Be Prepared!

Be prepared for Finland!

Be Prepared for Finnish nutrition!

The intake of food among hard-working Finns might seem a load. Find out ingredients and eating times of

• breakfast (aamupala)
• lunch (lounas)
• afternoon snack/coffee break (välipala, kahvitauko)
• dinner/supper (päivällinen)
• evening snack (iltapala)

Be prepared for Finnish food!

Find out about a traditional Finnish food and make it with your group. Afterwards load up some pictures and describe what you have done and share it with your tribe!

• Easy level: barbecued, charcoaled sausage with honey-mustard. Must be cooked outdoors!
• Medium level: stir-fried Salmon or white fish, served with boiled/steamed potatoes with melted butter and dill.
• Advanced level: a meat-hot pot from Karelia (Karjalan paisti, Karelian hot-pot). This is to be served with boiled or steamed potatoes.
• Gourmet level: Reindeer shavings with mashed potatoes and cowberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).

Be prepared for sports!

Find out about Finnish traditional sports. Who are the most popular players and why? Find out the rules and try to play the sport with your group/troop. Take photos and report to your tribe!

• Easy level: Floor ball (salibandy), indoor bandy.
• Medium level: Wife-carrying (eukonkanto).
• Advanced level: Ice-hockey (jääkiekko)
• Challenge level: Finnish baseball (pesäpallo).

Be prepared for Finns!

Find out about Finns and their habits.

• How to dress up for Sauna (www.saunaseura.fi)?
• How to say “I love you” in Finnish?
• What is the currency in Finland?
• In what part of Finland do the polar bears live?
• Learn some facts about the Finnish comprehension of time: if you set up a meeting with a Finn at 3 pm, what time will she/he be there?
• How are the household jobs shared between the man and wife (eg. cleaning, washing the dishes, doing laundry, cooking, taking care of the children, taking out the garbage)?
• Where do the Finns put the used toilet paper?

Share the most important travel tips with your troop!

Be prepared for Finnish Culture!

Helsinki is the World Design Capital in 2012. Main idea of the year is Usability, sustainability and desirability. That is what we are looking for. We design for a better life. Check out a few facts about our capital city.

• When has Helsinki been established? Who established it?
• What colour is the World´s northernmost metro/subway/underground/tube?
• What is the most interesting church building in Helsinki from your point of view?
• Who’s your favourite Finnish artist in music: composer, or band or artist. How about in architecture or arts?
• Could you name some Finnish architect and his/her building?
• Have you seen any Finnish design, for example in kitchenware or furnitures? How about the design in house-hold textiles? Or in mobile phones?

Be Prepared for Finnish Environment!

For Finnish people the flora and fauna of Finland are very important. We are proud of our clean nature: you can actually swim in any lake that comes across, or pick known berries and eat them safely. Make a collage (min. 5 pics and 5 facts) from the following:

• Berries
• Sweetwater fish
• Wild animals
• Trees
• Birds
• Owls

What should you do if you meet an elk?
How can you protect yourself from mosquitos?
Why do some Finnish swans have orange beaks, and some have yellow?
Everyman's right consists of a set of generally-accepted traditions that have also been reflected in various laws and regulations. Find out what are Everyman’s rights and responsibilities (=jokamiehenoikeus) in Finland.

Be prepared for the Path!

Be prepared for your Path!

Get ready for your Path in Roverway 2012. Get your gear sorted, and begin to follow a physical routine, if your Path involves physical activity. Remember also to learn how to wash dishes by hand. See, Feel and Enjoy!

All paths:

Be prepared to gather your gear!

• What to bring with you for Roverway 2012.
• Who will wash your dishes during the path and camp of Roverway 2012?
• Try to find out information about the Finnish weather conditions.
• Find out about Finnish daily and weekly routines. Ask more from your tribe leader!

Paths including hiking:

• Do some hiking for preparation. Climb a mountain or do a day-trip into a Nature Reserve with your backpack (about 10 kg, 2 stones), take a picture.

Paths including media:

• Make a movie on a special place in your country, talking about it and say in your language “ we’re looking forward to Roverway!” or “Can’t wait to meet you on Roverway!”

Paths including water activities:

• Learn something about canoeing or sailing. Basics about the vessel, how to steer it. Remember safety on board!

Be prepared for your Tribe!

• Be prepared getting to know people in your tribe! Introduce yourself to the other scouts and guides in your tribe. Each of us has unique stories to tell.

Be prepared for Service!

• Be prepared for the Service Project! Are you used to doing service project in scouting or guiding in your country? What kinds of things you could put into practice in your path? Share your ideas with the others.

Be prepared for Intercultural Learning during paths!

• Learn how to teach a traditional game or play from your culture to others in your Tribe.
• Think about good practices, for example in practical scouting or guiding of Rovers in your local scout troop, and get ready to share them with others.
• Be prepared for International Dinner! Each patrol is encouraged to bring some food samples with them from their home country to Finland to introduce their local cuisine to the other scouts and guides in your tribe.
• In addition you can also:
• Make a recipe book for your country. Bring on the best of You!
• Make a phrase book with the basic words in your own language, English and Finnish.

Be prepared for Roverway!

• Get ready for the Roverway experience by tuning up your own kit! Create a t-shirt/beanie/underwear/etc. for your patrol. Design a tent-kit too, to show off your team spirit at the campsite. Don’t forget your own flags! See. Feel. Follow!

Be prepared for RoverMomentum!

RoverMomentum is about making a difference in society. It’s about teamwork. It’s about volunteering for service and making the world a better place.
RoverMomentum starts with Be Prepared! It continues during the camp at RoverMomentum Valley to gather ideas, strength and spirit. Release your power after the main event – make your society better with RoverMomentum Project.

RoverMomentum project ideas

The most important thing is that your project gives something to the community and hopefully makes a lasting and positive impact! The project can be large or small, local or international, short or long term  – whatever you feel is important and useful. Try to create something that really challenges the imagination and resources of your patrol. The goal should not be to benefit yourselves, for example economically. The more people benefit from the project and can take part in it, the better. For a start, see the examples below and think how you would realize them. By doing that, you will probably get more ideas and find your own project.

Project examples:

• Organising a day of tidying up the public environment. This could be your local park, road side, hiking trail etc. Organising means advertising, booking the litter collection, buying or hauling the litter bags, also equipment and safety gear for the participants (involving also the non-scouts!), getting required permits and permission, and ending the happening together with all participants.
• Visiting a home or center for the elderly or disabled and arranging an outing or something interesting to do for them, even visiting them frequently for a period of time.
• Arranging a fundraising happening to collect money for an orphanage, animal shelter, environmental or humanitarian cause. In practice, this means setting up goals with the fundraising unit, applying required permissions, meeting with the local authorities and the police. The fundraising could be an outdoor concert, a fair, an open market for food or other products.

It does not need to be a ready idea – you’re going to have time with your patrol to evolve your ideas in the RoverMomentum Valley! Of course, the better you are prepared, the easier it will be there.

End your RoverMomentum by sharing your results:

Last but not least, you should report how your RoverMomentum succeeded. We really want to hear how the project was realized, how it went. Share your experience! You can do it on our Facebook pages to ensure all the other Roverway participants will be able to see it. Illustrate your stories with a few pictures of the event, maybe a clip from the local newspaper or post videos online! Also the pre-thoughts of your project would be interesting to read, so add them, too. Share your happy moments and failures – tell everyone what you learned, what went well and what not, what would you do differently next time. Maybe other groups will get inspired to recreate your RoverMomentum project!