President of the ISGF Ghana Prosper Bani (3rd from right) and some executive members
The Ghanaian branch of the International Scouts and Guides Fellowship (ISGF) has launched its 3rd ISGF Africa Regional Conference under the theme: “Discovering the Potentials in Africa: The Role if Adult Scouts and Guides.”
The three-day conference is scheduled to take place from April 30 to May 5 at Abokobi in Accra, this year.
Addressing the media at a short ceremony in Accra, the President of the ISGF Ghana – Prosper Bani – stated that the 3rd Africa Regional Conference would focus on boys’ scouts and girls’ guides empowerment and holding elections for the new Africa executives. Besides, an agreement would be made on some principles to govern the management of the ISGF Africa.
According to him, the ISGF Ghana works with National Scouts Association (NSA) and National Girl Guides Association (NGGA) to unearth the potentials of scouts and guides, because it is important to begin the journey of transforming our economy and society with the youth.
The ISGF Ghana hopes to visit schools and other institutions to inform or extend the activities of scouts and guides as it used to be in the past.
Deputy Chief Fellow Edward Mettle Nunoo stressed that scouting and guiding is for life.
The Chairman of the National Media Commission, Kabral Blay Amihere, in his address, commended the good efforts of the scout and guide associations and opined that it is important to ensure serious drive to mobilise more boys and girls to join the scouts and guides movement.
He made this known as a result of no or little information about the activities from the boys scouts and girls guides these days, and suggested the adoption of the technological advancement tools for this purpose.
“It is in this era of social media that the scouts and guides can enjoy high visibility and corresponding popularity,” he added.
He also indicated that organizations such as National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) could play a role in the education of the public about the scout associations because youth organizations could be the most effective ways of passing on social, moral and related values in children which they may not depart from when they become adults.
By Brimah Mohammed