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21st World Scout Jamboree

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Category:	Cultures and Community
Created:	Jan 26, 2007
Type:	Public
Members:	168
Owner:	Yazan Nusaibah
Language:	English
Country:	United Kingdom

The 21st World Scout Jamboree is an official event of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and is
open to Scouts aged between 14 and 18 years old. For over 12 days, 40,000 Scouts from almost every
country in the world will join together to share adventurous activities, to show the world that they can live in
peace together and to celebrate Scouting Centenary with new friends, united by the theme One World One Promise.
The 21st World Scout Jamboree is being hosted by The Scout Association (UK) and will take place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford in the United Kingdom. The Jamboree is being planned and prepared by a large
volunteer team drawn from a number of Associations around the world. A small staff team based in the
Jamboree Office at Gilwell Park provides day-to-day support.
During the Jamboree, Participants from diverse backgrounds will live and work together. They can take part
in adventurous activities ranging from abseiling to canoeing and also attempt a wide range of fun and
interesting activities based around different educational themes. There are many different areas of the
Programme, including three days of off site activities. Visit http://www.thejamboree.org for more information.
The 21st World Scout Jamboree is one of the many events happening to celebrate the Centenary of
Scouting. The Centenary activities will reach their high point on 1st August 2007, marking 100 years since
Baden Powell held the first, experimental Scout camp on Brownsea Island in 1907. In 2007, 28 million
Scouts in nearly every country in the world will join together locally and via different technologies, to renew
their hopes for one world at peace and to look forward to the next 100 years of Scouting.
We believe the 21st World Scout Jamboree will be a unique and exciting event and that everyone who
attends will have the experience of a lifetime. We hope that you are looking forward to being part of such a
major activity that promotes peace and is a genuine and effective power for good.