International Scout and Guide Expeditions

Latest News : 30th April 2012 Training Weekend 6 has now been completed, in the wind and rain! The Fundraising for the project is going well - we have now raised all of our £30,000. Well done everybody. Hope you have all nearly finished raising your expedition fees. Pictures from training weekends are at - T12 Pictures To follow us whilst we are away, please sign up to our E-mail information list. We will be sending out E-mails during the expedition to the E-mail list, updating you all on our progress. T12Info E-Mail List We will also be posting photos from the expedition to our Photo page at T12 Expedition Photos T12 Partners www.africanspace.co.uk www.wildthingsafaris.com More info on the chosen project at Tanzania 2012 Please help us raise the money for the medical centre, but donating through our Charity Giving page at :-

Are you looking for an expedition to Africa - to do a community project, safari and adventure activities?
Then look no further, Tanzania is an opportunity of a life time for most Scout and Guides.

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What is it all about?
Julian Sore has been running International Scout and Guides Expeditions for a number of years, mainly to Uganda, Zambia and now to Tanzania. The expeditions usually last for 4 week, and the main purpose is to develop UK Scouts and Guides (14 to 20 year olds) to have a better understanding of third world countries (see aims and objectives for a full breakdown).

What do we do on an expedition?
The expedition is usually broken down into three sections
a.    Acclimatisation - Includes some sight seeing and relaxtion.
b.    Community Project Work - This is the main purpose and the main section of the expedition.
c.    Sightseeing, Safari and adventure activities such as White Water Rafting, Quad Biking etc.

Community Project Work                 The Main focus of the expeditions are on completing a major community project. So far we have built two schools in Uganda, and two schools in Zambia.             For 2012, we are building a medical centre in Itete, Tanzania. More details of this project can be found in Tanzania 2012

How is the team made up?
For 2012, team is made up of 35 members of the Scout or Guide Association, aged between 14 and 19 at the time of the expedition. In addition to this are the 7 members of the Leader Team. The team comes from across all of the UK.

Expedition timescales?
The next expedition is currently looking to run during August 2012. The team for 2012 has already been selected.

Selection Process
We usually have a large number of applications for the expeditions (in 2012 - 53), and to reduce this to the 18-24 for the team, we had to hold a selection weekend. This was held in Feb 2011. This was a very hard process, with some very difficult decisions having to be made. As a result, the team members that make it into the team should very much be congratulated for making it this far.

Aims and Objectives of the expedition.
1.    To return all team members safe and well to the UK.
2.    To Develop Scouts and Guides from the UK, to have a deep appreciation of life in a third world country, to be able to work together as a team, to understand different peoples needs, to give support to all members of the team, and to become leaders of the future.
3.    To Develop the leaders from the Leader Team to become better leaders, and expedition leaders of the future.
4.    To complete a community project in a third world country, that substantially benefits the local community, which they can take ownership of the project.
5.    To develop Scouting and Guiding in the community of the country we visit.

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