By Brian Asin During the last leg of our trip in Taipei, we were hosted at the National Taiwanese Scout Headquarters. Our presenters, Eli Chan, Victor Chan, Kevin Heung, Dylan Book, and Scouter David Yuan once again shared our Rover Crew’s youth development strategy, our accomplishments and our future aspirations at a second open forum […]
By Samuel Ng & Eli Chan As our last environmental project of iProj 2017, we did a shoreline cleanup near Jiufen at the Shuinandong Fishing Port. We interviewed our Rover President, Eli Chan, to talk about her experiences doing a shoreline cleanup project in another country. Question 1: What do you think of today’s shoreline […]
By Dylan Book ????Everywhere we go People want to know Who we are And where we come from So we tell them…???? This is the start of one of our Crew’s favourite Scouting songs. We sing it at campfires, while hiking, and on the bus during our International Service Projects. The spirit of the song is […]
By Brian Asin We do environmental service projects when we visit other countries, because it’s a great opportunity for our Rover Scouts to follow the Scouting Method—we learn by doing. This year for Good Turn Week, a contingent from our Rover Scout Group is in Taiwan collaborating in a number of service projects with youth across […]
By Samuel Ng Taroko Gorge National Park is one of Taiwan’s nine national parks. On May 2nd, our contingent hiked through a few trails at the national park – Shakadang Trail, Swallow Grotto, and Baiyang Waterfalls Trail. I am a student who spends all of my waking moments in front of computers, so trails and […]
By Sandra Today is Day 2 of our International Service Project in Taiwan. After our early breakfast, we walked to nearby Hwa Gang High School and met Scouter Pencil and his students. It was our first time interacting with a larger crowd of Taiwanese Scouts, and some of us were a little anxious.