One Year ago 23rd Male' Rovers; SAF Friendship camp 2009

7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp was held from the 20-26, November,2009 National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India. Rover Scouts Nasheed, Simaaadh and Muin from 23rd Male' Scout Group took part in the Maldivian Contingent that participated this South Asian Foundation Friendship Camp. Rover Scout Maeed took part as an APR Facilitator.

This camp was attended by 151 young people from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Here are The RECOMMENDATIONS of the Youth Forum that was held in the Camp:

7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp

20-26 November 2009

Gadpuri, India

Youth Forum Recommendations

We, the participants of Youth Forum during the 7^th SAF Scout Friendship Camp held from the 20-26 November 2009 National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India, attended by 151 young people from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka:

A. We define Peace as a state of calm atmosphere where people belonging to different nations enjoy their own and respect the basic human rights of others and live freely according to their law, customs, traditions and religion. We define Solidarity as the integration of society to achieve a common goal.

B. Peace and Solidarity is important for people of South Asia because of the following:

1. For sustainable, socio-economic and cultural development;

2. To share knowledge and technologies;

3. To use our potential positively;

4. To overcome difficulties;

5. To use the resources efficiently;

6. To reduce environmental degradation;

7. To develop and maintain better relationship;

8. To improve cultural exchange among all the countries;

9. To gain trade advantages;

10. To promote health and welfare; and

11. To remove discrimination.

C. To achieve peace and solidarity in South Asia we promise on our Honor to do the following:

1. By organizing more friendship camps;

2. By organizing awareness programs, like workshops, environmental camps to spread the message of peace and solidarity;

3. By organizing youth conferences;

4. By working with NGOs in promoting peace and solidarity;

5. By submitting articles to media our experiences in SAF-Scout Friendship Camp;

6. By passing the message of peace and solidarity through words of mouth;

7. By virtual volunteering starting with joining in scouting4peace.org and scoutface.com;

8. By extending Scouting to children in extremely difficult circumstances;

9. By taking part in the Scouts of the World Award rogram; and

10. A copy of this recommendation should be sent to respective governments and visa offices to solve the visa issue for Scouts

D. We consider SAF Camps as the basic platform for the development and prosperity of peace and solidarity among the youth of South Asia and therefore it should be continued so that there is Peace and Solidarity among young people.

Approved by the young people of the 7th SAF Scout Friendship Camp on 22 November 2009, National Youth Complex, Gadpuri, India.