A member of the Slovenian Scout Association is the oldest among more than 42,000 participants in the 2007 World Scout Jamboree, a gathering of scouts from all over the world, which is to wrap up in Britain's Chelmsford on Wednesday.
The 96-year-old Milos Miovic has been a member of the scout movement since 1927, according to the Slovenian Scout Association, which is taking part in the World Jamboree along with Slovenian Catholic Boy and Girl Scouts Association and the organisation associating Slovenian scouts living outside of Slovenia proper.
Miovic is helping other members of the Slovenian team presenting their country and the association at gathering and is staying in a tent, just like everyone else.
The 21st World Scout Jamboree marks the centenary of Scouting, which spread around the world after the first experimental camp was organised on Brownsea Island in 1907 by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting.
The first Jamboree was held in London in 1920, bringing together 8,000 Scouts from 34 Countries. Based on the common Swahili greeting "Jambo" or Hello, the term jamboree is used to describe a large gathering of Scouts.
Since 1920, World Scout Jamborees have been held almost every four years, except during the World War, and hosted all over the world, according to information posted on the web site of the World Jamboree.
The gathering is packed with activities, allowing Scouts to meet new friends, learn through new experiences and challenges, get to know the world's cultural diversity and find out about the issues and challenges facing the world today so as to contribute to building a better world.
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