First Over Night - 6th to 7th April

The First Over Night of Second Lhaviyani Scout Group (SLSG) was held on the 6th and 7th April of 2012. The preparations for this Over Night, where all the Scouts and some of the Rover Scouts participated were taken place from 1st April onwards. The main aim of this Over night was getting ready for the 6th North Camporee, which will be held here in Lh. Hinnavaru. So, all the scouts were really looking forward for this epic, unique Over Night.

6th April

All the items required for the Over Night were taken to the school from 6.00 a.m to 8.00 a.m on 6th April. After the items were taken, the Tent pitching started from 8.00 a.m and ended at 11.00 a.m. For the tent pitching only 4 members from each patrol was allowed. There is a total of 6 patrols in SLSG, with 2 troops separating them. Fish troop includes Marlin, Lobster and Dolphin patrol. Bird troop includes Eagle, Falcon and Robin. When it was 11.00 a.m. all the scouts were sent to home. only to come back again at 2.00 p.m, when all the scouts will be present to officially start the activities.

At 2.00 p.m. all the scouts were present in Lh. A.E.C, and it was time again to start the work of Camp site and to pitch the tents, as most of the tents were not finished yet. The work of the Admin site was also done during this period. Up to 4.00 p.m Camp site work was done, before anything else Evening Tea was prepared and they had Evening Tea in only about 15 minutes. This was a real success. As Cooking is inspected, Evening Tea from each patrol for one person needs to be brought to the Admin Tent. And after the Evening Tea all the scouts were brought to the playground as from 4.00 p.m to 6.00 p.m was scheduled "Game" in this Over Night. When the "Game" was over, it was Prayer time, so after re freshening themselves the scouts went to prayer. After the Prayer, Scouts were to prepare Dinner. And in between this, another Prayer came, so they went to prayer. At 8.30 p.m it was time for Dinner and just like before, Dinner was brought to Admin tent to be inspected.

After Dinner, at 9.00 p.m. Opening Ceremony was to be held, so the Scouts got ready for the event in the 30 minutes from 8.30 p.m to 9.00 p.m. For the Opening Ceremony the Principal, senior management and all of the teachers were invited. Also senior Girl Guides were invited too. It is so sad that only 3 of the teachers came, but still the others didn't let us down as all the Guides and the Principal and her Deputy came. After the Opening Ceremony ended at about 09.45, the Scouts were given a narrow 15 minutes to get ready for the Camp Fire. The Camp Fire started at 10.00 p.m, and the talents from each patrol was shown. And between this items, 3 "BoduBeru" songs, which was given from the all scouts involved, were played. And also some pretty good and funny tricks from Rover Scouts were also presented. This epic show ended at about 11.30 p.m. and all the scouts was to re fresh themselves to get ready to sleep, and in the mean time C.O.H meeting was held. All the lights were switched off at 12.00 a.m sharp and all the scouts went to sleep except the 2 members from each patrol on duty outside the tent.

7th April

All the Scouts got up at 04.00 a.m. After the Prayer, P.E session was held. All the scouts were involved in the P.E session, then after the P.E session, preparations of Breakfast started. For about 1 hour it continued and at last at 08.00 a.m, Breakfast was ready. After the Breakfast all the patrols were given time for campsite work. After the campsite work ended, a game was held by the Rover Scouts. When the game ended, it was time for the prayer, so they got ready for the prayer. Preparations of Lunch started after the Prayer. The Lunch was ready by 1.30 and as the Lunch continued, preparations for Final Inspection started. Final Inspection started at 2.30 and ended at 3.30. After the Final Inspection, Closing Ceremony was held. In the Closing Ceremony, the Best Scout, Best Patrol and other Positions of Victory were given with some good traditional prizes. The Best Scout was "Adam Moosa" and the Best Patrol was "Marlin Patrol". After the Closing Ceremony ended, the scouts Cleaned the Camp site and at last went home at about 7.00 p.m.

Scouts Mark Earth Hour 2012

The Scouts of Second Lhaviyani Scout Group gathered at Lhaviyani Atoll Education Centre to mark the Earth Hour on 31st March 2012 at 20.30 to 21.30. Girl Guides and Little Maids also gathered to the school to mark this event; even though the scouts were the head among them. Like the past year, all the lights of the school was turned off at 20.30 and candles were lit.

Earth Hour 2012 - SLSG!

Here's a short article about the Earth Hour 2012:

Earth Hour 2012 - I will, If You Will


Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with mire than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the, Sydney Harbor Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome's Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
In March 2011, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4400 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour the world's largest global climate change initiative.
Earth Hour 2012 takes place on Saturday 31 March at 08.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the Americas will stand in darkness. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common - our planet.


Earth Hour has done a lot to raise awareness of climate change issues. But there's more to it than switching off lights for one hour once a year. It's all about giving people a voice on the future of our planet and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.
With participation levels now exceeding all expectations, and with more cities and towns signing up every day to be a part of this historic event, the success of Earth Hour 2012 is limited only by the will of the global community to want a say in the future of their planet.
The challenge of Earth Hour is to rethink how we live our lives in the next hour, the next day, and the day after that. It's always darkest before the dawn. Let's make this hour the dawn of a new greener age.

Earth Hour Rally 2012

SLSG Scouts ready to start the Rally, they were on the front of the Rally!!

To Mark the Earth Hour of 2012, the Second Lhaviyani Scout Group, participated in a rally, on 31st March of 2012. In this rally organizied by Lhaviyani Atoll Education Centre, Councilors and others from Island Council Secretariat, Teachers and Uniform Bodies of Lh. A.E.C; "Scouts, Girl Guides", and also the residents of the Island participated. This rally was started at about 4.00 in the evening and it ended at about 4.30. The rally was held to promote and aware the resident's about Earth Hour!!

Girl Guides; who followed the SLSG!!

After the 5th North Camporee

On the way, back to home!!

All the ruckus ended, thus it was time for the Scouts of SLSG to head back home, to Lh. hinnavaru. It was 23rd March, 09.30, when the Second Lhaviyani Scout Group (SLSG) got onto the boat to come back home. During the Ride, "BoduBeru" was again played, and the Scouts all enjoyed it, even though they were tired. The Boat reached Hinnavaru at 11.00 and all the Scouts hurried to transport all the items quickly to school. As, it was Friday, all the Scouts were dismissed with their luggage at 11.30 after the transportation ended. This marked the end of 5th North Camporee!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls of all ages, don't be worried!! The 6th North Camporee will be held in Lh. Hinnavaru on March of 2013! Please see this blog for all the updates of the 6th North Camporee!!!!

5th North Camporee, N. Velidhoo - 21st and 22nd March

21st March (Visitor's Day)

Inspection

The third Inspection of the Camporee started at 07.00 in the morning of 21st March. The Inspection was a lot strict than the last one, but according to our SPL (Senior Patrol Leader), Hussain Jumaan, the Inspection team congratulated the SLSG, for the quick improvement again. After about two hours of Inspection, the scouts freed from the hard time to relax and have some breakfast. After about 30 minutes, the next activity on the schedule for the Yaagooth, sub camp starts, so the Group got ready for it. The Morning activity was the Second Module; "Swimming Activities".

Swimming Activities - Module no. 2

The Module had 4 parts in total. It was Swimming, Life Saving, Rowing and Rafting. Scouts were eager to do the tasks as they really wanted the Camporee Award, which will be given to each scout who finishes all the four Modules. After some difficulties, all the scouts managed to finish the Module. The scouts got some good experience in the water from this module. The Module was conducted by MNDF (Maldives National Defense Force) After they finished the Module, they came back to the Camp site, prayed and again got ready for the final activity scheduled, the remaining part of the "Social Accountability"; "Crime Prevention".

Social Accountability - Module no. 4

The Activity started at 14.30 in the afternoon and ended at 15.30. All the scouts got some information about the common crimes and how to handle, which proved excellent for scouts like us. This part of the Module was conducted by the Police. After they finished the activity, they returned to the camp site to greet the visitor's from N. Velidhoo. As, the Day was Visitor's Day, many residents visited the camp site in the evening. The results of the Inspection were also displayed at the time and it showed that the SLSG were at eighth positon, but with a deduction of 5 marks. If the deduction was not done, the SLSG would be on the fourth position. This was a real success!!

Cultural Night - Two

After the visiting program ended, the scouts hurried to get ready for the Cultural night, as they had to present their item tonight. The show started at about 20.30, and SLSG scouts presented their item professionaly and  the crowd got a deserved entertainment. On the Night, SLSG, R. Inguraidhoo, R. Maduvvaree and H Dh. Kulhudhuhfushi scouts presented their items. Also the Rover Scouts, of Male' presented their item too. The show ended at about 22.00 and all the scouts came back to the Camp site to Sleep and Rest!

22nd March

Inspection

This was the Final Inspection, and all the things were checked very strictly. The Inspection took almost 2 and a half hours, and ended at 09.30, as it started at 07.00 in the morning. Even at the Final Inspection, the Inspectors praised for the improvement of SLSG throughout the Camporee!! All the scouts expected a better result this time.

The Last Program

Tree Planting Program (SLSG)

Not so long after the Inspection ended, the results were published and it showed that the SLSG ended in the fourth place. This was Golden success for us, as we started from the bottom. After the Inspection the scouts were freed until the start of the Last Program, "Playing Traditional Games". The Program was at 16.30 in the evening, and before the Program began, a Tree Planting Program was done. After the Last Program ended, all the scouts head back to their camp site to get ready for the Closing Ceremony.

Closing Ceremony

SLSG Scouts

The Closing Ceremony started at 20.30. In the Closing Ceremony, Camporee Chief and Scout Commissioner talked. Also it was announced that the next Camporee will be held here in Lh. Hinnavaru. So,  the Scouts of Lh. Hinnavaru will strike once more, more deadlier than ever in the 6th North Camporee to lift the trophee of 1st Place. After the Closing Ceremony ended, all the participants and officials were served with a Dinner from the Parents of Scouts of N. Velidhoo. After the Dinner, all the scouts came back to Camp site to spend their Last Night there!!!

5th North Camporee, N. Velidhoo, "19th and 20th March"

19th March

Inspection

The Day started with a surprise "Inspection" for the Scouts, as they were taken up at 4.00 in the morning to get ready for the "Inspection". The Scouts gave their best to make the Camp site ready for the Inspection, but the difficulties they faced were huge, as the Inspection itself was a surprise for them. When the Inspection started most of the scouts were not ready but the Camp site was. So, we assumed that there will be a deduction in marks and we will fall back a bit. But that didn't turn us, the SLSG(Second Lhaviyani Scout Group) down. There were still three Inspections left, so to improve for the upcoming was prior to us. The Inspection started at 07.00 in the morning and ended at about 08.30. We got a hard 30 minutes to eat or breakfast, as the next item on the schedule, starts at 09.00. The task's called "Camporee Challenge".

Scouts of SLSG, getting ready for the
"Camporee Challenge"

Camporee Challenge - Module no. 1

As the Camporee is divided into major 4 Modules; Camporee Challenge, Water Activities, Development Village and Social Accountability, the first task we the SLSG got was the Camporee challenge. The SLSG is always prepared, respecting for the Scout Motto, so most of our scouts had no difficulties in completing this Module. The "Camporee Challenge" gave the scouts of SLSG some taste of a camporee, and they started to get into this. They all were excited and they removed any regrets, if any, for coming to the Camporee! After the "Camporee Challenge" scouts came back to Camp site and got ready for their prayer and after that they again set back to the items on the schedule. The next one starts at 13.30, and the Module is the Third Module; "Development Village"

Development Village - Module no. 3

All the scouts of SLSG gathered in n.a.e.c for the 3rd Module; Development Village. There were two programs to be done from the Module; the Fire Fighting and the Basic First Aid, the remaining was to be done on another day.

Basic First Aid Class

The scouts successfully completed the first two parts of the third module and they really got some information and idea about Fire fighting and Basic First aid. The module was a really good one, well, it was for SLSG!

Fire Fighting Class

After this, the scouts again came back to their Camp Site and spend their time until the next one on the Schedule; "Friendship Circle". Before anything else, the results of the inspection were given out, which shocked each and every scout of SLSG, as we came on the bottom, 9th position. But this sure won't turn us down. The motivation of the scouts increased surprisingly, as they started to try harder to get up from this well they have fallen.

Freindship Circle

The Friendship Circle is an event where the sub camps, enjoy the night separately, with each group performing an item. The sub camp, which SLSG belonged was "Yaagooth" and the other two sub camps were named, "Alimas" and "Feeroaz". The Friendship Circle of the "Yaagooth" sub camp went in an excellant way, hence all the scouts of lh. hinnavaru, r. inguraidhoo and r. maduvvaree got re freshened, and the three groups got know each other very well. This item was also a very good item for the Camporee as the scouts made new friends from different islands. The Friendship Circle started at about 20.30 and it ended at about 22.00. After the Friendship Circle, the scouts of SLSG head back to their camp site to have some rest and sleep, which they deserve more than ever. All the scouts of SLSG sleep in one tent, (the big one made from "Fan Bondi"), unlike other groups! Many more items awaits for the participants of the Camporee on 20th March! The scouts sleeping peacefully knows it more than anyone!

20th March

Inspection

Stareted at 07.00 in the morning, the second inspection went better than the first one, as the Inspection team was surprised at the fast improvement of us, SLSG! After the Inspection comes the item scheduled on the Camporee Activity list, for the SLSG of Yaagooth sub camp, it was the remaining parts of the third Module, Development Village. The activities of the Camporee goes sub camp wise, so the whole yaagooth sub camp need to work together, this also strengthened the bond between the three groups of lh. hinnavaru, r. inguraidhoo and r. maduvvaree.

Module no. 3 - Development Village

The two remaining parts of the third module was carried out in this event, which started at 09.00. The two parts were called, "Community" and "Scout Craft". The first one, "Community" included cleaning an area of the N. Velidhoo, which increased the community skills of the scouts. The second, "Scout Craft" was a session conducted by some Rover Scouts, which helped the scouts to wake up their skills sleeping inside in the deepest of their bodies. After the morning activities, the scouts head back to the camp site to do the prayer and to re freshen their minds to  the next item, fourth Module, "Social Accountability", which starts at 13.30.

Module no. 4 - Social Accountability

The Yaagooth sub camp had to carry out two parts of the fourth module; Social Accountability. The first part was "Environment Awareness", which was carried out by some volunteers. The program gave the scouts some basic knowledge about the critical condition of the environment of us. The second was named, "Health Awareness", which was conducted by the Health Centre of N. Velidhoo. This program increased the knowledge of Health among the scouts.

After the programs, the scouts got some rest, which they deserves, and they had no work after 15.30, when the programs mentioned above ended. So, the scouts of SLSG took this time to get ready for the 3rd inspection, as the results of the 2nd inspection was piblished. The results showed great improvement in the SLSG, as we moved 2 places ahead to 7th position. 

Cultural Night -  One

Later at the night, at 08.30 starts the "Cultural night", where, 5 groups of scouts will perform a traditional item on stage. The SLSG will be performing tomorrow night, (21st March), so all they had to do was to watch the show! "Yaagooth" sub camp and the h dh. kulhudhuhfushi were the reamaining groups who performs the next night.

The Gate of SLSG !

After the show ended, the scouts came back to the camp site and some of the scouts completed the work of the gate, while some finished up the unfinished work of the kitchen and dining room, and the remaining cleaned up the area. After the work was done, scouts slept peacefully in the BIG Sleeping Tent of them!

The BIG Tent of SLSG !

5th North Camporee - In N. Velidhoo, before Opening Ceremony

The Arrival

It was about 11.30, when the Scouts finally arrived to N. Velidhoo. We were heartily welcomed to the grounds of N. Velidhoo, where we saw familiar faces as it was just 2 years back when we visited the same island for the "Scout Visit". Before we saw anything new, we were seated before a group of N. Velidhoo scouts, who gifted us with a traditional "Fali Dance".

 It was a spectacular moment as the scouts of N. Velidhoo were so good at dancing with the rhythm of the music. But this did not turn us the SLSG scouts down, as we still had a trump card up our sleeves as, we were to play, "BoduBeru" at the same place after this item of the N. Velidhoo scouts. The item of the N. Velidhoo scouts soon ended and it was our turn to rock the place out. Our "Bodu Beru" was a little bit different, but we weren't surprised as the N. Velidhoo residents really loved our item!! 

The "Lava Set" of ours ended with giving us a good boost for the Camporee which will start on the 18th March. So, after the item ended, we were said that we should walk to the Camp Site, as all the luggage and all other things we brought will be lifted by Velidhoo workmen. While we walked to our Camp Site, the Scout Flag was lifted by Rover Scout, Mohamed Muneeb and the School Flag was lifted by the Rover Scout, Mohamed Shaan. And after a couple of  minutes of long walk, (during our walk, we saw a lot of banners that showed Scout Law and Scout Motto, so we knew N. Velidhoo was a hell of a ready for the 5th Camporee.) we reached our Camp Site. The Gate to the Camp Site was also really decorated and very thoughtfully made, which showed the great art of the artists of N. Velidhoo. Our Camp Site was the last to the left of the Camp Site Gate, which put us near R. Inguraidhoo, 6th Raa Scout Group. And beside the R. Inguraidhoo scouts were the 5th Raa Scout Group, Scouts of R. Maduvvaree. By the looks of the Scouts of this two groups, we knew we were with a strong competitors!

Settling Down

We didn't waste more time, the first step for us was to build up a tent to store things in. This tent later became the Sleeping one for all the Scouts for that night, hence the tent wasn't small. Excluding this bigger tent we still had a smaller 3 tents set up. So, some of the Scouts were taken for this task and the others went to clean up our Camp site area. Before long the whole area was cleaned up and the scouts who were involved in the process went to help the Rover or Senior scouts to make some gadgets for the kitchen. The day soon ended and scouts seem a little bit tired from all the work they did. So, they deserved a good night sleep. By the way, the courageous work of the Parents to fill up the scouts with food cannot be left unsaid. They worked pretty hard to make some five-star rated food for us, scouts. The Camporee Office later at the night announced that there will be the Rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony early on the morning next day, so no one wasted any more time and soon we found them sleeping soundly and heartily.

18th March

All the Scouts were taken up at 4.30 in the morning for the early morning prayer and all got re freshened for the prayer. After the prayer, they had their breakfast and before long they got ready for the Rehearsal. The Scouts were accompanied to the Rehearsal by the two Rover Scouts, Mohamed Shaan and Mohamed Muneeb. The Rehearsal went smoothly without any problem, so it ended soon and gave us big time to make our camp site ready before the Opening Ceremony. After the Rehearsal the SLSG scouts were ready to put their very best efforts to make their camp site neat, clean and healthy. The biggest project on the day was to build the Actual Tent which will be built using the Maldivian traditional "Fan' Bondi". Before the Opening Ceremony about 50% of the Tent was done, so there was nothing big to worry! The Scouts of Second Lhaviyani Scout Group (SLSG) were in their full spirits when they got  ready go to the official Opening Ceremony of the 5th North Camporee..!!

5th North Camporee 2012, N.Velidhoo - The Journey to Velidhoo

It was 17 March 2012, and all the Scouts of Second Lhaviyani Scout Group (SLSG) were to be present in the school at 6.00 in the Morning with their luggage to start their journey to N. Velidhoo to participate in the Annual 5th North Camporee. The 25 members who were supposed to go were shortlisted to 23 members, hence all the 23 members and the 9 Senior Leaders were READY for the Camporee ahead. The First task for the gathered gang was to check whether all the items and things required were in the School. Next came the difficult one. Transferring those items in the School to the Boat. But the Scouts were too ready for the task. They completed this difficult task in less than 30 minutes which gave them a rest of about 45 minutes which enabled them to go to their homes and to say farewells to their beloved families and friends.

At about 09.30 a.m. the scouts again gathered at the "New Harbor" to start their journey to the North Camporee. Everything was moved to the boat and all that remained was getting to the boat and wait for a one and a half an hour before we reach our destination! Before the scouts got into the boat, Mr. Ali Ahmed, the Coordinator of the Scouts met them and gave a speech saying that the first priority of them should be to have a good conduct in the Camporee. And he also hailed the scouts to do their best to achieve a good result. After the speech of the Coordinator, all the Scouts got into the boat.

On the Boat

It was about 09.45, when all the participants at last got onto the Boat. Happiness was seen through each and every participant, as they were eager to participate in their very first Camporee. The journey to N. Velidhoo takes one and a half an hour.

 

So during the journey, Scouts decided to pump up their spirits by playing the Maldivian traditional "Bodu Beru". The time went unknowingly, and at last it was the time to put our foot into the lands of N. Atoll Velidhoo. By the looks of it, a great Welcome Item, waits before us!  

Playing "BoduBeru" - A Maldivian Traditional Music!

Senior Scouts getting ready for the Camporee

The Senior scouts (Scouts of Grade 8 - 10) have started to get ready for the 5th North Camporee held in N.Velidhoo from 18 - 22 March of 2012. This camporee is a very important event for the senior scouts of Second Lhaviyani Scout Group, as more than 3 years have passed without a camporee for the SLSG.

About 25 scouts will be participating in this huge Camporee, as 12 scout groups all over from the North region have registered. 10 Officials and 6 Parents will be accompanying them to help throughout the difficult tasks of the Camporee.

N. Velidhoo residents and scouts are trying their best to make this camporee, one of the best camporees of all time. Their newly reclaimed land has been given the authorization by their Island Council to conduct this important Camporee. The main aim of the Camporee is to improve the skills of the scouts of North region and of course, socialization of the scouts.

The picture shows scouts of Lh.A.E.C getting ready for the Camporee. Right now they are making pieces of coconut palm, which will make up their tent. The preparations for making a raft is already done, and the preparations of Camp Fire is still going on. They need to finish these preparations before 16th March, Friday, as they depart to N. Velidhoo on 17th March, Saturday, one day before the starting of the Camporee. I wish all the best to the crew of SLSG! Do your best, my friends.. :)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LHAVIYANI ATOLL EDUCATION CENTRE

This year marks the 28th anniversary of  Lhaviyani Atoll Education Centre. We hope that 2012 will be marked by a series of events. 

Second Lhaviyani Scout Group wishes all the Students, Teachers and Parents a very Happy Anniversary during this momentous year. We hope to see the celebrations of Lhaviyani Atoll Education Centre’s 28th Anniversary with various initiatives inside and outside of school. 


Its foundation was laid on 4th June 1981, Thursday (1 Shaubaan 1400) by Lh. Atoll Chief Mr. Ismail Rasheed .  It was officially opened by the Hon. Minister of Health Mr. Abdullah Jameel on 10th March 1984, Saturday (7 Jumaadhul Aakhiraa 1404)