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About Flamingo Rovers

Who we are...

Flamingo Rovers is the Kisii University Scouts Movement: a youth-led scouting community that helps young people grow through service, teamwork, adventure and shared responsibility.

Established in 2010, the movement brings students together around the values and principles of Scouting.

What we do...

We put Scouting into practice through community service, youth mentorship, peace initiatives, environmental action, training and outdoor activities.

Our members learn by taking responsibility, working in teams and serving the communities around them.

Our direction

Mission & Vision

Our Mission

Educating young people to have a high degree of self-reliance, initiative courage, helpfulness, integrity, sportsmanship and resourcefulness, so that they play a constructive role in the society, based on Scout Law and Promise.

Our Vision

To grow a strong youth education movement in a peaceful and harmonious university community, making a real contribution to creating a better world.

Our roots

A Scouting Story Since 1907

1907

Scouting begins through Lord Robert Baden-Powell.

1910

Scouting begins in Kenya on 24 November.

2010

Kisii University Scouts Movement is formed by Rodgers Mwai, Risper Bet and Justus Ngari.

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More about our history

Scouting is a voluntary, non-political movement run by the youth and assisted by the elders. It is a movement that was first started by Lord Robert Stevenson Smith Baden Powell of Gilwell in the year 1907. This was after the founder had a long and prosperous career in the military leading his battalion successfully through impossible situations.

Scouting in Kenya however started in 24th November 1910. It was a subsidiary of the British Scouts Association up to 1963 when Kenya got independence then Kenya Scouts Association was formed.

Kisii University scouts Movement was formed in the year 2010 under the umbrella of The Kenya Scouts Association and Kisii University, where it was fully mandated to establish its environment and adhere to its fundamental core principles that were clearly spelt in the constitution. It was started by three people who were; Rodgers Mwai, Risper Bet and Justus Ngari during the September-December semester of 2010.

World Scouting SDGs

Flamingo Rovers Service Impact

Related public Scout SDG records connected to Kisii University Flamingo Rover Scouts and their community work.

Scout's for change in creating a better world.

A six-day Chief Scout Award service project across Kisii, Migori, Homabay, Kisumu, Siaya and Bungoma involving tree planting, gabion construction, drainage work, road repairs, school painting, COVID-19 awareness, peer education and youth mentorship.

No PovertyZero HungerGood Health and Well-beingQuality EducationClean Water and SanitationSustainable Cities and CommunitiesClimate ActionLife on LandLife Below WaterPartnerships for the Goals
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Community Service at Migori County

Kisii University Flamingo Rover Scouts carried out community service at Migori Secondary School and Migori Primary School to preserve the environment and create a better world than they found it.

Good Health and Well-beingClean Water and SanitationAffordable and Clean EnergySustainable Cities and CommunitiesClimate Action
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Scouts working for Peace and National Cohesion #196asOne #MOPKenya

Flamingo Rovers promoted national cohesion, values and dialogue for peace at the Annual Southern Kenya ASK Show/Fair at Kisii showground, where the team was awarded best stand in promotion of peace, cohesion and national values.

Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesPeaceJustice and Strong InstitutionsPartnerships for the Goals
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Kisii university Flamingo rover scouts in a work camp in Nyosia farm

Rovers visited Nyosia farm to help keep plants and animals in good condition through practical work and care.

Good Health and Well-beingLife Below Water
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