BY: JENNIFER C. TILOS
DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) --The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) Negros Oriental and Siquijor Council is now set to hold its 32nd cadet encampment on September 18 to 21 at Camp Lily I. Gamo Sibulan, Negros Oriental.
The two provinces expect to gather more than 3,000 Girl Scouts delegates for the four-day encampment.
Activities lined up during the event include adventure games, disaster preparedness, first aid, earthquake drill, waste segregation and tree planting.
Council President Mariant Villegas said this year’s event banners the theme “The Future Is Now” which part of the activity will also be a video presentation on climate change advocacy campaign.
The campers will be divided into the Junior or elementary level, Senior or high school level and Cadet or the college category.
In an encampment committee meeting, the local government unit of Sibulan is tasked to provide electrician for the installation of light in the campsite, water supplies, an ambulance and additional doctor from its Rural Health Unit to augment the medical team of the Provincial Health Office (PHO).
The police personnel team also keeps all security measures on alert, round the clock daily for the duration of the encampment.
The Provincial Health Office will provide medical health services including spraying the camp area to maintain sanitation and safety.
The young scouters are expected to learn some skills to be responsible, progressive, dynamic and patriotic through outdoor activities. (mbcn/JCT/PIA7-Negros Oriental)