A World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) is a gathering of Scouts, internationally, to foster a worldwide brotherhood, and to help young Scouts in the movement learn about other nations by direct interaction.
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan in 2015. Please read about my journey!
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima. In November 1954, Sadako developed swellings on her neck and was subsequently diagnosed with leukemia and was given, at
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A World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) is a gathering of Scouts, internationally, to foster a worldwide brotherhood, and to help young Scouts in the movement learn about other nations by direct interaction. The first WSJ was held in 1920 by the United Kingdom
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Today I woke up at around 7 in order to get a shower, until a man shouted: “You will miss breakfast if you don’t hurry up”. Of course, priorities kicked in and I was well fed. After a full English, I returned
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Today, I woke up at 4:00 to get picked up at 5:30 and to be at Linnet Clough (outside Manchester) for 9:00!!! We arrived about 10 minutes early, and used this precious time to setup the tents and check in. My name
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28th of June. My dad and brother’s birthday, but more importantly, the Whitley Bay and Tynemouth districts’ Family Fun Day. I arrived ‘early’ at 9:00 to help setup, but later discovered that people had been there since 7:00… Since the fun didn’t
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The selection weekend was held at Dilston Scout Campsite, near Hexham and was held over 2 days. I was on the first day. Once we arrived, we were asked to sign in and were assigned name badges with different team names on
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