when you participate in the Interactive-Regular- Drama (Little Magnet Theatre). Ask your Scouts leader about it. FREE, not for sale Scouting for Solutions ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... and girls can do. And Theatre Badge and the 100 Treat boys Welcome! how to help them do the best they can. Scouts Voice for all: Scouts years of Scouting. Congratulations to all scouts world over, on the and girls the Dear reader, we bring you same way the first issue of Scouts Whether you are a boy or and non- Centenary Celebrations! a girl, be proud of who scouts can Message from Agnes Voice in 2007. you are. You are special. benefit The next Scouts Voice Mwangi, Director, In this issue we are from SV. A issue will be about HIV/ Gender and Communi- scouting for solutions for This time, Scouts Voice has boy at AIDS care and support. cation, Kenya Scouts girls and boys to be much fun: puzzles, Association (KSA) treated equally. And also Musasa PS solutions to power Michongoano and goes home Discuss issues you read misuse. cartoons. about with your friends, Also read about how you with a copy of SV. teachers and parents. Read about what boys can win the Little Magnet .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Boys and girls can Agnes Mwangi
do the same things The 1977 Constitution of the
World Organisation of Scouting Movement urges National Associations to encourage girls to join Scouting. KSA is not left out.
Many girls have joined
Scouting although we do not know how many they are. But we have carried out a census and the results will be out soon.
We are happy that many
parents are allowing their daughters to join Scouting. I also urge each scouts unit to have parents on their committee. This will help them appreciate Scouting more.
Through Scouting girls and
boys learn leadership skills, lifeskills and other useful Female scouts pitch a tent, boys cook, while girls do gymnastics during the 2006 Competitions things.
T hink about your sister, girls in your class and
community. What leadership positions do they hold? What about boys: Do you think they are suited and girls go in different troops. Whether it is a boys or girls’ troop, each member has think. Read more about their findings on page 2. Scouting for Solutions (SfS) activities help young people make healthy choices. for those positions? Why? What do you think would different leadership roles. How do boys and girls happen if those positions were to be exchanged? Also, boys and girls do all share power? There are no activities for sorts of work. Bramwel There are different sources of boys or for girls in Scouting All these questions help us to But society through religions as believed in some patrols. Kundu, SV journalist power that include education, check ourselves on how we and culture has assigned Girls and boys can compete skill and others. Do you know look at boys and girls and different roles to girls and well. For example, the 2005 There are beliefs that girls are of a boy or girl who is in their roles in society. boys. Zonal competitions weaker and have to be under power? Look at your leaders. boys. What do you think? Are they men and women? Can champions are girls from There are natural differences Scouting teaches us that boys Kitale Academy. boys and girls be in power or between boys and girls and girls are equal and gives Scouts Voice journalists who it is only boys? How is power because they are born with them a chance to do their best. Scouting is for both girls gathered at Kakamega in shared between boys and girls different biological roles such and boys. I encourage more November 2006 found out in Scouting? as girls’ ability to bear We do the same work girls and boys to join what other young people children. When we go camping, boys Scouting. Scouts Voice is a newspaper written by scouts. It is however for scouts Interviewed by Nancy and non- scouts. Read and share what you have learnt with your friends. Wanjiru, SV journalist .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1