President Guido de Marco yesterday visited a scout camp organised at the new Ghajn Tuffieha campsite, where a total of 180 scouts aged between 11 and 15 from 13 groups were camped together.
The groups were from Gzira, Mosta, San Gwann, St Julian's, St Michael's, Stella Maris College, Attard, Birkirkara, Dingli, Sta Venera, Birzebbuga, Qrendi and Zurrieq.
Another event, taking place at Xemxija, was a Venture Scout Rally. This consisted of a hike in which the Venture Scouts had to locate a number of incident points, each of which consisted of a particular test related to their scout training.
Thirteen Venture Scout Units participated, coming from the Mosta, Naxxar, San Gwann, St Julian's, St Michael's, Stella Maris College, Birkirkara, Rabat, St Aloysius College, Sta Venera, Cospicua, Tarxien and Zurrieq scout groups.