20th Harare Scout Group

06/06 Happy birthday to our Akela (in 20th colours) who turned 22 today.

20th News. This term has been awful for the Group. Not a single meeting has been done either with the Troop or Pack. Burdensome economic constraints have forced the leaders to halt meetings for a little while, because most Group activities require financing the leaders are strategizing on how best they can run the Group. The Group is expecting to move back to our Group HQ next term if all goes well. Good Scouting & Good Hunting.

Krienkie and Dendera 2019 Our province held its annual first aid competition today at Mother Patrick Convent in waterfalls. More than 10 Troops and Packs were present. This year it was the first time the Cub Scouts section was introduced. After the competition bases the Scouts were treated to a Scouts go solar roadshow that educated them about the merits of using solar power. Akela Josh was a judge a the competition. The 20th thanks the organisers for such wonderful comp.

Yesterday the 20th went to the Giant's Playground (Chiremba Balancing Rocks) to have a go on the rocks and to see the great rock formations. These rocks are named seventh in terms of the most beautiful on the planets (www.amazingplanet.com). One of the rock formation is featured on our 2 dollar bill and the other called the flying boat is part of our Mashonaland province badge. We had a combined total of 36 Scouts and Cubs (the whole group). Only one cub scrapped her skin on the rock, a minor injury and they all did enjoy. We also had time to identify a few local trees and saw a very huge nest but we couldn't make out which bird is the resident, that'll remind us to take a bird book next time. Enjoy the pictures below. Akela.

Meeting continues despite cholera scare. Our beautiful city Harare succumbed to a cholera outbreak during the just ended September. Very fortunate that everyone in the 20th escaped untouched. During all these woes our Scout meetings continued and the Scouters encouraged the Scouts to up their hygiene habits. Now on the 18th of October the 20th are going to visit the Giant's Playground in Epworth and practice abseiling, post to come.

2018 COOKING COMPETITION. The 20th once again entered the annual Cooking comp held at Ruwa Park on Sunday 18 June. There was an attendance of 30 Cubs and Scouts, we entered 10 participating teams, each team in their sections  (eg. Scouts Under 13) had to cook a menu different from the others. Aside from showing their cooking skills, teams had to construct kitchen gadgets using ropes and poles and also how to start, maintain and cook on an open fire. The competition results are not yet announced however the most important thing was to have fun and practice cooking skills which all did. Over 15 teams from around the province also took part, the closing ceremony was graced by the Chief Scout of Zimbabwe,  Mr Morris Moses. A big thank you to all who made this event a success.