World Scout Moot Expedition 5: MIRITINI SCOUTS CENTRE -MOMBASA CITY

Mombasa city is the second largest city in Kenya and one of the Africa’s major tourist destinations with some of the best beaches in the world. It is located in Kenya’s Eastern coastline bordering the Indian Ocean. Mombasa is popular for its exotic beaches, diverse marine life, wild class hotels and friendly people. Mombasa is the most diverse town in all of Kenya .Kenyans of all ethnic backgrounds and religions can be found here: native blacks, Asian, Arabs who are Muslim, Christians Hindu and Buddhists. You can get to Mombasa by Bus around 8 hours drive, by air around 45 minutes flight or take 8 hours train. Moot participants will be ferried to Miritini either by bus or by train. Participants will be based at The Miritini Scouts Centre which is a 16 acres piece of beautiful land at the coastal strip. It is approximately 20 minutes drive from the Central Business District .The campsite can host about 2000 campers at any one given time. There is a small forest area suitable for meditation and retreat and the campsite is in a village set up and a diverse cultural neighborhood. There are green toilets and this is the targeted area for the Harambee Costa project where Italian scouts and German scout have on past occasions taken part in the work camps. The project is ongoing .The place is well secure and has a very friendly neighborhood and its becoming a magnificent scout centre that will host both local and international tourists.

Other activities will include:

• Deep sea( Scuba) diving
• Matatu ride
• Fort Jesus Visit
• Visit to Hallal Park ( Mamba Village)
• Taarab dances
• Kaya culture
• Energy saving Jikos
• Tree planting
• Community Service at Mombasa home for for the deaf & Miritini pri. School
• Refurbishing the training halls
• Introduce or learn a new game
• Radio Scouting

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08

WOrld Scout Moot Expedition 4: MACHAKOS SCOUT CAMP

Machakos Scout camp is situated on a 10 acre piece of land .It has modern toilets and bathrooms and has a roof catchment natural rainwater .It is next to a prayer centre suitable for all religions .The security is perfect as it is next to a Administration police camp and because of the hilly terrain the place is excellent for expedition and hikes. It is easily accessible from Machakos town which is only 2 kilometers away from the Central Business District .It is also near the Machakos District hospital for any emergencies. Machakos town is 64 kilometers from Nairobi city and is the capital of Machakos District in Eastern province of Kenya. During the MOOT transport will be organized from Rowallan National camp to Machakos scouts camp. There is a place in one of the surrounding hills famous for ‘’Water flowing against gravity ‘’ it will be one of the fun activities for participants who will chose this centre among various other activities.

Machakos is one of the towns known to cater for the PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED and impaired people. Scouts have gone a long way in this aspect and in the department of Extension Scouts Programme by having affiliations to centers such as Machakos institute for the blind among others. The activities for Machakos are listed below, kindly study them carefully to enable you decide on this centre.

Other activities will include:

• Rock climbing at Lukenya
• Hike to Mua hills
• Wamunyu handicrafts
• Exprt Processing Zone (EPZ) Visit
• Cottage industry ( Juakali informal sector)
• Energy saving Jikos
• Tree planting
• Community Service at Machakos children’s home
• Construction Trainers’ cubicles ( 10)
• Introduce or learn a new game
• Kilunda dances/ Traditional dancers
• Radio Scouting

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08

World Scout Moot Expedition 3: SIAYA SCOUT CENTER

Siaya Scout center is situated on 2 acre piece of land and is very suitable for camping .The place is next to the Municipals stadium and a police station, hence this makes it to be very safe .The hospitals nearby are Siaya District Hospital and Nyanza Provincial Hospital .You can easily access Lake Victoria From the centre and the place has the best preschool in the District. It has a hostel facility with 8 rooms with a bed capacity of 32 persons. Nyandiwa can also be accessed from the centre, this is where we have one of the major projects by the Italian and Kenya Scouts. The place has a Teachers training College and an Irrigation project with the community. Scouts will have the opportunity to do fishing in Lake Victoria among other listed activities. Siaya is one of the twelve Districts that make up Nyanza province in the western part of Kenya. Nyangoma Kogelo also known as Kogelo village in Siaya is located near the equator, 60 kilometers (37mi) west –northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital.

OBAMA FAME
Since 2006, the village received international attention, since it’s the hometown of Barrack Obama sr. the father of the current United States president BARRACK OBAMA, Sarah Obama, the paternal grandmother and some of their family members still live in the village. Scouts who chose this centre will get a chance to visit the home among various other activities.
The activities for Siaya are listed below, kindly study them carefully to enable you decide on this centre.

• Expedition in the Equatorial Forest
• Bike Hike
• Harvesting of Water Hyacinth on L. Victoria
• Visit to Obama’s home
• Visit to Kisumu Museum
• Bull fighting
• Energy saving Jikos
• Tree Planting
• Construction of a nursery school classroom
• Community Service at Maranda school for the physically challenged
• Introduce or learn a new game Ohangla dances
• Ajua•

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08

World Scout Moot Expedition 2: KAIYABA SCOUT CENTRE -NYERI TOWN

Moot participants will camp at the Kaiyaba Scouts Centre which is situated slightly before you reach Nyeri town. This is a three acre piece of land that can accommodate 1000 campers at any one given time It is one of the newest and most beautiful campsites in Kenya and participants who will chose here will leave an impact to it .Mode of transport is only by road. Nyeri town is a town in central province of Kenya and the administrative headquarters of the country’s Central Province and Nyeri district. The town is situated about 150 kilometers north of the Capital of Nairobi (About 2 hours drive). A number of renowned people have hailed from Nyeri most notably Mwai Kibaki who is the current Kenyan president and patron of Kenya Scout, Nobel peace prize winner wangari Maathai and Catherine Ndereba who is a multiple winner of various marathon races in the world. Nyeri is also the burial place of LORD BADEN POWEL OF GILWELL, the founder of the worldwide fraternity of the scout movement .He and his wife LADY OLIVE POWELL were buried in the same grave in pax tu cottage now a small museum that stands at the grounds of Outspan hotel.

The activities for Nyeri are listed below, kindly study them carefully to enable you decide on this centre.

Activities will include

• Mt. Kenya climb
• White water rafting
• Visit to Treetops( Aderdares National Park)
• Visit to BP’s Grave site and Paxtu
• Visit to Agikuyu Village
• Energy saving Jikos
• Tree Planting
• Community Service at Nyeri Childreb rescue centre
• Construction of Toilet block at the BP park
• Introduce or learn a new game
• Mugiithi/ one man guiter

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08

World Scout Moot Expedition 1: ROWALLAN NATIONAL CAMP-NAIROBI

The Rowallan National camp in situated in Nairobi city about 20 minutes drive from the Central Business District .This is where THE WORLD SCOUT BUREAU –AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE, KENYA SCOUT ASSOCIATION HEAD QUARTERS and THE DEPORT (where we have team building activities being carried out) are located. The beauty of Rowallan camp is in the caves, hike routes, bird watching, friendly monkeys and baboons on site, seasonal river and Ngong sanctuary where we have the most indigenous flora in Kenya. The campsite area occupies a 30 acre piece of land leaving a 60 acre piece of land with a natural forest. The campsites have good running water taps, good toilets and bathrooms, modern swimming pool with excellent facilities, friendship corner where campers can have informal meetings in a good atmosphere, campsite kitchens and a large arena for all outdoor activities. There is also a big conference hall that is also suitable for indoor games, dormitories and Bandas (Small cubicles) for accommodating both large and small groups. Nairobi is the capital city and the largest town in Kenya.

All participants will assemble at the Rowallan camp and after the opening ceremony they will depart to the different expedition centers namely Machakos, Nyeri, Mombasa and Siaya for four days. The remaining days will be spent at the Rowallan camp. This is also an expedition centre and will be Main moot venue after all participants are back from the other expedition centers.

Activities at Rowallan Scout camp in Nairobi will include

* Matatu ride (amazing race)
* Expedition at Hell’s gate
* Nairobi Museum visit
* Nairobi Safari walk
* Maasai village(Boma)
* Energy saving Jikos
* Tree planting
* Community service at St. John’s church Pumwani
* Construction of Trainers’ cubicles ( !0)
* Introduce or learn a new game
* Karaoke night
* Radio Scouting

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08

World Scout Moot 2010 Basics

The World Organization of Scout Movement [WOSM] honored The Kenya Scouts Association to host the 13th World Scout Moot from 27th July to 7th August 2010 on behalf of Africa Scout Region. The Fee for this event will be approximately $600 plus airfare. The Kenya Scouts Association is the largest youth movement in Kenya with over 300,000 scouts and over 20,000 scout leaders. The World Scout Moot is a gathering of young adults aged 19 – 26 years who come together to share experiences and participate in offering of service to communities. If you are older you can attend as IST [International Service Team] staff member. The World Scout Moot is held every four years and has been held twelve times before, the last one was held in Hwalien, Taiwan China in 2004 This event is the first Scout Moot to be held in Africa therefore making it a very special occasion for the whole continent. The event will draw 3000 participants from all over the world. The overall purpose of Rover Moot is to discharge service to their communities. Though it is done in the camping setting, the participants will spend most of their time doing services that respond to the contemporary needs.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616
Great Alaska COuncil
Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member
NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08