| Strategic Partnership
with the Arab Scout Organization for Youth Reproductive
Health |
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strategic alliance for adolescent reproductive health
promotion was established in the Arab States Region with
the Boy Scout and Girl Guides Movement through the UNFPA
funded Regional Project RMI/98/P01 “ Integration of Youth
Reproductive Health into Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
Education and Community Development Programmes”
implemented by the Arab Regional Office of the World
Organization of the Scout Movement.
The selection of the Arab Scout Organization/ Arab
Regional Office as implementing agency was made on the
basis of the following considerations:
The inherent comparative advantages of Boy Scouts and Girl
Guides Movement : Sharing same ideals and working towards
achieving a common goal hence greater group dynamics and
commitment; voluntarism and built-in peer education and
support; educational and community development activities
as well as leadership development fit perfectly health
education and promotion activities.
The Arab Scout Organization/ Arab Regional Office of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement covers 19 Arab
States and works closely with BS/GG Associations which are
affiliated to it. Its International Scouting Center in
Cairo includes hostel facilities for thirty participants,
a fully equipped training center ( 4 rooms) and a large
conference room with translation facilities, in addition
to the secretariat of the regional office.
Its solid experience in implementing programs intended for
young people, including STDs/ HIV/AIDS Prevention
programs, and youth for youth initiative in cooperation
with UN Agencies and International NGOs ( WHO, WHO/EMRO,
UNICEF, UNESCO, UNCHR, IPPF, International Red Cross & Red
Crescent, DANIDA, …etc)
The Project aimed at achieving the following immediate
objectives during the Project’s life span (1998-2000):
Establishing and consolidating a regional Arab scout
network covering seven countries of the region (Morocco,
Tunisia, Sudan , West Bank & Gaza, Jordan, Bahrain, and
the United Arab Emirates) through the establishment of a
regional technical supervisory committee comprising 2 Boy
Scout Commissioners and 2 Girl Guide Commissioners from
each participating country/Association with a view to
promoting , planning, implementing , monitoring and
evaluating IEC youth RH activities in their respective
countries, and exchanging successful experiences in this
field;
Capacity building of 84 Boy Scout and Girl Guide leaders
through regional and sub-regional training workshops on
adolescent RH qualitative research ( Narrative Research) ,
elaboration of ARH/IEC materials, and ARH counseling
skills; Advocating for youth reproductive health among
Senior Arab Scout Officials and policy makers in the
countries of the region as well as enriching interaction
and exchange of experience among 700 boy scouts and 250
girl guides through participation in Arab and World
Jamborees;
Elaboration, production and dissemination of culturally
sensitive RH/ IEC and promotional materials.
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Thanks to the total dedication, firm
commitment and voluntarism of the Regional Director of the
Arab Regional Office of the World Organization of the
Scout Movement, the Regional Project Coordinator and the
Members of the Technical Supervisory Committee (28
national counterparts), the timely and efficient support
by UNFPA Division for Arab States & Europe , UNFPA Field.
Offices .in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco , the Sudan, and
Jordan , CST/Amman and WHO/EMRO technical inputs, the
Project achieved successfully its objectives , and its
impact at the national level, at no cost for the Project,
exceeded by far all expectations. |
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