Poor sanitation, food drove Brits out of scout event, UK scout leader says

Record ID: 1736763

  • Title: Poor sanitation, food drove Brits out of scout event, UK scout leader says
  • Date: 7th August 2023
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AUGUST 7, 2023) (REUTERS) UK SCOUT CEO MATT HYDE AT INTERVIEW UK SCOUT LOGO ON HYDE'S SHIRT HYDE DURING INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) UK SCOUT CEO, MATT HYDE, SAYING: "The first is the sanitation. We were concerned that the toilets weren't being cleaned frequently enough. There wasn’t soap in there and it wasn't safe and there was rubbish building up as well." HYDE SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) UK SCOUT CEO, MATT HYDE, SAYING: "There were concerns around food and particularly those with dietary requirements that weren't getting the food that they needed so they were eating less." HYDE SPEAKING TO HIS COLLEAGUE
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2023 11:47
  • Keywords: Jamboree Matt Hyde South Korea UK food safety scout leader scouts senataion
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA001284107082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Concerns about sanitation and food, on top of one of the worst heatwaves to hit South Korea, drove the British contingent at the World Scout Jamboree to leave the event, the head of UK Scouts said on Monday (August 7).
    Matt Hyde, UK Scouts' chief executive, told Reuters the group decided to withdraw its more than 4,000 scouts on Friday (August 4) for their own safety, a move that was followed by the U.S.
    Britain sent the largest contingent to the jamboree, the first global scout gathering since the pandemic.
    Hyde's comments came as the jamboree's organisers announced an evacuation of its 36,000 participants, mostly teenagers, from the campsite in southern Korea starting Tuesday (August 8) due to an incoming typhoon, after extreme heat had earlier caused hundreds of scouts to fall ill.
    (Production: Dogyun Kim, Heejung Jung)
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