83rd Fife (Cairneyhill) Scout Group

On our site you will find details about what our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers have been getting up to and also information about our plans for the future, both big and small! Also you have the opportunity to hire our minibuses or our Scout Hall.

We also have information for members of the Group including Section programmes for the current term and also dates and times of meetings for leaders and members of the Group Executive Committee.

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"Thank you, each of you, for thinking of us". Makoto Uchimya says, "I am very glad to tell you that all of the Scouts and Leaders in the Coastal Areas in Iwate are all right, but some of them lost their houses and relatives due to the tsunamis and fires that followed them. The situation of Kamaishi, Otsuchi, Yamada and Miyako is horrible." In April he added, "I went to Kamaishi, Otsuchi, Kirikiri, and Yamada with some of our leaders. I had watched the damaged coastal areas on TV, but the damage was beyond my imagination. Otsuchi and Yamada seem to be almost gone and nothing left there except debris. We took some vegetables, meat and water to Mr. Shimizu in Yamada and to the elderly home which Tadashi's family runs. Fortunately the temple of Mr. Shimizu remain safe. In Yamada Mr. Sato, who once joined your Jamborette, took care of your homestay and are out of Scouting for a few years, is confirmed missing. In Otsuchi, the father whose son and daughter went to Blair in 2006 passed away. Although the scouts and leaders in the coastal areas are confirmed safe, some of their relatives are dead or missing and some of their houses were washed away due to the tsunamis. The groups' warehouses in Otsuchi and Kirikiri were also washed away. It will take a lot of time for them to come back to Scouting, but the Headquarters of the Scout Association of Japan tells us to support them when the time comes. Thank you very much for your support and offering a donation to help with this work."

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Last summer 33 of us from 83rd Fife Scout Group travelled to Japan and received wonderful hospitality from the Scouts in the Iwate Coastal villages. We were horrified to watch on TV pictures of these villages being struck by the earthquake and Tsunami on March 11th. We have been in communication with the local Leaders who have said