers interested, he decided

to work on an “Author’s Edition”.

He wrote, edited, illustrated, printed, assembled, pressed,

sewed, binding- using some household tools that must

have been put together with his own hands, and in August

2013 completed the first publication.

It is a hard copy of 1,110 pages titled “Teru Tero in the

First 100 years of Sea Scouting “, which together with the

aforementioned documents, brings together all existing

copies of the “Bulletin Teru Tero” which were digitized.

So that the experiences and anecdotes were not lost in the

memory of a few, he decided to commit them to paper and

published a small volume, also as edition of the author,

which he called “Anecdotes and Experiences of my Scout

Life” which recently presented.

The Centennial book, meanwhile, will be available on July

5, 2015, the date of celebration of the century of the

Association of Sea Scouts at Puerto Belgrano and Punta

Alta, and Sea Scouting in Latin America, since this group is

the pioneer in this field.

Furthermore, given the interest generated by some fellow

scouts for these initiatives he is working on a second

edition of anecdotes and the publication of a “Handbook

for Sea Scouts”.

“An old scout master taught me that from the word

impossible it’s necessary to remove the prefix ‘im’

which leaves us the term possible. That is the engine of

my projects. With passion and patience, you can,” said

Argüello.

The members of the Scout Association of Sea Scouts

Admiral Brown are currently organizing their next camp

activities, with the support of children and young people

who are in the group, the leaders and parents.

By Sergio Soler

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BULLYINGJesús Arenas – Executive for Support Operations in the Caribbean and for Special Projects..

When we think of children, synonyms

immediately come to mind as

innocence, peace and joy, but today

I’m sure at some point we’ve all heard

the term “bullying”. Bullying is derived

from the word bully and the verb

bullying started to be use since 1710.

This issue, although current or trendy

enough, has been under study since

1973, Dan Olweus, who may be

considered the father of specialized

studies of the same. He studied in

Sweden the behavior of children,

taking into account factors such as the

social environment of students, school

size, number of teachers and students

per classroom.

Dan Olweus first determined that

a student is attacked or becomes a

victim when exposed, repeatedly and

over time, to negative actions carried

out by another student or several of

them.

Certain statements to the individual

can cause low self-esteem and it

is reflected in different ways from

isolation to fits of rage, which would

compromise their performance in

other educational settings like college.

To be worse, the student can develop

phobia of classrooms, which, if he

gets to finish school, will hardly want

to continue their educational life. So,

without any preparation, he will not

be eligible to get a good job, joining

the ranks of the unemployed and

marginalized. In short, emotional

bullying ends the child’s perception

that the school or group where he is

trying to enter is a safe and secure

place to coexist.

Besides the already known

consequences, unfortunately there

have already been registered cases

with fatal outcomes, such as the

suicide of the child population due to

this phenomenon.

Similarly, according to studies by

the University of Yale, children and

adolescent victims of bullying are

considered 2-9 times more suicidal

than those who are not victims.

Among the myths of bullying are:

• Bullying is most visible in

urban areas.

• Bullying is seen only in poor or

dangerous areas.

• The number of students per

class and school size is a factor.

• Students with low academic

performance are bullies.

• Those with bad behavior

towards their parents are bullies.

• It is a matter of boys and not

of girls.

• Bullies are insecure people

inside.

• It is a way of joking among

boys.

• The attackers are popular.

Besides the already known consequences,

unfortunately there have already been

registered cases with fatal outcomes, such

as the suicide of the child population due to

this phenomenon.

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• Victims always have qualities

(external factors) as obesity, wearing

glasses, height, hair color, ethnicity,

mannerisms, and unusual names.

• The victim is a weak and

timid child, who has no friends. False.

The victim can be any child who will

become the focus of the aggression

of a colleague. For example: the

pretty girl who gets good grades and

therefore causes envy.

• In the dynamics of “bullying”

only the aggressor and the victim

are involved. False. In the dynamic

viewers also participate. The latter are

powerful because they could join the

aggressor, stay indifferent or defend

the victim.

• The most common type

of “bullying” is physical violence.

False. Only 10% of cases of bullying

is physical, as this is the easiest to

detect. The other 90% are verbal

bullying, non-verbal, emotional and

cyber bullying.

• As adults, if we do not

intervene, we help the victim have

more character and learn to defend

themselves. False. The child who is a

victim of bullying has generally tried to

defend himself and it has not worked.

In the long run, if no one defends, it

can cause serious emotional problems

like depression or an anxiety disorder.

• The type of “bullying” more

harmful is related to physical violence.

False. The most damaging type of

bullying is the emotional type, where

they attack the person’s identity: race,

sexual orientation, weight, status,

religion, etc. This type of bullying

causes higher levels of anxiety.

• It is important to seek help

only for the victim of “bullying”.

False. Assistance should be given to

the victim, but also the aggressor

child or “Bully”, as he/she also has a

problem and can be a victim in other

environments.

• These behaviors are common

among children and they must learn

to solve their problems alone. False.

Children must learn to negotiate

and defend themselves adequately.

But being in a situation of repetitive

abuse, which he did not manage to

defend, adults must intervene to limit

the child or child abuser.

• If my child (and I dare add,

student, or other family member) does

not go through this problem there is

not much I can do. False. Teaching

the importance of mutual respect

and empathy will help all understand

that this type of behavior will not be

tolerated.

Not taking preventive actions or

plans on how to deal with these

issue makes us accomplices and

sponsors of these unacceptable

behaviors. Bullying affects how we

see our future generations. It is

the duty of everyone to put plans

in place to mitigate the frequency of

cases, raise awareness, give feeling

of confidence to our protected or

dependents (who do not necessarily

have to be our children or family)

and above all, not just listen to

complaints when they arise, but

suggest the best remedy for all

involved. We cannot blind ourselves

to the facts and must accept that

bullying is present in every society

and every social group.

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SAYING GOOD BYE TO A MESSENGER OF PEACE

King Abdullah became the sixth king of the oil nation in Au-

gust 2005, but was considered the leader of the nation sin-

ce 1996, when his half brother King Fahd suffered a stroke.

In the context of conservative circles of the kingdom, King Abdullah was

seen as a ‘reformer’ and often clashed with the more hardline clerics.

Since he became king, he invested heavily the wealth of the na-

tion in large-scale education and infrastructure projects.

The World Organization of the Scout Movement today mourns the passing of the King of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Custodian of the two Holy Mosques.The late King Abdullah was most instrumental in the develop-ment of the World Scouting’s flagship initiative, Messengers of Peace.Since its launch in 2011, Messengers of Peace has inspired millions of young men and women – members of the Scout Movement worldwi-de – to do great things in their local communities, to create a better world.

Through Messengers of Peace, Scouts have helped their commu-

nities recover from disasters in El Salvador, Haiti, the Philippi-

nes, and the USA. They have taken care of street kids and their

families in Bangladesh, Honduras, Kenya and the Philippines.

They have intervened in divided communities in Burun-

di, Indonesia, Kashmir and Rwanda. These are but a drop in

the ocean of the millions of projects that have been under-

taken by Scouts to bring positive change to their communities.

World Scouting is committed to bringing the message of pea-

ce and creating a better world for all. Our 40 million Scouts and

more to come will be mobilized to achieve this vision for peace.

King Abdullah was recognized with Scouting’s prestigious Bron-

ze Wolf Award, the highest honor from Scouting at the world level.

May the soul of the late King Abdullah rest in peace.

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HEALTHTHE ANXIETY

Anxiety is basically a mechanism of defense. It is an alert

response to threatening situations. It’s a universal mecha-

nism that occurs in all people. It’s normal, adaptive, impro-

ves performance and the ability to anticipate and respond.

Anxiety, like other feelings (pleasure, excitement, eu-

phoria, ecstasy, sadness, anger, rage and calm), is fun-

damental to the lives of people. It regulates interac-

tion with others and provides an alarm system, in the

case of fear and serves to confront hazards or risks.

The role of anxiety is to mobilize the body and keep you

alert and ready to intervene against risks and threats, so

they do not occur or harm. Anxiety therefore urges us to

take appropriate measures (flee, attack, neutralize, face,

suit, etc), according to the nature of risk or danger. Dan-

ger arises through the interference with any project or im-

portant concern of ours, either by degradation of status

or accomplishments already attained. Human beings want

what they do not have and want to keep what they have.

Anxiety as an adaptive mechanism is good, functio-

nal, normal, and poses no health problem.

However, in some cases, this mechanism operates diffe-

rently, meaning that it produces health problems and, ins-

tead of helping, it disables us. What factors can influence

a normal, healthy and adaptive mechanism to ceases? Two

human emotions are very important as the causes of anxie-

ty: sexuality and aggression. In the analysis that people

make of their trouble, they can however generate many rea-

sons that bear no relation to aggressive or sexual desires.

Many patients, for example, feel puzzled at the fact that the

cause of anxiety arises precisely when they are happier and

have come up with the desired achievement. Others blame

their state of abandonment of a loved one, bad luck in busi-

ness, loneliness, adverse environmental or failure of a project.

Anxiety disorders are caused by a combination of

any of these factors during a period of time. Norma-

lly, the presence of one not only produces or cau-

ses an anxiety disorder. In general, anxiety di-

sorders can be seen as the product or interaction

between predisposing factors and external stressors.

The presence of risk factors predispose an individual to

suffer genetic disorder, anxiety-factors, styles, powers,

etc. Linked to the presence of a stressor, a disease or

vital-events can compromise the individual’s ability to

cope and lead to development of an anxiety problem.

It is natural that anxiety affects us in many ways and

this varies from person to person, so it is important that,

in addition to seeking ways to overcome your insomnia,

you need to evaluate your anxiety levels in general and

analyze whether you are having other symptoms. Anxiety

is not a disease. It’s more like a mismatch, but once de-

tected does require that we make an effort to return to

a state of equilibrium. If you see that this is not having

a positive effect on you then specialist help is needed.

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STRENGTHENING YOUTH PARTICIPATION

IN SCOUTS OF ARGENTINAMartín Felipe Mezzanotte; Director of Youth, Vanina Figule; Director of Educational Methods

On 22, 23 and 24 November 2014, Scouts of Argentina

had the opportunity to experience a truly historic Natio-

nal Assembly. Among the many topics discussed in this

Assembly (progress of corporate strategic plans, re-

newal of authorities, etc.) the vast majority approved

the proposed amendment of the bylaws of the organi-

zation, expanding the democratic participation of young

members of Scouts of Argentina, giving them a voice

and vote in all agencies of government of the institution.

A process of shared development of knowledge

For many years, young people and educators of Scouts of

Argentina have raised their voices calling for young people’s

entitlement to vote at the levels of institutional decisión

making of the organization. Even though this issue was dis-

cussed by previous Assemblies, never before was such an

event preceded by a process of broad and inclusive debate.

We were able to address elements of a truly representative

analysis encompassing the diverse realities of an associa-

tion that brings together more than 60,000 people. For this

reason, a year before the decisión, to generate a process

of institutional debates that gave the possibility to either

partner to participate, to share their opinions, reflect on the

contributions of others and reach consensus on an issue so

important for an NSO such as its governance processes.

The structure of Scouts of Argentina is divided into 43 zo-

nes which are subdivided into 150 districts that make up

the 800 scouts groups that constitute the organization. For

each of the levels of associative structure, intergeneratio-

nal debates were held where youth and scout leaders met

to exchange views on processes of democratic participa-

tion, educational dimension of the processes of decision

making and intergenerational partnership in Scouting were

designed. The turnout was very broad-based as across

the country the membership responded positively to this

call. At zonal level meetings alone, over 1500 young peo-

ple and over 1,000 scout leaders, who represented their

peers, participated in days of discussions and collecti-

ve reflection. Then, these representatives were the main

proponents multiplying the experiences in similar mee-

tings organized in different districts and scout groups.

A flexible project to define associates.

For each discussion session, consultation templates,

forms for Scout groups, districts and areas of the coun-

try were designed. These were sent to the national level

to be analyzed by the national teams. As a result of this

analysis, a range of proposed changes for each gover-

ning body of the association structure was designed. For

each governing body, the associates were able to select

the format of youth participation that seemed most appro-

priate to them, taking into account different criteria such

as minimum age for participation of young people, ratio

between scout leader and scouts, mechanisms of direct

participation and representation, among others. In addi-

tion, the proposed format could also be modified through

proposed amendments, through which members could

propose improvements to the basic design of each form

of participation. This procedure to reform the Constitution

was implemented in over 150 District Assembly levels and

then at the National Assembly in November; resulting in

the collective construction of a new arena of rights and

duties for members of Scouts of Argentina, where young

people can participate through representatives, with the

right to speak and vote-in all governing bodies of the ins-

titution, from Scout Group level to the National Council.

The challenges ahead

In the last National Assembly, members of Scouts of Ar-

gentina decided to approve the proposed changes by an

overwhelming majority. Going forward, we expect the

challenge of advancing in the process of progressive im-

plementation of the agreed changes and accompany our

youth and scout leaders in this new way of conceiving

the governance of our Organization as a space of co-

llective construction and real intergenerational alliance.

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INTERAMERICAN SCOUT COMMITTEE MEETING

Raúl Sanchez, Regional Director World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region

Last January on 16th and17th members of the In-teramerican Scout Committee gathered at the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region, Pana-ma City, to conduct its first regular meeting of 2015.

Different topics were discussed during this meeting, in-cluding the review and approval of the agenda for the forthcoming Interamerican Scout Summit to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 16th to 18th October 2015. Besi-des that, a visit from members of the Organizing Com-mittee of the 26th Interamerican Scout Conference, to be held in Houston, USA, in October 2016 was received.

They made a complete presentation of the pro-gress in preparations for the largest as-sembly of the Interamerican Scout Region.

The planting of an Olive tree that was brought from Ar-gentina was included as part of the meeting. Several members participated in digging the hole, placing water and finally planting the olive tree. Luis Silvestri brought from his country this small olive tree and explained the significance of the olive tree as a symbol of peace.

The Committee received reports from the Regio-nal Director, which included information on monito-ring the Regional Plan, the integration of new staff in the World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region, the progress on Messengers of Peace projects, the pre-paration of the upcoming regional events: JamCam in Ecuador and Moot in Peru, the results of the survey con-ducted among the National Scout Organizations about the service given by the Regional Office, among others.

Additionally the report of the Interamerican Scout Foun-dation was tabled and new board members were elected.

The Committee reached important agreements on regio-nal acknowledgment protocols and changes in the dates of the Conference after 2016. It was a very productive mee-ting where the spirit of teamwork prevailed at all times.

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MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR

Raúl Sanchez, Regional Director World Scout Bureau - Interamerican Region

More than 70 persons working as professionals for

the 8 office locations that are part of the World

Scout Bureau (WSB) met at the premises of the offi-

ce located in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

From all corners of the globe, these professionals gathe-

red for a week to address various issues of great im-

portance in the development of Scouting, including:

• Strategy for Scouting: Analysis of the va-

rious elements of the strategy: Vision 2023,

6 Strategic Priorities and 4 Work Streams.

• Rules of Engagement: A document that ex-

presses the values that as a team that serves

the Scout Movement assume in our daily work.

• Employee Handbook: A document that establishes guideli-

nes for everyone who is part of the professional team of WSB.

• World Youth Program Policy: Analysis of the document

approved by the World Scout Conference, Slovenia 2014.

• Finance and budget: Understanding new pro-

cess for budgeting in each office, presentation of

the project to develop global software for finances.

• Risk Management: Analysis of the current si-

tuation in the various offices and regions.

Besides the above several training sessions were

held: The Power of the Voice, Leadership 360,

Project Management, working in virtual teams

and Global Support Assessment Tool (GSAT).

In the closing days of the meeting breakout groups were

formed in: Development of Scouting (Program for Youth

and Adults in Scouting), Organizational Development,

Finance and Communications and External Relations.

Meetings on topics such as Messengers of Peace and Finan-

ces were held on additional days to complete the activities.

All participants had the opportunity to spend time with their

colleagues of other offices, to see the new office facilities in Kuala

Lumpur and learn a little about the enigmatic Kuala Lumpur.

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STUDY OF IMPACT IN YOUTH PROGRAM IN NICARAGUA.

Amanda Flores, National Youth Programme Director, Nicaragua Scout Asociation.

Study of Impact in Youth Program in adolescents and youths belonging to the Scout Movement in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua Scouts will learn in the coming week

the impacted on the lives of their girls and boys

who have chosen to live the adventure of Scouting.

Throughout the life of the Scout Association of Nica-

ragua its perfirmance mainly in the area of values that

characterizes scouting had never been studied, that is

why this year in the context of the 100th anniversary of

the foundation of the scout movement in Nicaragua, the

ASN has set out to conduct an exploratory exercise, in

order to detect whether the values promoted in this mo-

vement are brought to everyday life for its members.

The Scout Association of Nicaragua began the year with

the implementation of a survey that started the Study

of Impact of Youth Programme called Operation Scout

Impact 360 in order to assess the relevance and effec-

tiveness of the scout educational programme in the

overall development of adolescents and young peo-

ple participating in the scout movement in Nicaragua.

This study is particularly important because the

most innovative research internationally talk about

the ethical advantages of nations, in partners-

hip capacity of its members to create trusted net-

works that drive growth and economic development.

This sense of community lets people share norms and va-

lues that generate the confidence to creating prosperity.

The field is being developed by a group of rovers vo-

lunteers that on two consecutive weekends, have

moved to places where groups meet, homes and

schools of scouts, venturers and rovers, to survey

boys and their families and their social environment.

To determine whether the values promoted by the

Scout Law are present in decision-making in everyday

life at present, is the main purpose of this research.

We hope soon to share more details of this study.

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