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At Camp, Pathfinders Are on a Mission

With thousands of pathfinders settling into camp life in Trelawny, Jamaica, before Inter-America’s 5th Pathfinder Camporee officially starts, many are on a mission to accomplish something.

Inter-American Division News| Libna Stevens

With thousands of pathfinders settling into camp life in Trelawny, Jamaica, before Inter-America’s 5th Pathfinder Camporee officially starts, many are on a mission to accomplish something.

 

Self-declared extrovert Daktari Doman, 15, from Kingston, Jamaica, has no time to lose. He represents more than 5,200 from Jamaica who registered for the camporee. For two days he has been making the rounds at camp with several goals. “I want to meet one person from each of the countries represented here,” he says. For that he’s been practicing his Spanish and sharpening his French. He has a lot to cover, he says. His eyes widened when he’s told there are 51 countries represented at camp.   He identifies perfectly with his club’s name “Astronauts Pathfinders.”

 

Daktari is soaking in every encounter like he’s in slow motion in outer space. He’s on a mission to add to his collection of pins from different countries. He has a bag full of different souvenirs such as baseball caps and wrist bands he is trading for pins, he says.

 

Read more in the original article posted by Inter-American Division

 

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