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“University prepares and teach-
es students to read, think criti-
cally, and ask and solve complex
questions All this takes hard and
consistent work. In this way, it
prepares graduates in the world
of work. Unfortunately many of
our graduate programs do not
relate directly to the world of
work and there is no space in
the curriculum to cover it. Many
of our students concentrate
largely on their academics and
neglect co-curricular and extra-
mural activities.” - Prof. Brian
O’Connell, UWC Rector,
Career Update July 2014,
The reason I decided to put
this as the main article is sim-
ple. Being the Troop Scouter
and being involved in Rover-
ing I’ve always seen many
scouts leave the movement
once they turned 18 this has
puzzled me as to why they do
that? As you can see from the
article being involved in extra-
mural activities is vital for
continuation of success in the
working world, it teaches one
to inter-act, be social, and
prioritize promising ideas and
seeing to them successfully.
Scouting and Rovering achieve
these by placing the scout in
leadership positions where
they have to plan, run and
facilitate activities, manage,
mentor and motivate their
patrols as well identify goals
and formulate a plans to
achieve them. These are skills
that come naturally to scouts
who participate in as much
activities as possible, attending
random activities and lack of
participation will not do any
justice instead it could be
doing the complete opposite.
Do not compromise academ-
ics or extra-mural instead find
a balance between the two.—
Ubayd Bapoo TS
How to make sure the Youth is
Employable after Tertiary Education?
What is
Rovering?
Always a difficult question to answer for some reason. I suppose
it is because there is not just one answer and it is hard to put
all the amazing stuff we do into one or two sentences. At our core
we are much like scouts but we are now adults so we bear some more
responsibilities, like helping at scout events and serving our
communities,
etc. Our Motto is 'Service'. We have three areas of ser-vice
namely service to self, scouts and community. This is what our
activities are based on. So service to self would be advancing
ourselves by doing courses and having socials to relax and doing
many adventurous activities like hiking. Then service to
scouting will include helping and running badge courses and
competitions for the province and in our districts. And finally but
not the least by far, we have service to com-munity which includes
helping our communities in many different ways and giving back
to those who need it.
Wetton Words
30/09/2014
Volume 1, Issue 2
Troop Views 2
Wetton Service 2
Even More Fun 2
Flying High 3
Team Work 3
Race for 1st Place 3
Pack News 4
Going Camping 4
New Cub Program 4
Wetton Events 5
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Special points of
interest:
Min-gah Ismail former 1st
Wetton Springbok returned
to help the troop.
Fazli Jacobs to Assist the
Troop once he completes
his training
Senior Scouts to be on the
lookout for badge courses
Troop End of Year Sum-
mer Camp taking place
from the 12-16 Dec 2014
1st Wetton
Scouts
Scouts Leading Taraweeg for the Troops Iftaar Program
during Ramadaan
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off with the “Adopt a Granny” campaign where we as scouts
as-sisted the ladies with Eid shopping. We then also helped at the
Fitrah Parcel Pack-ing, which was really hard work. We had to
arrive early the morning to help pack the parcel which had many
needed items for the destitute . The organizers of the campaigns
were
really im-pressed with how well the scouts conducted themselves,
we even managed to pack the parcels faster than what they had
predicted. This really gives us a boost in motivation, - Thaafirah
Adams Leopard’ s Patrol
Leader
During Ramadaan we had many excit-ing projects taking place. We
started
Be Prepared…..
Over the last year we’ve seen 1st Wetton grow in numbers, the
troop now currently sits at 40 scouts with 5 recruits as well as
6-8 cubs coming up, this is really a good sign that the troop is
doing well and that everything is
moving forward.
We’ve also given out 88 scoutcraft badges comprising of
swimming, con-servation, observation, fires and cook-ing. We’ve
also had numerous scouts complete interest badges to date we’ve
given out 7, this is something we as scouters are really proud of
since the scouts have to go on ad-vance badge courses to complete
these badge where the standards are set very high. Currently the
troop as a whole has completed 34 advancement badges and we have
about 5 scouts working on their 1st Class this is the peak badge in
scouting and we are
very excited and cannot wait till the scouts complete it, after
that heading towards Springbok is a breeze. During the year we also
had a scout complete the PLTU challenge award something that I hope
all scouts will one day look forward to achieving. Challenge Awards
seem to be the in thing with a few scouts indicating that they will
be doing the Cub Instructor Badge as well this is a fun and
exciting badge for the scouts since they’ll inter-act with the cubs
making it easy for the cubs
when they come up.
The Troop is also actively involved in outdoor activities to
date we’ve done over 8 with more on the way. This has allowed for
an 80% retention of scouts from last year, some of the scouts who
left include are scouts that have turned 18 so we doing really
well. This year alone we saw 9 scouts join us, this is excluding
the new re-cruits or cubs that will come up. We also excited to
welcome back Min-gah
Ismail a former 1st Wetton Springbok who has completed her
honours in Environmental and Water Sciences, she is very passionate
about scouting and we look forward to her assisting
us—Ubayd Bapoo 1st Wetton TS
they did in a relay, we’ve held a movie night for our victory at
the Quizz and 1st Aid. These are just some of the fun things we do
at scouts.—Adeeb
Abrahams ATS
The Troop has been really active do-ing numerous activities.
We’ve hosted a Iftaar evening during Ramadaan where we had the
scouts lead Ta-
raweeg and delivered Naseega’s.
We’ve held an exciting campfire, where the scouts came up with
fun and enjoyable skits and campfire songs, all who came had a
memorable
evening.
Our Troop Meetings have also be-come more exciting with loads of
fun activities comprising of Fire Safety where the scouts had to
use Fire ex-tinguishers to put out candles that
Wetton Service
Troop
Views
Even More Fun
“The organizers of the
campaign were really
impressed with how well the
scouts conducted themselves”
Troop Pic at the Inter-Patrol competition
Page 2
The Troop helping out at SANZAF with the
Fitrah Packing
WETTON WORDS
Breaking Fast at the
Iftaar evening
Opening Ceremony of
our campfire
Scouts having Supper at the Iftaar Evening
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members seeing that it is only the Patrol instead of the whole
Troop and that’s exactly what happened with our Patrol the memories
that were made will never be forgotten. Overall my First class camp
was very fun and suc-cessful and we cannot wait till the next
exciting activity that we will do as
a Patrol.—Yahya Dollie Eagles P.L
One of the fundamental aspects of scouting is going on a patrol
camp. As you might know the Eagle Patrol had a camp which covered
many exciting things, I would like to take this oppor-tunity to
inform you of what happens on a patrol camp. We did a lot of
activities most of the things we do contributes to your child's
advance-ment, like the amount of nights we camped, the activities
which include 1st Aid and Pioneering, the meals we make also count
towards your child’s advancement for both Pathfinder and
Adventurer. A patrol camp also in-creases the bond between
patrol
Scouting is wonderful in the way that it offers our youth so
many interesting and life changing experiences which will not only
help them to-day but help better them in
the future. The amount of variety which is offered through
scouts is placed into three main categories; Land, sea and air. I
myself am a land scout, and have been a part of the scouting
movement for ten years now, you’d think I’d be bored of it but the
excitement and adventure keeps bringing me back for more. One of
the fun things about scouts is that being categorised as a land
scout doesn’t only limit me to do land activities. I’ve gone
Sailing, canoeing, snorkelling, swimming, diving, flying,
navigating and have participated in so many other
exciting activities.
My dream career is to become a pilot, and fortunately for me the
scouting movement has opened many doors of possibilities and my
dream has started to become a reality. Scouts in the Western Cape
are very lucky in that we get offered many badge courses
which are run by professionals who work in those specific
industries. They gladly offer of their personal time to pass on
their knowledge to us accord-ing to a set curriculum which has been
outlined through the scouting move-ment. We learn a lot from these
pro-fessionals while being exposed to vari-ous careers and
interacting with differ-ent people from different troops and
backgrounds. I have attended numer-ous air courses such as the Air
Traffic Control, Air Navigator, Air planner and I am currently
completing my Air Spotter badge as well. I have also got-ten the
opportunity to go flying on one of these courses which has been my
most exhilarating experience yet. This only shows me the amount of
love and unity for one another that exists within the movement. We
all find joy in other’s achievements and strive to help others as
well. Personal-ly, I find the air courses to be the
most exciting as I am learning things which are going to help me
one day to achieve my goal of becoming a pilot. I have also met and
made numerous friends within the aviation industry through scouts
which will most likely
be to my benefit in the end.
As you can see, the scouting move-
ment has opened many doors for me
and has shown me how easy it is to
achieve something which others may
find impossible or far-fetched. Scouts
teaches you to strive for what you
want and shows you that with the
proper knowledge, help and re-
sources, anything is possible. - Gadija
Kaprey TL
be treated to a nice meal at Spur.—
Min-gah Ismail ATS
On Sunday the 7th September the Troop participated in an
Inter-Patrol
competition.
The activity was a hike up Constanti-anek all the way to the
Dams. Along the way the patrol had to complete bases as well as
STA’s (Spare Time
Activities).
The Bases were tests that covered basic advancement. All had fun
with
the Eagles Patrol taking home the win.
All the activities and bases for this day adds to the Troops
Annual Karaa Trophy where the winning patrol will
Team Work is Dream Work
Flying High
Race for 1st Place
“the scouting movement has
opened many doors for me ”
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The Eagle Patrol with the
winnings
Patrols at one of
the bases
Cobra Patrol at one of the bases
Gadija at on of the Air Courses
Yahya Dollie Eagle Patrol Leader, bellow
the Eagle Patrol having fun.
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ing your own camp, but with all the support at your disposal, it
should be a walk in the park. .—
Shameegah Joggee APS
The cub camp training was held at Hawequas, over an exciting
weekend. It was jam packed with lots of infor-mation, work
sessions, activities, and most important it was fun while we
learned through playing games. We were cubs on a camp, camping in
tents with no crea-ture comforts. It was well worth it, considering
the friends you meet and all the skills you
learn.
Now the big test lies ahead. Arrang-
Do your Best……..
Over the weekend of the 26-28 Sep, the pack had an exiting and
adven-turous camp held at one of the scout-ing venues, Appleton
situated near
Signal Hill.
During the camp the cubs made paper mâché and even a delicious
lunch of veggies and banana with chocolate pressure packs that they
prepared over a fire. They had a awesome Brazilian martial arts
demonstration to get their adrenalin going. During the evening the
cubs had an amazing time singing and acting out skits for the
campfire.
For one of the activities the cubs used the cable car to get to
the top of Ta-ble Mountain where they had a per-sonal tour guide
showing them
around.
Appleton is the only campsite where
the Karamts are near the loca-tion, the Scouters took this
opportunity to take the cubs to
the Karamat.
For many of the cubs not only was it the first time camping, the
Karamat, cable car ride and actually being on Table Moun-tain was a
first for many of
them.—Shameegah Joggee APS
Going Camping
Pack News
“Now the big test lies ahead”
Wetton Pack at the Cub Camp
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Scouter Shameegah at the Cub Camping Course
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Wetton Events
Page 5
Well done to the Wetton team for
placing 14th at Gordons.
Scouts Closed on 3rd Oct due to Eid
being 4th or 5th Oct
Blast From the Past Troop Program 17th Oct
Quinn Trophy 19th Oct
End of Year Camp 12-16 Dec
UPCOMING EVENTS
Pics of Activities
HAVING FUN
WETTON WORDS
Some more fun with 1st Wetton
Well Done 1st Wetton for Winning the 1st Aid and Quizz
Trophies!!!
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1st Wetton is a Scout group situated in Kenwyn/Wynberg, Western
Cape
South Africa. The group started first in 1987 and has since
grown in numbers.
We currently have two active sections operating at 1st Wetton:
Cubs (Ages 7-
10) & Scouts (Ages 11-17).
Education for Life:
Scouting compliments the school and the family by developing
self-knowledge,
the need to explore, to discover, to want to know and to learn
visual skills.
An experience in leadership:
Scouting offers young people a unique opportunity to be trained
in leadership
and to practice the acquired leadership skills. This is done by
focusing on group
work (patrols) and progressively allowing young people to take
charge of (to
lead) their groups.
Open to all:
Scouting is open to all young men and women from the age of
seven, in accord-
ance with the purpose, principles and method conceived by its
founder Robert
Baden-Powell.
by themselves slaughtering an animal such as a sheep, camel, or
goat. This action is very often
misunderstood by those outside the faith.
Allah has given us power over animals and
allowed us to eat meat, but only if we pro-nounce His name at
the solemn act of taking life. Muslims slaughter animals in the
same way throughout the year. By saying the name of
Allah at the time of slaughter, we are reminded
that life is sacred.
The meat from the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha is mostly given away
to others. One-third is
eaten by immediate family and relatives, one-third is given away
to friends, and one-third is donated to the poor. The act
symbolizes our
willingness to give up things that are of benefit to us or close
to our hearts, in order to follow Allah's commands. It also
symbolizes our will-
ingness to give up some of our own bounties, in order to
strengthen ties of friendship and help those who are in need. We
recognize that
all blessings come from Allah, and we should
open our hearts and share with others.
It is very important to understand that the sacrifice itself, as
practiced by Muslims, has nothing to do with atoning for our sins
or using
the blood to wash ourselves from sin. This is a
At the end of the Hajj(annual pilgrimage to Makkah), Muslims
throughout the world cele-
brate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice). In
2014, Eid al-Adha will begin on or around October 4th, and will
last for three
days.
During the Hajj, Muslims remember and com-memorate the trials
and triumphs of
the Prophet Abraham. The Qur'an describes
Abraham as follows:
Surely Abraham was an example, obedient to Allah, by nature
upright, and he was not of the polytheists. He was grateful for Our
bounties.
We chose him and guided him unto a right path. We gave him good
in this world, and in the next he will most surely be among the
righteous." (Qur'an 16:120-121)
One of Abraham's main trials was to face the command of Allah to
kill his only son. Upon
hearing this command, he prepared to submit to Allah's will.
When he was all prepared to do it, Allah revealed to him that his
"sacrifice" had
already been fulfilled. He had shown that his love for his Lord
superceded all others, that he
would lay down his own life or the lives of
those dear to him in order to submit to God.
During the celebration of Eid al-Adha, Muslims commemorate and
remember Abraham's trials,
misunderstanding by those of previous genera-tions: "It is not
their meat nor their blood that
reaches Allah; it is your piety that reaches
Him" (Qur'an 22:37).
The symbolism is in the attitude - a willingness to make
sacrifices in our lives in order to stay
on the Straight Path. Each of us makes small sacrifices, giving
up things that are fun or im-portant to us. A true Muslim, one who
submits
his or herself completely to the Lord, is willing to follow
Allah's commands completely and obediently. It is this strength of
heart, purity in
faith, and willing obedience that our Lord de-
sires from us.
On the first morning of Eid al-Adha, Muslims
around the world attend morning prayers at their local mosques.
Prayers are followed by visits with family and friends, and the
exchange
of greetings and gifts. At some point, members
of the family will visit a local farm or otherwise will make
arrangements for the slaughter of an animal. The meat is
distributed during the days
of the holiday or shortly thereafter.
Eid Al Adha
Primary Address
Holderness Road, Kenwyn - Scouts
Belper Road, Wynberg - Cubs
Chairperson: Anver Natha (082 202 3449)
Group Scouter: Moosa Mohamed (082 563 5502)
Pack Scouter: Shoekrie Agherdien (082 673 7119)
Troop Scouter: Ubayd Bapoo (072 394 5610)
E-mail: [email protected]
“Have Fun, Do Scouts, Be
Active”
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