Beirut District, 2011

،مفـوضية بيـروت2011

Commitment to Excellence

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About the Association -

§ LSA was established in 1935 at the American University of Beirut. In 1943, the Association took its current name: “The Lebanese Scout Association”.

§ LSA is a non-religious, non-sectarian, volunteer-based association with groups located in various parts of the country operating out of social/civic clubs and leading schools across Lebanon.

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LSA Mission -

§ The mission of the Lebanese Scout Association is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, where members are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a leading, responsible and constructive role in society.

LSA Vision -

§ By 2015, LSA will have strengthened its rightful position as a leading, educationally viable and financially sustainable volunteer Association, by reaching a membership of 2500 active Scouts in 25 groups, led by 300 qualified leaders and spread geographically all over Lebanon.

§ In 2015, LSA will be recognized as the appropriate provider of choice, of outdoor and non-formal education.

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Core Values -

§ LSA contributes to the education of young people while focusing on character building in a safe, clean, and fun environment.

§ LSA understands that scouting is “a game with a purpose”, using recreational and fun activities as part of the learning process, and where values are the ultimate purpose.

§ LSA contributes to the character building of its youth in all its activities through maintaining discipline and order while promoting strong friendships.

§ LSA promotes partnerships with parents, hosting schools, and the community at large to provide its unique scouting experience.

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Benefits of Scouting -

§ Exploration and discovery,§ Recreational, cultural and fun outdoor activities,§ Leadership opportunities,§ Enjoyment in a pleasant and safe environment, § Lifelong friendships,§ Character building and citizenship,§ Developing talents and skills,§ Enjoying nature and camping in the wild,§ Living the challenge,§ Engaging in sport activities, and§ Personal exploration of hobby and special interest.

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Promise & Law -

الوعد الكشفي :أعاهد مقسمـاً بشرفي أن

أقوم بواجبي نحو ا� والوطن.أساعد الناس في كل ح%.

أطيع قانون الكشاف وأحياه.

القانون الكشفي. الكشاف يعمل ليثق الناس بشرفه

الكشاف مخلص لوطنه، لقادته، لذويه و$رؤوسيه.الكشاف يخدم ويخلص لقريبه.

الكشاف صديق للجميع وأخ لكل كشاف.الكشاف شهم ورفيع ا&خ*ق.

الكشاف يرى جمال الطبيعة ويحب نباتها وحيوانها.

الكشاف مطيع بدون تردد و( يأتي عم*ً غير كامل.

الكشاف سيد أعصابه يشدو ويبتسم في ا$صاعب.الكشاف مقتصد ويعتني بمتاع غيره.

الكشاف طاهر في أفكاره وأقواله وأعماله.

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Districts & Groups -

Beirut 1 International CollegeBeirut 2 YWCA/Al-HudaBeirut 3 Rawdah High SchoolBeirut 4 International CollegeBeirut 7 American Academy of BeirutBeirut 11 Al-Ahliah School Beirut 14 American Community School

Zahle 1 Secondary Evangelical SchoolZahle 2 St. Joseph Jesuite SchoolZahle 3 Antoine Sisters SchoolZahle 4 Deir Saidat Al NajatZahle 5 Mustakbal Public SchoolZahle 6 Mar Elias Towak

Zahle 7 Mar Youssef Mkhalsi

Broumana Broumana High SchoolAl Rabieh Rabie Evangelical SchoolAl Mousef Al Munsef ClubAl Barbara Al Barbara ClubAlieh Alieh National School

Saida 1 Evangelical SchoolSaida 5 Al-Kalaa School

Nabatieh

Hasbaya 1 HasbayaChwaya 1 Chwaya

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Our Structure -

Scout members (boys and girls) are grouped into different units that relate to their age groups and scouting experiences.

Beavers (5 – 7 years) -This is the age of discovery. Games and activities that develop children imagination are the emphasis. The unit of beavers consists of a maximum of 25 children who are divided into smaller groups of 5 to 6 children each. Cubs (7 – 11 years) -At this stage, boys and girls need fun, creative and developmental activities through organized games. The pack is composed of a maximum of 37 cub-scouts and is divided into ‘sixes’.

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Our Structure -

Boy and Girl Scouts (11 – 16 years) -At this age important changes occur in life and teens tend to prove themselves. They are keen of adventure and challenges. The troop consists of a maximum of 33 scouts and is divided into 4 patrols.

Rovers and Pioneers (16 – 18 years) -Adolescence is the age when teenagers are preoccupied by queries, ideals, ambitions and engagements. This ‘clan’ is composed of a maximum of 33 rovers and/or pioneers, and is divided into smaller subgroups.

Leaders (18 and + years) -The work of scouts cannot be achieved without adults who take on the responsibility of training the young and to prepare them to fulfill their scouting duties towards their country and others. Leaders are vigorously trained, experienced, and of proven good character; they are the key for the success of the scouting movement.

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Executive Committee -

§ Honorary President -

§ President -

§ Vice President –

§ General Secretary -

§ Treasurer -

§ Consultant For Media Affairs -

§ Consultant For Parents, Former Scouts & Schools –

§ Consultant For Special Activities -

§ Consultant For Curricula & Programs -

§ Consultant For Leadership Development -

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General Commission -

§ General Commissioner – Chief Wael Zein§ Assistant To The General Commissioner – § Commissioner For Administration – Chief Houssam Hajj§ Commissioner For Finance – Chieftain Najwa Ladki§ Commissioner For Technology – Chief Dory Khayyat§ Commissioner For Beavers – Chieftain Sahar Shaer§ Commissioner For Cubs – Chief Said Talih§ Commissioner For Scouts – Chief Simon Matar§ Commissioner For Rovers – Chief Amer Najm§ Beirut District Commissioner – Chief Hammad Sioufi§ Mount District Commissioner – Chief Tony Hajj§ Bekaa District Commissioner – Chief Atef Haddad§ South District Commissioner – Chief Zein Abou Zaher § Nabatieh District Commissioner – Chief Amin Amin

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Beirut District Leadership Team -

Position Name Mobile

Beirut District Commissioner Hammad Sioufi 03-265051

Assistant To The District Commissioner Yehia Al Khurfan 03-844187

Assistant To The District Commissioner - -

Assistant For Administration Mira Merhi 03-708908

Assistant For Leadership Development Ziad Abdallah

Assistant For Finance Ahmad Badran

Assistant For Technology Haitham Chehade

Assistant For Parent, Friends & Former Scouts

Mazen Dahham

Assistant For Music Mohammad Ikkawi

Assistant For Beavers Zaher Hamed

Assistant For Cub Scouts Dara Dalla

Assistant For Boy and Girl Scouts Mazen Dana

Assistant For Rovers and Pioneers Bilal Natour

Position Name Mobile

Beirut 1 Leader Louay Ladki 70-947696

Beirut 2 Leader Ziad Tabbara 03-961990

Beirut 3 Leader Tala Harb 03-455671

Beirut 4 Leader Mohammad Moubayyed

03-927607

Beirut 7 Leader Wassim Hakim 03-773229

Beirut 11 Leader Hiba Awada 03-685388

Beirut DistrictGroup Leaders -

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Commitment to Excellence, Yes, you can… yes, we can!

Beirut District’s Guiding Principles -1. Our mission adhere to that of Scouting which is to contribute to the education of young

people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society. This is achieved by:

§ Involving youth throughout their formative years in a non-formal educational process, § Using methods that make each individual the principal agent of his or her development as a self-

reliant, supportive, responsible and committed person, and§ Assisting youth to establish a value system based upon spiritual, social and personal principles as

expressed in the Promise and Law. (www.scout.org)

1. Baden Powell, founder of the World Scouting Movement, described Scouting as a GAME with a PURPOSE that involves RECREATION, VALUES and LEARNING

§ Recreation is the GAME,§ Learning is the PROCESS, and§ Values are the PURPOSE.

1. We work on the principles that “unless we can hear each other singing and crying, unless we can comfort each other’s failures and cheer each other’s victories... We are missing out on the VERY BEST LIFE has to OFFER:

THE ONLY REAL ACTION TAKES PLACE ON THE BRIDGE BETWEEN PEOPLE

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Beirut District Guiding Principles -

1. By dreaming, sharing, planning and growing together we can achieve wonders, individually and as a group, imagine snowflakes, nature’s most fragile things… but imagine what they can do when they stick together.

1. To us, what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves: what truly matters is helping others in their race, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.

1. Because LEADERSHIP is only an ACT, NOT A TITLE, We will help each other create a positive, warm, promising, motivating, educational, guiding, value-based, joyful and recreational environment, where all will grow as leaders.

TELL me & I FORGET… TEACH me & I REMEMBER… … INVOLVE me & I WILL LEARN

ü If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

ü You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.

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Beirut District’s Guiding Principles -

MAJOR BELIEFS:

§ By striving for quality in every single detail of our Performance, WE ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE.

§ We adhere to and are committed to SELF-RESPECT, RESPECT OF OTHERS, and RESPECT FOR PLACE, TIME, PROPERTY AND SPACE. Scout members are expected to treat all property (school buildings, grounds, bathrooms, facilities, equipments…) with care, and to behave quietly and respectfully in a manner that is not disturbing to others.

§ Whenever needed, we are always prepared to PARTICIPATE and ASSIST in our host Schools’ in their extra-curricular activities.

§ We are part of the Lebanese Scout Association and ALIGN all our activities according to its guidelines.

§ In all our functions, we keep in mind the following: Clear and safe communication, respect for hierarchy, transparency in thoughts and actions without hidden agendas, and teaming in everything we think, plan or do.

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Beirut District’s Guiding Principles -

OTHER GUIDELINES:

§ In Scouting, we learn from each other and are willing to accept constructive criticism.

§ With love and passion, we accomplish better results.

§ Every problem presented to us is an opportunity for us to create a solution.

§ Scouting is an enjoyable learning experience that requires dedication, responsibility & accountability.

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Beirut District’s Guiding Principles -: للعمل الكشفي خ*ل العام القادمالقواعد العامةفي ما يلي بعض

الثقة وا(حترام ا$تبادل ب% جميع الهيئات الكشفية العاملة في ا$فوضية $ا فيه من مصلحة لجميع أفواج •) )Trustا$فوضية وأفرادها وقاداتها

: هو أساس عملنا الكشفي اعتماد الشفافية ا$طلقة وا(بتعاد كليا عن كل ما يسئ إلى روح TEAMفريق العمل •) )…Gossip, Transfer of informationا$جموعة

Empower leaders and groups to والهدف ا&ساسي هوFacilitatorدور مفوضية بيـروت هو •create, innovate and lead

العمل الكشفي يحتاج إلى تحمّل ا$سؤولية، إلى خلق ا$ثال ل'فراد، إلى إتقان العمل، إلى حماس أو ما يُعرف •Inner Motivation (Inside OUT( بتكار، إلى الدقة في إنجاز ا&عمال)إلى ا)بداع وا ،

العودة إلى كل وسائل التدريب ا$تاحة من خ*ل برامج الجمعية وا$فوضية التدريبية، وا$راجع الكشفية العا$ية، • = وهذا سيفيد القادة (وا$راجع التربوية ا$ختلفة، وصفحات ا(نترنت غير ا$حدودة تدريب مستمرّ للقادة وا&فراد

)وا&فراد في حياتهم ا$هنية والشخصية

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Beirut District’s Guiding Principles -

THE POWER OF LITTLES

Great Events, we often find,On little things depend,

And very small beginningsHave oft a mighty end.

Letters joined make words,And words to books may grow,As flake on flake descending Form an avalanche of snow.

A single utterance may goodOr evil thought inspire;

One little spark enkindledMay set a town on fire.

Be the BEST of Whatever YOU ARE

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,Be a scrub in the valley – but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;Be a bush if you can’t be a tree

If you can’t be a bust be a bit of the grass,And some highway happier make;

If you can’t be a muskie than just be a bass - But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,There’s something for all of us here,

There’s big work to do, and there’s lesser to do,And the task you must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail,If you can’t be the sun be a star;

It isn’t by size that you win or you fail - Be the best of whatever you are!

(Douglas Malloch)

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LSA in ACTION -

Scouting varied activities deal with the environment, health, culture, sports, character building, community service, civic engagement and social work.

LSA is also involved with special yearly festivities that include Annual Anniversary of the Organization (a 3 day Rally camp held in May of each year), annual conferences, training camps, excursions and the participation in international scout camps and events.

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If you can fill the unforgiving minute…

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… With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run…

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… Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it…

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… And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son! If, by Rudyard Kipling

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“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” William Butler Yeats

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