Below you can find, which solar activities took place from January to December 2019, includ-ing the Scouts go Solar Training 2019 at KISC. From the 19th-27th of August, 12 new Scout leaders from Latin America, Africa, the Arab re-gion, Europe and Asia Pacific were trained as Solar Ambassadors to introduce Scouts go So-lar to their NSO and/or their communities (see picture). Look up our SgS training and the ac-tivities on our Scouts go solar!! Facebook site. Thanks a lot to everyone, who helped spread-ing Scouts go Solar and who taught Scouts and communities, how to use solar energy, which is clean and free for everyone! We keep on grow-ing and Scouts go Solar keeps on snowballing. Have fun reading about the fabulous and di-verse activities in the Scouts go Solar Newslet-ter and let yourself be inspired!

4.-10.01.2020 16th Interamerican Scout Jamboree: Our Argentinian Solar Ambassador Dino will be

representing Scouts go Solar there. Go and have a

look and say Hello!

27.07.-6.08.2020 European Jamboree 2020: We are aiming at having a Scouts go Solar infor-

mation stand with activities in Gdansk, Poland. If

you are interested to help us, please contact Tina

at Solafrica.

22.-30.08.2020 Scouts go Solar Training 2020 at KISC: 10 new Scout leaders from all over the world will

be trained as Solar Ambassadors to introduce

Scouts go Solar to their NSOs and/or their commu-

nities. Contact Tina to apply for the training!

On the 19th of January, the Solar Ambassador Abelardo Castillo Rosas organised a Scouts go Solar workshop for 75 of the 150 Scout leaders of the hurricane-struck region of Nayarit. The workshop concentrated on the consequences of global warming and the us-age of solar energy as an environmentally friendly energy source, which can always be used after natural disasters. The participating Scout leaders were soldering solar LED lamps and constructing a solar suitcase. Thus, they are able to inform their communities about so-lar energy and also construct solar devises with them, which will be helpful after natural disas-ters. On the 20th of January, part the trained Scout leaders donated 4 parabolic solar cookers to the Community Centre INAPAM (Instituto Nacional de las Personas adultas mayores) in the city of Coamiles. They instructed the women of the centre, how to use and maintain the cookers and informed them about the climate change and the linked increase of hurricanes and flooding.

At the beginning of the new year, the Pakistan Boy Scout

Association (PBSA) were the first to realise a Scouts go Solar

event. In order to promote Scouts for SDGs, they were not

only displaying and explaining smaller solar gadgets such as

fans, fountains, lamps and power banks, but were also

showing and explaining sizeable solar panels, which can be

installed on rooftops. They also explained how solar art can

be produced and how water can be purified by the sun.

The leaders have also done many Scouts go Solar work-shops such as for the Scouts of the Bahía de Banderas Grupo Balam.

Figure 2: Scouts go Solar Workshop in Coamiles, January 2019.

Figure 1: Scouts go Solar Information Stand in Islamabad, January 2019.

On the 19th of January, a Scouts go Solar workshop was

taking place at the Annual Rally of the Vijaynagar local

Association in the Southern Bangalore district. Karthik Ra-

machandra, Krishnaswamy Ramamoorthy, Madhusudan

Avala were introducing Scouts from 6 to 16 to sustainable

energies and Scouts for SDGs. To let the young Scouts ex-

perience the power of the sun, solar art was being pro-

duced with a magnifying glass and a piece of wood. The

solar car race was particularly liked amongst all age

groups.

“We want to show you the first group

of Cub Scouts doing Scouts go Solar

activities here in Argentina. They are

from the Santiago del Estero prov-

ince. Their Scout leaders told us that

they are very excited to have learned

about solar energy.” Dino Carini, Ar-

gentinian Solar Ambassador

Amongst many Scouts go Solar activi-

ties, they were playing the coloured

bottle game. They were testing,

which colour warms up the most and

to how many degrees the water in

the bottle can actually heat up to.

Figure 3 : Young Scouts are playing the solar car race by pointing a mirror towards a small solar panel.

Figure 4: The Scout group Flor Roja, del GS. Libertador General San Martin have successfully ab-solved the first Argentinian Scouts go Solar Workshop for young Cup Scouts, January 2019.

FEBRUARY

During the 7th National Jamboree of Ethiopia from the 5th to the 8th of February, more than 500 participants and guests benefitted from the Scouts go Solar exhibition, which our Solar Ambassador Aynalem Gismie had been organising and leading. On top of that, around 90 Scouts from the age of 6 to 18 were eagerly engaged in solar ac-tivities such as making their own sunglasses, playing with solar toys and with the solar fountain. The last day, the leaders from all regions of the country were soldering so-lar LED lamps and realised how easily solar devises can be produced.

MARCH

From the 1st to the 4th of March the first Scouts go Solar

Camp took place in Palindanuwara. The “Solar Power for a

Better World of Scouts” camp welcomed around 300

Scouts between 10-20 years with an average age of 12-14.

A great variety of solar activities was being offered. For

example, the food of the camp was only made with solar

cookers. Thus, the participants could experience cooking

their own fried sausages, eggs and papadam bread with

the sun.

Figure 5: Our Solar Ambassador Aynalem Gismie is explaining the so-lar fountain at the 7th National Jamboree of Ethiopia.

Figure 6: Solar Cooking at the 1st Scouts go Solar Camp in Sri Lanka.

During the 3- day wood badge course from the 1st to the

3rd of March, Scout go Solar was also on the programme.

We go solar was the talk of the course. In order to do so,

the Solar Ambassador Onkarabile Jackson was holding a

power point presentation about solar energy and its pos-

sibilities. He also showcased different types of solar cook-

ers and the solar suitcase with three lamps and a USB

port.

During the 20th Bulacan Scout Provincial Jamboree on the

8th of March in Barangay in Engkanto-Marungko in the

municipality of Angat, a Scouts go Solar module was of-

fered. The aim was to inform young Scouts about solar en-

ergy. The energy card game and the light box magic was

highlighting the power of the sun and the necessity to safe

energy in the first place. Apart from that, there were dif-

ferent stations with activities such as: making sunglasses,

an exhibition of solar toys, gadgets and games and the

bottle game or balloon blow up game.

Figure 8: A young Scout is concentrating on the energy card game, which shows our daily energy consumption.

On the 16th of March, our Solar Ambassador Abelardo Cas-

tillo Rosas was organising Scouts go Solar activities for the

National Youth Forum in Meztitla. Consequently, 120 se-

lected Scouts from all the states were introduced to

Scouts go Solar and its potential.

Figure 7: Participants at a Scouts go Solar Presentation.

On the 27th of March, the Solar Ambassador Paddington

Johannes and Gwinyai Vincent Mandipira and their

trained “solar force” were holding a Scouts go Solar sun

fun show during the 2nd Edition of the Environment Con-

test held in Harare. Apart from explaining about solar en-

ergy and its technologies to a broad group of Scouts from

6 to 16 years, they were also staging a solar competition.

The Scouts with the best ideas for the usage of solar en-

ergy, where winning and receiving a certificate.

The 1st National Scouts go Solar Training took place in Penang from the 23rd to the 26th of March. It had been or-ganised by Solar Am-bassador Lau Hooi Lin and Bernardo De Leon. Scouts go Solar Man-ager Tina Hügli from Solafrica, Cynthia Marquez from WOSM and the solar expert Michael Götz were present via Skype.

The Scouts go Solar Training was conducted at the Institut

Pendidikan Guru (IPG) Kampus Pulau Pinang. About 50

Scout Leaders, mostly national and regional commission-

ers, participated in the training to learn about the Scouts

go Solar Programme. Thus, local leaders learned about the

programme, including the practical applications of solar

activities that could be done during Scout activities. It

raised awareness about climate change and the sustaina-

ble solutions that could be carried out by Scouts through

learning-by-doing activities suitable for all ages on renew-

able energy technology and solar energy.

Figure 9: Cassie Shava is introducing solar energy to Scouts of differ-ent ages at the sun fun show in Harare.

Figure 10: Solar Ambassador Lau Hooi Lin (leftmost, second row) and Bernando De Leon (rightmost, second row) with the participants after the Scouts go Solar Training.

APRIL

From the 1st to the 4th of April, the Malaysian Scout Or-ganisation introduced Scout go Solar to 1147 Scouts at the Perkhemahan Peraja Daerah Pasir Mas. Scout go Solar quickly got the attention of the participants and the camp staff, because it is the first programme, which integrates science. The excitement of the participants towards this newly introduced programme was im-mense. Normally they are expecting the usual Scouts activities such as knots and competitions. They were all excited and are looking forward to the next camp with Scouts go Solar activities, where they can experience the solar suitcase, make their own sunglasses, produce so-lar art, have a solar quiz and compete in the solar grass-hopper race.

Here is a story of our Zimbabwean Solar Ambassador Paddington Jo-hannes about the reaction of kids during his solar activities: “KIDS love hot Chocolate biscuit done on solar cookers. They be like, are we going to have choc biscuits? before I even start lecturing about solar energy. Having Cubs and Scouts try these biscuits has made them go home with a "It’s real, It works!!' on their minds. On the 31st of March, we had the chance again to reach out to 150 Cubs and Scouts foster-ing the solar education. Each time I do this activity I end up serving eve-ryone biscuits and guess we make and serve 150 hot choc biscuits in 10-15 minutes. So it is possible to feed a multitude in solar cooking.”

Figure 11: Solar Ambassador Paddington Johannes leaves a lasting impression with kids with his solar chocolate cookies.

On the 3rd of April, the Solar Ambas-

sador Asif Mahmood organised sev-

eral Scouts go Solar activities for 25

Scouts at the Government College

University in Lahore. Solar activities

like creating sundials and sunglasses

and creating sun art were on the

schedule as well as informing them

about solar energy in general.

On the 14th of April, Solar Ambassador Onkarabile Jackson organised a Scouts go Solar training in the Aedume Na-tional Scout Training Center. His motto was to train Scout leaders, who can bring a change to their community. Ac-cording to him, there is no doubt about solar energy being the future energy. Thus, he was training the Scout leaders how to cook with a parabolic solar cooker and how to build their own DIY solar cooker with little material. They were also studying the solar suitcase and creating solar art.

At the end of April, Scouts go Solar Crowdcast Talks

were broadcasted in English, Spanish, French, Arab and

Hindi. The broadcast was initiated by WOSM and

Solafrica and should give current and future Solar Am-

bassadors and their “solar force” team some guidelines.

Have a look and be inspired! Here is the link for the

English Crowdcast:

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/scouts-go-solar---eng/reg-

ister?fbclid=IwAR0Oa6V6LsbRV36qkWexewBTqBBPQW-

tEH6dbdnX_EwFrRST4D1kkslBXQBc&session=2

Figure 12: Solar Ambassador Asif Mahmood (front row, middle) during a Scouts go Solar work-shop at the Government College University in Lahore.

Figure 13:Solar Ambassador Onkarabile Jackson explains differ-ent solar cookers.

Figure 14: Scouts go Solar going Crowdcast

From the 16th to the 24th of April, 29 young energetic Scout leaders from all over the islands were participating in the first Scouts go Solar training of their country. Solar Ambas-sador Lau Hooi Lin was realising the training at Huraa is-land. They were doing all major Scouts go Solar modules and were building DIY Copenhagen Cookers, with which they were boiling eggs very craftfully.

MAY

Thanks to Solar Ambassador Lau Hooi Lin, student teachers of various fields such as music or maths, who are simultaneously Scout leaders were being trained at the Institute of Teacher Education Campus Perlis from the 4th to the 5th of May. There, they learned how to build a DIY Copenhagen Cooker, to play solar dart or the solar car race and to create solar art amongst other things. Afterwards, they will introduce Scouts go Solar to their Scout groups and spread the word even further in Malaysia.

Figure 15 Solar Ambassador Lau Hooi Lin (leftmost) running the first Scouts go Solar Training on the Maldives.

Figure 16: Student teachers/Scouts with their Copenhagen Cookers.

On the 4th and 25th of May, Silver Rajoo, who has been trained by our Solar Ambassador Lau Hooi Lin, has been realising a Scouts go Solar workshop with the Manta Ray Cub & Sea Scouts at the Terror Sea Scouts Campsite and at the Woodlands Primary School. They were making sun-glasses, cooking eggs with the Copenhagen Cooker, were drawing circular motives with the solar spinning disc and measured the temperature of the differently coloured bottles and played the solar car race.

On the 11th of May, as part of the World Scout Environ-ment Programme, Scouts of different ages explored how to efficiently keep water and air clean in their local environment. They also discovered local native spices of plants as well as animals and their habitat. As Scouts go Solar is a campaign of the World Scout Environment Programme, Scouts go Solar activities such as solar cooking also took place during the event and were highly liked.

Figure 17: Scouts are trying out the solar spinning disc, which is part of the constructions built at the Scouts go Solar Training at KISC.

Figure 19: Scouts are measuring the temperatures of the bottles, which have been standing in the sun.

Figure 18: Different solar cookers are being used for a Scouts go Solar ac-tivity of the World Scout Environment Programme.

From the 17th to the 19th of May, the Macedonian Solar Ambassadors Stevan Popovski and Igor Stanojkov realised an extended workshop on solar energy in the Scout Cen-ter Gradovci in Zelenikovo. On the first day, theoretical in-formation about solar energy was given. On day two, the participants proved the theoretical knowledge of focusing the sun in one dot (the Archimedes idea of burning Ro-man ships) by using cardboard covered with aluminum foil and reaching 55.5 degrees. Using this conclusion, they built a Copenhagen Cooker, which reached up to 120 de-grees, with an outside temperature of only 24 to 27 de-grees. This was enough for preparing food for the group.

They were also building an air heater to heat the rooms on the Southern side of the Centre. For that, the partici-pants painted tins black and used a wooden box and cook-ing foil. After a while, the construction successfully reached up to 70 degrees. At the end of the workshop, they made a presentation as a guideline for others on what they have already done. In it, they also explain the solar system, which they installed for their Scout Center. It is designed to work with two solar panels of 250 Watt, two solar batteries of 170 Ah, a DC to AC inverter and a charging controller. The solar system is able to generate around 1.1 kW in the worst winter days, which is enough to power 12 light bulbs of 11 Watt for 6h a day and for charging 6 mobiles of 8 Watt for 4h a day. At the end of the extended Scouts go Solar workshop, each participant received a certificate and was encouraged to share the knowledge with their own Scout units.

Figure 20: The participants are showing the solar installation for their Scout Centre as well as the solar heater, which they built themselves

Figure 21: The Copenhagen Cooker served lunch for everyone.

JUNE

From the 1st to the 5th of June, many Scouts go Solar

activities were present in the Better World Frame-

work tent at the Coronation Jamboree of King Rama

X at Chiang Mai in the region of Central Thailand.

Scouts could play the coloured bottle game, make

sundials, have a solar car race, make their own sun-

glasses or create a piece of solar art. On top of it,

food was being cooked with a parabolic solar cooker.

Through the Afghan Scouts Community Development Pro-ject, a solar system was installed at the government or-phanage at Jalalabad in the Nangarhar Province of Af-ghanistan with the help of our Solar Ambassador Moham-mad Tamim Hamkar. Thus, the Afghan Scouts successfully helped to cover the orphanage’s electricity shortage.

Figure 22: Scouts are creating solar art at the Coronation Jamboree.

Figure 23: Afghan Scouts with Mohammad Tamim Hamkar (bottom right) after the installation of a solar system for the government orphanage at Jalalabad, June 2019.

In mid-June, several Dutch Scouts installed 34 solar panels

on the rooftop of their Scouting building in Alblasserdam,

According to Mark Hage: “The angle and direction are not

perfect … . But we think it is worth it and we want to be

an example for all youth members.”

On the 24th of June, the whole day was dedi-cated to the Environmental Education Pro-gramme at the Base Escoteira de Pesquisa e Ed-ucação Ambiental in Goiás. Thus, 24 young Scouts were having a Scouts go Solar workshop with many solar activities. First of all, climate change and solar energy was being explained to them. Then they could test their skills at the so-lar grasshopper race, make sunglasses and try the solar cooker.

Figure 25: Young Scouts are trying to move the solar grasshoppers by pointing the reflected mirror light towards the solar toy.

Figure 24 : Solar Installation at the Dutch Scout Centre in Alblasserdam.

JULY

On the 7th of July, 60 Scouts leaders were having a Scouts go Solar training, which the Thai Solar Ambassador Piromsak Kidputtana-sombut and Chansak Sanguankiattisuk were leading. From the 8th to the 10th, 300 Scouts from 33 schools were participating in Scouts go Solar activities. They were making sun-glasses, having a solar car race, playing the col-oured bottle game, cooking with parabolic solar cookers and expe-riencing bigger solar systems.

All of the equipment, which had been used by Ambassador Piromsak Kidputtanasombut and Chansak Sanguankiattisuk has been given to the Bhutan Scouts in Thimphu to be able to continue with Scouts go Solar activities for groups of differ-ent ages. The Scout leaders, who participated in the Scouts go Solar training are now evaluating how to efficiently introduce Scouts go Solar to Bhutan. We are very happy to have Bhutan con-stantly on board with us now! A warm welcome goes out to you!

Figure 26: Bhutanese Scouts are learning about solar cooking.

Figure 27: Young Bhutanese Scouts with their finished sunglasses.

This particular photo, which is depicting the usage of

solar energy for cooking has won the Gold Award of the

17th APR Scout Photo Contest. The theme of the contest

was "Scouts for SDGs". The Photo is related to SDG 7

(Clean and Affordable Energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Ac-

tions). Congratulations Asif Mehmood of the Pakistan

Boy Scout Association!

AUGUST

The second Scout go Solar workshop for Scouts from 12 to 18 from a Scout school in Huila, Neiva in Southern Colom-bia took place on the 3rd of August and was given by the Solar Ambassador Lauren Galvis Aristizabal. All partici-pants received a certificate and the first Solar Badge – the “Solar Explorer”. The Scouts from 15 to 18 had to repli-cate the workshop in their groups and execute the solar manual activities to get the second badge – the “Solar Guide”. The Scouts from 12 to 14 only had to do the solar manual activities for the second badge.

From the 22nd of July to the 2nd of August, our honoured Solar Ambassador Bernando De Leon was leading the Scouts go Solar stand at the World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. The Scouts go Solar activities all took place in the Better World Framework tent and thus were also supported by Cynthia Marquez from WOSM, who Solafrica also wants to thank for all of her support! Amongst all Scouts go Solar activities, Bernando De Leon was also displaying the smallest solar suitcase and the ad-vanced solar campfire, which were built by Erwin Vil-lanueva from his Brighton Adventurers Team from the Philippines. We are also very happy that Ban Ki Moon vis-ited the Scouts go Solar stand and showed his interest.

Figure 30: Tour Solar Ambassador is explaining different solar cookers.

Figure 28: The award-winning picture.

Figure 29: Scouts with their certificate after the workshop.

On the 13th of August, a special Scouts go Solar workshop was realised at the BASE Escoteira de Pesquisa e Educação Ambiental in Goiás. Amongst the Scouts go Solar activities, the team was presenting a solar cooker, which consists of recycled materials. Out of two television discs with aluminum foil and a metal chair construc-tion, a functioning solar cooker, with which any-thing can be cooked or boiled, was built by Luiz Faina. The participants were also shown the so-lar street lamp of the camp, which already had been built last year.

AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST

This year, 12 amazingly

engaged Scout leaders of

Honduras, Brazil, Argen-

tina, Morocco, Kenya,

Botswana, the Kingdom

of Eswatini, Switzerland,

Singapore and Malaysia

participated at our Scouts

go Solar Training at KISC

and became Solar Ambas-

sadors. Congratulations

and welcome to our solar

family!

Figure 31: The recycled solar cooker is being presented and cooked with.

Figure 32: All participants and trainers at the Scouts go Solar Training 2019 after the certificate ceremony. (photo taken by Áquila Paz da Rosa)

A TRAINING OVERVIEW:

Within teams, the participants

were constructing the solar

beep, the solar spinning disc, the

solar campfire and were also

soldering the complex solar suit-

case with LED lamps and a USB

port.

The participants also built DIY

Copenhagen Cookers, with

which they made tea. This

year, we also used milk Tetra

Pak cartons to built solar cook-

ers. It turns out that the silver

foil of the carton is as good as

any silver foil on the market.

Thus, Tetra Pak Solar Cookers

are an even cheaper version to

be considered for workshops.

And of course, they were already teaching Scout

groups, what they had learned during their stay at KISC.

They were introducing Scouts of different ages from the

Maldives and Portugal to several solar activities such as

solar cooking, the solar beep, solar art and solar dart.

Figure 33: The participants and the Activity Guides of the KISC are proudly presenting the technical solar equipment they made themselves.

Figure 34: The participants are showing their Copenhagen and Tetra Pak Cookers.

Figure 35: Oumayma Belfakih from Morocco is teaching Scouts about solar cooking and is making chocolate biscuits with them.

At the end of August, solar activities were realised during

the 1st Better World Framework Camporee in Afghanistan.

Amongst many things, pictures were painted with the

spinning disc, Scouts were testing their motorical skills at

the solar beep and vegetables were grilled on a stick with

a great Afghan solar invention. At night, the massive solar

campfire was illuminating the scenery.

SEPTEMBER

From the 13th to the 22nd of Septem-

ber, 10 Scouts with special needs from

Lahore and Islamabad were participat-

ing at a Scouts go Solar Training at the

Headquarters of the Pakistan Boy

Scouts Association in Islamabad. All

Scouts go Solar modules such as lamp

soldering, solar cooking, constructing

of the solar suitcase or drafting en-

ergy studies have been performed ad-

mirably. Dr. Baqer Raza, the CEO of

the Pakistan Council of Renewable En-

ergies Technologies also held a

presentation on the usage of solar en-

ergy. With the acquired knowledge

and extended technical skills, all

Scouts are ready to

Figure 36: The solar campfire was being used at night events. Figure 37: Girl Scouts are being introduced to the spinning disc.

Figure 38: Training participants are constructing a solar suitcase.

realise their own solar

activities, workshops

and trainings .

Thank you ever so

much, for supporting

us in Pakistan and

spreading Scouts go

Solar even further!

On the 21st of September, the International Day of Peace,

the Thimphu Thomdey Scouts were launching an event

called “climate action for PEACE" at the Centenary Park.

They were, for example, creating solar art, cooking eggs

with solar cookers and playing solar turtle, grasshopper

and car races.

Figure 39: Training participants after they received the Scouts go Solar certificate at the end of the training.

Figure 40: Scouts go Solar activities for many age groups at the International Day of Peace in Bhutan.

On the 22nd of September, the Cub Scouts of

the group Nuestra Señora de Luján from the

South of Buenos Aires had fun with several

Scouts go Solar activities. They played with

the solar fountain and with several solar toys

and also learned how to prevent sunstrokes

and sunburns.

From the 11th to the 14th of September, the Boy Scouts

of the Philippines conducted a workshop on SDGs and

the Better World Framework in collaboration with the

Asia-Pacific Support Centre of the World Scout Bureau

at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Centre in Pobla-

cion in Lingayen Pangasinan. One of the highlights of

the workshop was how to use solar energy. Participants

from the Ilocos Region and from the capital learned mo-

about solar energy while playing the coloured bottle

game, the solar beep and the grasshopper race.

On the 21st of September, the Solar Ambassador Ayna-

lem Gismie launched a Scouts go Solar mini training in

Addis Abeba for 10 young Scout leaders of around 20

with the help of our solar expert Dr. Michael Götz

(Mitch). Although the sun was not shining, Ayni gave an

introduction to Scouts go Solar and the usage of solar

energy. Mitch showed and explained examples from

around the world and introduced the participants to the

technical part. Thus, the participants tried their hand at

constructing solar lamps. One Scout leader, who is an ar-

chitect, built a prototype of a solar headlamp.

Figure 41: The group Nuestra Señora de Luján are introduced to the solar fountain.

Figure 42: The solar car race is being played at the workshop on SDGs.

Figure 43: A participant is presenting his prototype of a solar headlamp.

From the 26th to the 28th of September, the Solar Ambas-

sador Hulumende Mavuso realised the first Scouts go So-

lar Training at the Emavulandlela Eswatini Scouts Associa-

tion for 12 Scout leaders from all four regions of the coun-

try. Amongst other things, they learned how to solder so-

lar lamps, to build DIY solar cookers, to create solar art

and to cook with the sun. To practice their new skills, they

were already having a Scouts go Solar workshop for 60

Scouts. Two of the most watched TV stations visited and

reported about the training. Like that, people are increas-

ingly interested to collaborate with their Scouts to create

solar activities. The trained Scout leaders will again train

15 Scout leaders each and consequently create a team of

180 Scout leaders to successfully incorporate Scouts go

Solar into the National Youth Programme. We thank you

dearly for the great cooperation, Emavulandlela Eswatini

Scouts Association!

Figure 44: Participants of the first Scouts go Solar Training during their solar workshop for 60 Scouts of different ages.

OCTOBER

From the 11th to the 14th of October, our Solar Ambassa-dor Dino Carini realised a Scouts go Solar information stand at the National Rover Moot in Paraná, Entre Ríos. More than 4’000 Rovers and staff from different parts of the country participated and were informed about the us-age of solar energy, made solar popcorn and solar art and played with solar toys and gadgets. Additionally, Scouts go Solar was part of the Better World Tent. The National Technological University of Paraná supported the team by lending them a solar cooker and solar equipment.

From the 26th of October to the 1st of November, Scouts go Solar was realised at the 21st National Scout Jambo-ree at Vajiravudh National Scout Camp in Siracha, Chon-buri. In total, 9’000 Scouts visited the stand and learned about solar energy, how to cook pasta with a parabolic cooker, how to create solar art and how to win at solar grasshopper and car races.

Figure 45: Solar Ambassador Dino Carini at the National Rover Moot in Argentina.

Figure 46: Chansak Sanguankiattisuk is showcasing the parabolic cooker.

NOVEMBER

From the 15th to the 16th of November, the 1st Better World Framework Workshop of the Afghanistan Scout As-sociation was including Scouts go Solar activities. As the weather was bad, alternative activities were used. Sundi-als and sunglasses were made and DIY Copenhagen Cook-ers were built, but the technical aspects were concen-trated on the most. Thus, solar lamps were soldered and an advanced solar system with 2 LED lamps was con-structed. To support them, the Taiwanese Solar Ambassa-dor Eilif Wang took part in the Scouts go Solar activities.

From the 22nd to the 24th of November, the Lesotho Scout Association invited the Bat-swana Solar Ambassador Onkarabile Jack-son to launch a Scout go Solar training. 14 enthusiastic youth leaders from different districts of Lesotho were introduced to the theoretical and practical parts of Scouts go Solar. Everyone built a DIY Copenhagen Cooker and constructed single solar LED lamps and the complex solar suite case with several integrated LED lamps. To show his support, the National Rover Commissioner was present during the entire training.

Figure 47: Solar Ambassador Mohammad Tamim Hamkar explains the circuit of a solar LED lamp.

Figure 48: Solar Ambassador Eilif Wang is holding a presentation about Scouts go Solar.

Figure 49: Presentation of the Solar System with 2 LED lamps.

Figure 50: Scout leaders are constructing a complex solar suitcase with LED lamps.

From the 23rd to the 24th of November, Scouts go Solar ac-tivities were organised for the youngsters of the Scout group San Jose Obrero at the Campamento Scout de la Un-idad Lijra Suyay in Buenos Aires. Through team work, they were, for example, successfully and enthusiastically frying eggs with the solar box cooker.

From the 22nd to the 26th of November, Scouts go Solar ac-tivities were organised with the help of Nor Azlin Alink. Her team was realising Scouts go Solar at the 1st SDG In-ternational Camp in the city of Iskandar Puteri in the state of Johor and made their stand the most visited. Scouts from India, Taiwan, Indonesia and Hong Kong also took part in the activities and created solar art, made sun-glasses, fried sausages with the sun and learned about the complex solar suitcase.

Figure 51: The Scouts of the group San Jose Obrero are cooking with the box cooker.

Figure 52: Scouts go Solar at the 1st SDG International Camp in Malaysia.

At the end of November, a 3-day-workshop on Scouts go Solar was being organised for students of the Malaysian Institute Pendidikan Guru Kampus Raja Melewar. The workshop took place at the Terror Sea Scouts Campsite in Singapore and introduced the participants to many Scouts go Solar activities such as the coloured bottle game, solar cooking and the grasshopper and car race such as the so-lar sumo game by Solar Ambassador Lau Hooi Lin. The participants also built their own DIY Copenhagen Cooker.

DECEMBER

From the 1st to the 7th of December, Scouts go Solar was presented in the Better World Exhibition of the Asia Pa-cific Regional Support Center at the 17th National Scout Jamboree in Botolan in Zambales. Many solar activities such as the solar grasshopper race the solar beep and the spinning disc were played. Furthermore, the updated so-lar campfire and the updated mini solar suitcase by EC Villanueva of the Brighton Venturers were showcased.

Figure 54: The updated solar suitcase and solar campfire are being dis-played on a chair to demonstrate their small size.

Figure 53: The workshop participants with all the Scouts go Solar games and material.

On the 14th of December, the Solar Ambassadors On-karabile Jackson and Bonny Bathai installed a solar street lamp on the camping ground of the Aedume Scout Park at the headquarters of the Botswana Scout Association. A team of 10 Scout leaders, who have been trained by them before, were helping accordingly. What inspired them to realise the project was that the Aedume Scout Park is often used for conducting Scout trainings of dif-ferent levels. Sometimes it becomes a challenge for those responsible to realise their training activities due to the lack of light.

From the 16th to the 19th of December, Scouts go Solar ac-tivities were realised at the 26th Suankularb Scout Jambo-ree at the Vajiravude National Scout Camp in Sriracha in the province of Chonburi. In total, 4’500 participants were experiencing Scouts go Solar at the Global Development Village. Basic knowledge about Scouts go Solar was shared, sunglasses, sundials and solar art were made, wa-ter was disinfected by the sun, the coloured bottle game was played and solar cooking was done. The activities were organised by the Suankularb Wittayalai Thonburi School and prepared by Chansak Sanguankiattisuk.

Figure 55: Solar installation at the Aedume Scout Park.

Figure 56: Scouts are creating solar art.

THANKS A MILLION TO EVERYONE, WHO SUPPORTED SCOUTS GO SOLAR IN 2019! IT HAS BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE YEAR ONCE MORE! LET’S MAKE 2020 UNFORGETABLE AGAIN! If you have any questions about Scouts go Solar or you want to participate in the Scouts go Solar Training at KISC in 2020, please contact the project manager Tina under: tina.huegli@solafrica.ch