Over the past few days, many participants at the World Scout Jamboree have taken part in Camp in Camp. A module allowing the young people to experience a traditional Swedish camp together with different patrols from all over the world in order to meet with other Swedish Scouts.
Visiting Skänginsboda camp, participants met their host Käke, who introduced them to the camp consisting of many activities hosted by his team, which also included some Swedish Scouts.
They began by playing some traditional Swedish games such as Plockepinn and followed by an Incident Hike. The hike was met with challenges to be played against the other patrols at the camp. These included keeping water in a bucket with holes in through a 50m rope course, seeing how many members of the patrol can get through a zip line course in 5 minutes and catapulting water bottle ‘enemies’.
During the camp the Scouts made their cooking over open fire, played games, carved wood and tried many Swedish specialities.
Gemma Smalley, Patrol Leader of Dovedale patrol from Derbyshire, UK, commented on the Camp In Camp experience by saying: “My patrol has really enjoyed this experience. It has been truly special and unlike anything we have done back home. It was nice to experience the true way Swedish people would camp and also to have a break from the large site. The Camp In Camp has been the best part of the Jamboree so far!”
Here is a video from another Camp in Camp outside Osby.
Text: Lucy Stapleton, International Press Team
Photo: Anders Forsell/Scouterna
Requesting put more photographs, movies of UN simulation and participants list, what exactly they discussed….
Yes the pricing was relative. People from poor countries, like the UK, payed less.
Wow – you paid only 2000 euro to go. From Australia it cost over the equivalent of over 5,000 euro!
You advertise that the camp-in-camp was the best part of the Jamboree. I am very sorry to say that some of the scouts lived that experience. We paid over €2000 for each of our children but the children from Cyprus didn’t do that!! Shame.
I am very sorry to tell you that all scouts should be going to this ‘camp – in – camp’ activity but they haven’t. It would be really a very nice experience to live but unfortunately not all the scouts went. The idea of the Jamboree is to make friends, try new things and have experiences. You chose some units to go. Cyprus and UK for instance did something else and then they had 2 days free to do whatever they wanted!!
todo parece sobrecargado.será para la proxima.saludos desde chile.fu von chile.
We understood that ALL scouts would be going on a “Camp-in-camp” – but apparently not all units are. Comet UK unit went on a hike instead – not a great replacement. Disappointing.