The World Organization of the Scout Movement promotes the use of condoms and alcohol for attendees in its health and safety guidelines for next year’s 24th World Jamboree to be held at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia.
The guidelines require that host organizations, who in this case include the Scouts BSA, formerly Boy Scouts of America, “… ensure that condoms are readily and easily accessible for all participants and IST [staff] at a number of locations on the site. Heads of Contingent must be informed in advance and made aware of their responsibility in communicating this policy to their Participants, Unit Leaders, Contingent Staff, and IST in an appropriate way.” (See Guideline 7.3 on page 10 of the document.) The guidelinesalso have “exceptions,” allowances and instructions for the consumption of alcohol in “confined areas” at the 12-day camping event.
This announcement comes after the BSA recently changed its membership policy to allow girls to fully participate in local programs and changed its official name to remove the word “boy” to transform into the new “genderless” Scouts BSA.
The 2019 World Jamboree will be hosted by three national Scout organizations: Scouts Canada, Asociación de Scouts de México, and the Scouts BSA. The theme for the 24th Jamboree will be to “Unlock a New World,” and promotional materials claim the event will be “a celebration of cultural exchange, mutual understanding, peace, and friendship.” More than 160 national scout organizations representing more than 200 nations and territories are…
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