The 19th World Jamboree is be held on a hacienda called Picarquin, which the Association de Guias y Scouts de Chile has acquired especially for the event. Picarquin is located in the foothills of the Andes; it covers 3,000 hectares of which 200 are level ground, 500 are gentle slopes and 2,300 are hills completely covered in native forest typical of the foothills in central Chile, with trees from 4 to 12 metres high. It has a stunning view over the Andes, the coastal mountain ranges and the central valley.
Picarquin is a predominantly farming and mining region, and its people are kindly cheerful, welcoming and hard working. The main activities are copper mining, fruit growing and agricultural industry, activities which the young people at the 19th World Jamboree will have the opportunity to find out about through one of the programme modules planned for the event.
The West Mercia and Birmingham representatives have formed the "Heart of England" Jamboree Unit. The leaders are:
Names of Scouts
| Byron Spink | Sutton Coldfield | |
| Robert Hardy | Sutton Coldfield | |
| Timothy Brighton | Sutton Coldfield | |
| Shauna McComb | North East Birmingham | |
| Matthew Pursall | Birmingham East | |
| Thomas Edwards | Birmingham East | |
| Andrew Cook | Birmingham East | |
| Tom Simonds | Dudley North | |
| Lindsey Edwards | Dudley North | |
| Ian Churnulas | Dartmouth | |
| Nicole Worton | Dartmouth | |
| Stuart Dunn | Dudley Central | |
| Eleri Rossiter | Dudley Central | |
| Paul Hinton | Aldridge Brownhills | |
| Rhiannon Anderson | Aldridge Brownhills | |
| Maria Faulkner | Wolverhampton South | |
| Fran Markey | Wolverhampton South | |
| Arun Photay | Wolverhampton West | |
| Alistaire Stone | Wolverhampton West | |
| Tim Spires | Wolverhampton West | |
| Stuart Kirk | Wolverhampton East | |
| Trevor Lunn | Wolverhampton East | |
| Ben McArdle | Birmingham West | |
| Bevis Johnson | Birmingham West | |
| Ben Hughes | Birmingham West | |
Jamboree Countdown Diary |
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| 23rd November 1997 | Activity day at Blackwell Court |
| 14th December 1997 | Ten Pin Bowling - Birmingham |
| 18th January 1998 | Training afternoon at Allen Memorial |
| 7/8th March 1998 | Training Camp at Beaudesert |
| 12/14th June 1998 | Training Camp at Blackwell Court |
| 18/20th September 1998 | Training Camp at Rhyd Covert |
| 16th October 1998 | cabaret Evening at Walsall Football Club |
| 28th November 1998 | Wide game at Beaudesert |
| 23rd/25th December 1998 | Fly out to Chile |
| 27th December 1998 | Jamboree Begins |
| 7th January 1999 | Jamboree Ends, Home Hospitality Begins |
| 13th/14th January 1999 | Return to UK |
The theme of the 19th World Jamboree is ~BUILDING PEACE TOGETHER~. We invite young people throughout the County to take an active role in building peace. Peace is not only the absence of war, it is also a positive attitude to all people and societies.
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