“Scouting should provide a safe environment for every Scout” Luc Panissod, Secretary general of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
The on-line Safe from Harm course for this Jamboree is one small part in securing this. “It has been going really, really well and 98% of the adults had taken the course before arriving”, says Lasse Karlsson one of the Camp Chiefs. “It makes a difference during the camp, as it is on top of everyone’s mind,” he says.
Monday featured a big conference on the issue of child protection here at the Jamboree site with attendees from all over the world, including Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, who were talking at the conference. You can listen to the Jamboree radio’s interview with H.M. here.
WOSM launched a new on-line Safe from Harm course at the conference for everyone to take. Compared to the course from the Jamboree it focuses more on an “out of camp” context, and everyone, also those who have taken the course for the Jamboree, is encouraged to take it.
It can be found on http://scout.org/safefromharm/
Here is an introduction to the conference:
And the first part of the conference was streamed on the Jamboree Bambuser channel:
The speeches given by HM The Queen, Mr Luc Panissod, PhD Susan Bissell, and Helen Gestrin are available here.
Photo: Christoffer Munkestam/Scouterna
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