Irish Venture Scout Projects
- The Phoenix Venture Group from the 9th/10th Dublin (Aughrim Street) Scout Group travelled to Vietnam in Summer 2006 to undertake a development project there. They painted and decorated rooms in the Vung Tau Orphanage, near the southern tip of the country. Details of their trip is available on their blog.
- The Donnybrook Venturer Group won the International Youth for Development Prize 2005, nicknamed the "Nobel Prize for Young People" for their development projects in Peru. A leading International jury led by President, Mrs Jolanta Kwasniewska (First Lady of Poland), Mr. Massimo Barra(International Red Cross), Mr. Steve Fossett(Adventurer, World Records in 5 sports), Mrs Seiko Hashimoto (Member of the Parliament Japan — Triple Olympic Medal holder), Mr. Suwit Khunkitti (Minister Thailand), Mr. Malik M'Baye (Director of UNESCO), Mrs. Dr. Amaya Gillespie (United Nations Director) voted their projects as overall winner in the Development category. They were commended for their participation in the Youth of the World Campaign and for the outstanding project that they had undertaken in the framework of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
- As a joint project, representatives of 3 Dublin Venture Scout Groups (35th Donore Avenue, 127th Drumcondra and 5th Port Dollymount) will be travelling to Kolkata, India in December 2008/January 2009 to work with orphaned street children at the Loreto Sealdah school. Their project will involve both manual work such as building and painting and social work such as providing English language and remedial teaching assistance. There are 18 in the travelling party which will set out on the 20th of December 2008 and return on the 11th of January 2009. The project has been called "The Rainbow Challenge."
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