Scouting amidst Kadayawan Festival in southern Philippines

As the city of Davao in the southern part of the Philippines celebrate the Kadayawan Festival -- an annual festival celebrating the gifts of nature and the wealth of culture - Scouts here marked the globally renowned festival with different Scouting activities.

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In the morning of 22nd August, around 150 young boys and girls from five local districts, accompanied by their local district chief, had their Scout orientation day as part of the neighborhood Scouting programme of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) involving out-of-school youth in different Scouting activities. This Scout troop is the first community-based troop that opened in Davao city council following the BSP decision at its last Annual Council Meeting to have one community troop for each council before the year ends.

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Boy Scouts of the Philippines neighborhood of Scouting

At an investiture ceremony on 22nd August 2009, a total of 35 street children under the Ticket to Life project of the World Scout Bureau/Asia-Pacific Region were invested. Children of this Scout troop still continue to work as vendors and parking attendants. Now, that they are involved in Scouting, these children are beginning to enjoy their lives with the learning they receive from attending troop meetings every Saturday in a nearby school, organized by Davao city troop leader Mary Jane A. Donesa, together with other Rover members: Mervie Samson and Aubrey Bartolome, assisted by Scouter Jason Occidental.

The investiture ceremony was attended by Regional chairman of Eastern Mindanao Wendel E. Avisado, BSP Secretary General JR Pangilinan, Regional Director Abdullah Rasheed and Ticket to Life coordinator for the Philippines Sophie Castillo.

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