MoP Bulletin Issue 28 (1)

Messengers of Peace ASIA-PACIFIC The Messengers of Peace quarterly newsletter is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Support Centre of the World Scout ISSUES NO.28 Bureau highlighting the project, programmes and activities of National Scout Organizations under the MoP Initiative. OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2019 OrieeInteernriantgionaPl eDaacye of PeaceScoutsStory on page 2 Story on page on 11 S2D1GSesptember 2019 8 12 15 Indonesia’s 3rd Messengers of Peace Rovers in Islamabad receive Peace Run Local Coordinators Meet Better World Framework training; adds colour becoming active global citizens to Scouting

NSOs in Asia-Pacific celebrate International Day of Peace with Climate Action initiatives CLEAN-UP DRIVES TREE 2 PLANTING ACTIVITY

Scouts from different National Scout Organizations In Afghanistan and Bhutan, Scouts and their in the Asia-Pacific Region joined the celebration of adult leaders organised peace rallies, door-to- the International Day of Peace on 21 September door campaigns and peace pledges, discussions 2019 advocating Climate Action for Peace. on the signs and impact of climate change in the atmosphere, land, and oceans and the positive Scouts planted trees as part of their effort to action they can contribute. address climate change, while others participated in clean-up drives resulting to cleaner and safer In India, The Bharat Scouts and Guides led the environment. “Say No to Plastic” activity where Scouts and Guides explained the harmful effects of plas- In Fiji, a total of 175 plants and 200 tree saplings tic to the environment. They also took part in were planted. picking up plastic waste in Sambalpur Railway Station as their environmental solution in ad- In Brunei Darussalam and Cambodia, tree-planting dressing the growing problem of plastic pollu- and clean-up activities in schools and project sites tion. were conducted. With the climate change initiatives done by Scouts While tree-planting is a good idea, for other NSOs, from different NSOs, this is their way of contribut- they opted to do awareness campaigns. ing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo (c) Gerakan Pramuka CLIMATE PEACE 3 AWARENESS AWARENESS

Afghanistan Bhutan Brunei Darussalam CLEAN-UP DRIVES TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY 4

Cambodia The General Association of the Scouts of China CLIMATE PEACE AWARENESS AWARENESS 5

The theme draws attention to the importance of combat- ting climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world. Fiji CLEAN-UP DRIVES TREE PLANTING ACTIVITY 6

India Indonesia Sri Lanka CLIMATE PEACE AWARENESS AWARENESS 7

Indonesia’s Peace Run adds colour to Scouting By Erwin Samuel Ramli Wearing their MoP scarves, Scouts enjoyed the peace run along with other non-Scout participants. Messengers of Peace team of Gerakan Pramuka con- Upon reaching the finish line, different colors were ducted a Peace Run and Peace Movie Competition in thrown in the air commemorating the victory of the Jakarta, gathering 795 runners and 115 volunteers to runners. For non-runners who also came, they enjoyed celebrate the International Day of Peace. taking part in the peace dialogue and playing the games. The event coincided with the “Car-Free Day,” a weekly On the other hand, the Peace Movie competition event in the country where the main streets of Jakarta are free from vehicles from 6am-11am every Sunday. 8

Photo (c) Gerakan Pramuka received five entries from different groups which see another fun event like this.” created a short clips and shared it in their Youtube channel and posted in scout.org. Supriyadi, Gerakan Pramuka Vice-Chairman for Youth Programme said, “Messengers of Peace really gives Participant Dini Suputri said, “This kind of event is a new colour on Scouting. Nowadays, Scouting is not rare in Scouting, and coinciding it with the Car Free only about camping, hiking and other old-fashion Day is just a crazy yet fun idea. Appreciation for the activities, but with MoP activity such as this, it has committee and those who are in charge. Can’t wait to improved the style of Scouting”. 9

Philippine Jamboree features Better World Framework programme With the theme “Saving Lives”, the Boy Scout of Peace, HeForShe, and Messengers of Peace were the Philippines conducted its 17th National Scout showcased. As an additional attraction, informa- Jamboree on 1-7 December 2019 at Camp Kaino- tion about Scouting in the Asia-Pacific Region was mayan, Botolan Zambales. also on display. The event focused on how Scouting can help A creative presentation of each programme, address various issues concerning people, nature combined with games were conducted to en- and the community where Scouts can be cata- gage more Scouts to the activities. Scout talks lysts for positive actions. were also organized everyday to deepen the knowledge of Scouts about the programmes. Apart from that, the event aimed to develop Additional topics tackled were Scouts of the Scouts’ character towards their community so World Award, Youth Engagement in the NSOs that they may be able to nurture their culture Decision-Making Process, and the Scout Dona- and love for their country. tion Platform. Highlight of the Jamboree was the Better World More than 14,000 Scouts and 560 adult leaders Framework (BWF) Exhibition where programmes were introduced to the Better World Exhibit and like Scouts for SDGs, Scouts Go Solar, World 1,500 Scouts and Scout leaders received the BWF Scout Environment Programme, Dialogue for Badge. 10

Orieenteering4Peace and Scouts4SDGs Sherman Sheng Hsiao Ming, The General Association Rover from Taichung City Scout Council said, of the Scouts of China “During the event, every child was [deeply] involved in the activity. [Through] the booth visit- The General Association of the Scouts of China ing, they could learn more about the endangered celebrated the International Day of Peace by species and the nice way to treat the forests. conducting Orienteering4Peace and Scouts4SDGs event on 6 October 2019 in Kaohsiung City, par- We hope the Scouts and children, who visited the ticipated by 250 Scouts. booths, could bring back the ideas [gained] and share [it] to their friends and family. Besides, There were booths during the event which show- [through the] other activities, we also learned cased several Sustainable Development Goals, and more [about] the Messengers of Peace. We hope the Messengers of Peace Programme. Participants that different Scout groups can establish their were introduced to the importance of land crea- own MoP project, to create impact to their socie- tures in achieving SDG 15 (Life on Land). Also, the ty, and to solve different problems. We hope the participants were asked to conduct a PEACE in your world could change by those tiny MoP projects Mind activity which targets to achieve SDG 10 (Re- and create a better world,” he added. 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 Photo (c) The General Associations of the Scouts of China 11

3rd Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators Meet, Thailand National Scout Organization of Thailand organised completing the course, they were awarded with its 3rd Messengers of Peace Local Coordinators certificates and green scarves, and were encour- Training Course on 22-24 November 2019 at the aged to actively promote Scouting and the MoP Red Cross Youth Activities Personnel Develop- Programme in their schools. ment Center, in Bangkok, Thailand, gathering 58 participants. The MoP Thailand Adult Training also awarded the Blue Scarf to MoP Local Coordinators who have In partnership with Rajadhivas Scout Club, Janta- been performing and accomplishing the criteria siri Vittaya School, and Technology Asia Vocation- set by the NSOT for the past three years. The al College, the participants comprised of school presentation of the Blue Scarf was led by Re- directors and community leaders from northern, gional Scout Committee Chairman Ambassador central and eastern Thailand who were trained Ahmad Rusdi, who also presided the opening and introduced to the MoP Programme. After ceremony. 12

Photo (c) National Scout Organisation of Thailand 13

Sri Lankan Scouts advocate Zero Waste By Nandini Das, Sri Lanka Scout Association Photo (c) Sri Lanka Scout Association To solve the problem on waste management, Sri waste is an extreme approach towards reducing Lanka Scout Association (SLSA) conducted national your waste and simplifying your life. As an Air and district levels Awareness Training advocating Rover Scout and MOP coordinator, we must have a Zero Waste to Scouts. The training was mainly proper management and disposal of waste.” designed to educate the public on proper waste management. This was supported by District coordinator S. Meenambika who said that if the programme is The Zero Waste training was first introduced to implemented in the districts, there would be a 100 adult leaders on 12 October 2019, who are revolution on waste management in Sri Lanka. MoP District Coordinators and Commissioners from 37 districts. The introductory workshop includes “We are proud to have been instructed to do this,” understanding the concept of Zero Waste, creating he said. 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 14

Rovers in Islamabad receive Better World Framework training; becoming active global citizens A total of 235 Scouts participated in the Better and a roadshow was organised, with 250 Scouts World Framework (BWF) Integration Camp organ- actively participating. This event provided aware- ised by the Pakistan Boy Scout Association (PBSA) ness on BWF badges including Messengers of on 16-22 November 2019, in their Islamabad head- Peace, and Scouts were provided with training quarters. The camp provided a platform for the on how Scouts can invite non-Scouts to be active Rovers to further understand the core values of the global citizens. Better World Framework. The presence of the PBSA National Commissioner and other 35 adult leaders As part of the activity, participants visited three from different provincial branch associations had model schools where an estimate of 450 students largely contributed in running the camp. were introduced to BWF programme. Furthermore, a WhatsApp group was created to serve as a plat- Prior to the camp, an awareness programme form for Scouts to share their action plans. Photo (c) Pakistan Boy Scout Association 15

IN FOCUS: Messengers of Peace Hero 2019 Sam Aliff Ajwad Bin Marzuki The Messengers of Peace Hero Award is an an- Aliff was recognized for his environmental pro- nual recognition for Scouts around the world for jects in Malaysia, inspiring a number of Scouts to their outstanding contribution towards community take action towards protecting and preserving the development, promotion of dialogue and peace and environment. One of his projects is the WalkSide By relief in needs through service projects. This year, Rovs Project, where plastic bottle caps were collect- 15 Scouts were awarded in Kuwait last 30th Octo- ed and used as designs for pedestrian walkways to ber to 4th November 2019, three coming from the encourage local transportation. Asia Pacific Region. One of the awardees is Sam Aliff Ajwad Bin Marzuki from Persekutuan Pengakap A total of 80,000 plastic caps were collected from Malaysia (PPM). 16 Photo (c) Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia

Scouts around the world including Switzerland, enzymatic mudballs to increase the pH level of the Maldives, Mauritius, Thailand, Myanmar, Indone- river to neutral level allowing the commodore lizard sia, Singapore and Malaysia to build a walkway of to have conducive homeland. The impact was real- approximately 100 meters. A promotional video was ized after six months where there is an increasing made exclusively for the project to acquire support population of commodore lizard. The project was gaining massive attention and interests in social also recognized in Malaysia Book of Records with media and different private companies and govern- the number of mudball (176,000) made creating ment institutions. The collection of plastic caps took positive impact to the environment. about six months where the team also conducted promotion in different school, national and private Another project is the My Mountain, Gunung Nuang, events. a tree planting project in conjunction with the re-opening of Mount Nuang, Selangor. The project With the help of the local community of Jalan Mes- was conducted with partnership with Shah Alam ra, Datuk Keramat, the pedestrian walkway was Youth (SAY) and His Royal Highness Tengku Amir built after two weeks. They also made the path Shah ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj, the interesting by arranging the bottle caps in floral crown prince of Selangor. design and inspirational words that represent the value of Scouting. With Sam’s exceptional experiences and recognition as MoP Global Hero, he was appointed as WOSM This project encourages local commuters to walk Ambassador for MoP and Scouts for SDGs initiatives going to their destination as the road was con- where he received training for Scouts for SDGs structed removing the problem of trash and stench. and youth representation during his 5-day stay in The project has also created an awareness and Kuwait. partnership with the local communities in taking action toward the environment. Sam said, “I love green, I love nature so much. I will do everything to make it beautiful again. I will Sam has also co-organized other projects such as continue to improve the environment condition the River Revival: River Restoration Project with the of my lovely country, Malaysia. Yes! Malaysia is a objective of saving a commodore lizard’s habitat beautiful country, but there is a side of Malaysia in the Damansara River establishing partnerships that doesn’t have that beauty. From there, I de- with Management and Science University and other cided to let the people of Malaysia and the world organizations to preserve the wildlife habitat and to see and experience the beauty of nature even to conserve the river. The project was pioneered though it is an artificial or made out of recycle by biomedical Science students where they used items.” 17

MoP Coordinators training runs in Sabah Azahar Surain, Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia ties including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), website registration, administrative training Eighty Scout Leaders from the districts of Sabah which tackles the preparation of MoP Programme came and participated in the Sabah Zone National documents, and creating their own action plans. MoP Coordinators Course, organized by the Perse- kutuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM) on 1-3 November The training course was led by MoP National Coordi- 2019 at the Scout Nature Park in Sandakan, Sabah. nator Dr. Amir Hamzah bin Aman who believes that the training course will give birth to new coordi- The event was created to provide experience and nators who serve as catalysts at their districts and knowledge to the coordinators in the management states. The experience and knowledge gained dur- and administration of the Messengers of Peace Pro- ing the course will also help to produce more Scouts gramme. who will initiate and assist the projects. They were introduced and exposed to various activi- 18

Scout leads Zero Hunger project in her community Scouts around the world are doing community them. actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Another SDG that her team helps is sending children to go back to school. One of them is Ms Nandini Das, from the Bharat Scouts and Mithun, whose school fee is being sponsored by Guides initiated a project targeting the SDG 2: Scout Abrar Anna, one of their partners. Zero Hunger. The project aims to reduce hunger and food scarcity in her community. Mithun said that because he needed to help in their family’s small shop since his parents have Nandini partnered with food delivery giants: Swig- their own respective work, his schooling is halted. gy and Zomato and hotels like Saravana Bhavan With the sponsorship he receives from Anna, he in collecting excess food and distributing it to the can go back to school. community. Nandini’s team digitally connects to their partners to know where and when to collect “Abrar Anna is my mentor, my well-wisher and my the food excess. best friend. Thank you for paying my school fee in Chennai Corporation school. I promise, I will work The flow of the work starts when the team hard and earn respect in the society,” he said. receives a message from their partners, Scouts will collect the food, then locate the beneficiaries Other SDGs that the team are also contribut- and deliver the food to the target community. The ing are SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and team is using stainless containers in distributing Production, SDG 13: Climate Action, SDG 14: Life the food in all of their deliveries. below Water, SDG 15: Life on Land and SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals. In their past activities, Nandini said that they have already strategized the team promoted the #RECYCEDPAPERBAGS the work for the whole year and was delighted as packaging of food products, as well as using to share that many Scouts have sign-up to join leaves as natural packaging. 19

Monthly Statistics 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. OCTOBER 2019 TOP 10 NSOs TOP 10 NSOs TOP 10 NSOs (scout.org users) (projects) (service hours) 1. Indonesia 25,715 1. Malaysia 12,736 1. Philippines 547,543,736 2. Bangladesh 197,597,344 2. India 24,608 2. India 11,059 3. India 65,960,315 3. Philippines 19,058 3. Bhutan 6,934 4. Malaysia 15,366 4. Thailand 3,394 4. Malaysia 47,523,673 5. Bhutan 27,513,549 5. Bangladesh 13,221 5. Philippines 2,614 6. Nepal 13,927,062 6. Bhutan 7,510 6. Indonesia 1,205 7. Australia 4,438 7. Bangladesh 775 7. Fiji 8,923,336 8. Thailand 8,018,309 8. Hong Kong 3,821 8. Fiji 555 9. Indonesia 6,051,211 9. Pakistan 3,628 9. Pakistan 485 10. Thailand 3,592 10. Nepal 462 10. Sri Lanka 3,551,528 NOVEMBER 2019 TOP 10 NSOs TOP 10 NSOs TOP 10 NSOs (scout.org users) (projects) (service hours) 1. India 33,863 1. Malaysia 12,939 1. Philippines 547,782,134 2. Indonesia 25,875 2. Bangladesh 198,063,653 3. Philippines 19,349 2. India 11,233 3. Malaysia 91,389,604 3. Bhutan 7,133 4. Malaysia 15,537 4. Thailand 3,893 4. India 66,286,391 5. Bangladesh 13,310 5. Bhutan 29,685,100 6. Bhutan 7,585 5. Philippines 2,653 6. Nepal 13,931,103 6. Indonesia 1,205 7. Australia 4,478 7. Bangladesh 788 7. Thailand 10,030,344 8. Thailand 4,025 8. Fiji 8,923,336 9. Hong Kong 3,865 8. Fiji 555 9. Indonesia 6,051,211 9. Pakistan 488 10. Pakistan 3,766 10. Nepal 473 10. Sri Lanka 3,602,737 DECEMBER 2019 TOP 10 NSOs TOP 10 NSOs TOP 10 NSOs (scout.org users) (projects) (service hours) 1. India 45,118 1. Malaysia 13,061 1. Philippines 549,190,299 2. Indonesia 26,003 2. India 11,543 2. Bangladesh 198,274,091 3. Philippines 19,594 3. Bhutan 7,646 3. Malaysia 94,846,554 4. Malaysia 15,724 4. Thailand 4,233 4. India 76,179,370 5. Bangladesh 13,410 5. Philippines 2,658 5. Bhutan 34,024,871 6. Bhutan 7,893 6. Indonesia 1,216 6. Nepal 13,934,448 7. Australia 4,517 7. Bangladesh 851 7. Thailand 10,800,504 8. Thailand 4,449 8. Fiji 555 8. Fiji 8,923,336 9. Pakistan 4,353 9. Pakistan 520 9. Indonesia 6,257,687 10. Hong Kong 3,913 10. Nepal 477 10. Sri Lanka 3,772,093 WORLD SCOUT BUREAU ASIA-PACIFIC SUPPORT CENTRE If you want to know more, or if you want to contribute a story about your MoP project or activity, contact us at [email protected] Messenger of Peace www.scout.org/ @ScoutinginAPR @ScoutinginAPR Asia-Pacific Region messengersofpeace (Facebook Group)