Today we wish all the best to our 178 delegates who are
heading off from all over South Africa to join over 32,000 scouts from around
the world at the 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan. For many of these participants this will be the
first time they travel internationally and for some their first long distance
flight.
But this year’s contingent is also going to be experiencing
another first. This contingent are the
first to be wearing the new South African national flag badge. The badge, which is modelled on a beaded South
African flag, is very representative of our South African Scouting Family.
Each one of us, like the individual beads portrayed on the
badge, brings our own personal splash of colour to the table, be it red, green,
blue, black, white or yellow. At first
glance, we seem like a swirl on a palette, full of potential to be anything we
can imagine. But when we work together,
we form the pattern of something meaningful, in this case the symbol of our
incredible rainbow nation.
The badge is circled by coloured rings representative of the
three branches of Scouting. That is
yellow for Cubs, green for Scouts and red for Rovers. The rings bind the flag in much the same way
as these branches of Scouting help prepare and contribute towards the growth of
our members as contributing and constructive citizens of our country.
We know that our contingent will have an
incredible experience and we are proud and grateful that they have been part of
the launch of our new national SCOUTS South Africa flag badge as they take it
out on its maiden trip to show the world the calibre and value of South African
Scouting.
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