Extension Scouting are programs in some Scout organizations for young people with special needs.
80-469: Extension Scouting was earlier called Scouts Malgré Tout , which is French for "Scouts Despite Everything". It aims to meet the mandate from Robert Baden-Powell , founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom , that the programme be made "open to all." Young people with special needs join in with Scout groups on a regular basis but some organizations provide
160-587: A butterfly collector , incorporating plans of military installations into his drawings of butterfly wings. In 1884 he published Reconnaissance and Scouting . Baden-Powell returned to Africa in 1896, and served in the Second Matabele War , in the expedition to relieve British South Africa Company personnel under siege in Bulawayo . This was a formative experience for him not only because he commanded reconnaissance missions into enemy territory in
240-671: A Boer army, at times above 8,000 men. The siege of the small town received much attention from both the Boers and international media because Lord Edward Cecil , the son of the British Prime Minister, was besieged in the town. The garrison held out until relieved, in part thanks to cunning deceptions, many devised by Baden-Powell. Fake minefields were planted and his soldiers pretended to avoid non-existent barbed wire while moving between trenches. Baden-Powell did much reconnaissance work himself. In one instance, noting that
320-436: A Spy" was published, lending to false suggestions he had been active as a spy during the war. Pronunciation of Baden-Powell / ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY -dən POH -əl Man, matron, maiden, Please call it Baden. Further for Powell, Rhyme it with Noel —Verse by B-P On his return from Africa in 1903, Baden-Powell found that his military training manual, Aids to Scouting , had become
400-456: A best-seller, and was being used by teachers and youth organisations, including Charlotte Mason 's House of Education. Following his involvement in the Boys' Brigade as a Brigade vice-president and officer in charge of its scouting section, with encouragement from Sir William Alexander Smith , Baden-Powell decided to re-write Aids to Scouting to suit a youth readership. In August 1907, he held
480-530: A boy – and God help you to do it. Baden-Powell died on 8 January 1941: his grave is in St Peter's Cemetery in Nyeri, Kenya. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the centre "ʘ", which is the trail sign for "Going home", or "I have gone home". His wife Olave moved back to England in 1942; after she died in 1977, her ashes were taken to Kenya by her grandson Robert and interred beside her husband. In 2001,
560-571: A camp on Brownsea Island to test out his ideas. About twenty boys attended: eight from local Boys' Brigade companies, and about twelve public school boys, mostly sons of his friends. Baden-Powell was also influenced by Ernest Thompson Seton , who founded the Woodcraft Indians . Seton gave Baden-Powell a copy of his book The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians and they met in 1906. Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys
640-549: A complex of several Catholic buildings and institutions, established by Italian missionaries at the beginning of the 20th century. The mission is composed of convents for nuns, schools, a teacher training college and other vocational colleges. It also hosts the Consolata Hospital and School of Nursing, which is staffed largely by nuns of the Consolata order . Nyeri is also the place where Blessed Stephanie Nyaatha
720-428: A decision was reached to site a British post close to a little hill on the slopes of Mt. Kenya. The Kikuyu called the hill Kia-Nyiri while their Maasai neighbours called the hill Na-aier. The post took its name from the little hill. On 18 December 1902, Nyeri was founded. Shortly after the establishment of the post, a trickle of European settlers and missionaries and Indian merchants began to migrate into Nyeri and
800-622: A few sculptures. There is no catalogue of his works, many of which appear in his books, and twelve paintings hang in the British Scout Headquarters at Gilwell Park . There was an exhibition of his work at the Willmer House Museum, Farnham, Surrey, from 11 April – 12 May 1967; a text-only catalogue was produced. Nyeri Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya . It
880-509: A government nursing school, two polytechnic colleges, and several private and public secondary and primary schools such as Moi Nyeri Complex, Temple Road, DEB Muslim and Ngangarithi primary school. The town is also home to the Nyeri National Polytechnic. [1] . Other technical training colleges in the town include Tetu TVC, Mathira TVC and Kieni Esat TVC as well as many vocational and technical training centres spread across
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#1732780423318960-642: A man. Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. "Be prepared" in this way, to live happy and to die happy – stick to your Scout Promise always – even after you have ceased to be
1040-405: A most happy life and I want each one of you to have a happy life too. I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness does not come from being rich, nor merely being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are
1120-482: A prolific manufacturer, and which also came to be known as a campaign hat and the many versatile and practical uses of a neckerchief . Baden-Powell was accused of illegally executing a prisoner of war in 1896, the Matabele chief Uwini , who had been promised his life would be spared if he surrendered. Uwini was sentenced to be shot by firing squad by a military court, a sentence Baden-Powell confirmed. Baden-Powell
1200-408: A reasonably well-maintained tarmac road network connecting it to Nairobi , Nakuru , Nanyuki , Othaya and other surrounding towns. The newly built Kenol-Marua 4 lane super highway ends few kilometers from Nyeri town, Most transportation of cargo to and from Nyeri is by road, although the city has a largely underutilised railway station at Kiganjo (about six kilometres out of city towards Nanyuki) on
1280-424: A separate family, of which he was the eldest. His father died when Baden-Powell was three, so he was raised by his single mother, a strong woman who was determined that her children would succeed. In 1933 he said of her "The whole secret of my getting on, lay with my mother." He attended Rose Hill School , Tunbridge Wells and was given a scholarship to Charterhouse , a prestigious public school named after
1360-485: A special parallel program tailored to these participants. For example, The Scout Association of the United Kingdom formed a Disabled Scout Branch in 1926 and has various Scoutlink groups around the country. Scoutlink is a program run by The Scout Association of the United Kingdom in order to provide support and involvement for young people and adults with developmental disabilities , a form of Extension Scouting but
1440-686: A symbol of luck in India long before being adopted by the Nazi Party in 1920, and when Nazi use of the swastika became more widespread, the Scouts stopped using it. Nazi Germany banned Scouting, a competitor to the Hitler Youth , in June 1934, seeing it as "a haven for young men opposed to the new State". Based on the regime's view of Scouting as a dangerous espionage organisation, Baden-Powell's name
1520-491: A variety of wildlife species make it a convergence of natural attractions. The wildlife found in the park include giant forest hog , tree hyrax , white-tailed mongoose , black leopard , mountain bongo , elephant , black rhino , suni , black-fronted duiker , mole-rat and over 130 species of birds. Activities taking place in the park include game drives, nature walks, mountain climbing, wildlife viewing, camping and cave exploration. About fifteen kilometres out of Nyeri on
1600-517: Is also significant, as there are many tourist destinations nearby, including the Aberdare and Mount Kenya National Parks, and a number of hotels offering conference tourism and short upcountry holidays. The Nyeri Museum is located within Nyeri town, it houses cultural artifacts and Kenya's colonial history. Nyeri has tarmacked roads, and the county and national governments are upgrading many of them. Houses have drinkable water, but sewage provision
1680-639: Is also the home of the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT), founded by the local community in the early 1970s as an institute of technology, and converted into a fully fledged university in 2012. Towards the end of 1902, as the British were establishing their colonial presence, Richard Meinertzhagen marched a strong military column meeting spirited resistance from the native Kikuyu warriors led by Wangombe Wa Ihura. The Kikuyu were eventually defeated. After Meinertzhagen's victory,
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#17327804233181760-693: Is also the name of an Internet chat site and joint programs between The Scout Association in Northern Ireland and Scouting Ireland . Extension Scouting is known by different names: This Scouting or Guiding article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , OM , GCMG , GCVO , KCB , KStJ , DL ( / ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY -dən POH -əl ; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941)
1840-502: Is another top-performing high school located in Nyeri's town. The largest formal employer in Nyeri, being until recently the administrative headquarters of the former Central Province, is the Government of Kenya. The local Municipal Council and utility providers are also significant employers. The various sectors of the service industry, including retail, hospitality, banking, insurance, the charity industry, religious bodies especially
1920-650: Is now a small museum; it stands in the grounds of the Outspan Hotel . Nyeri remains a place of pilgrimage for the worldwide Scouting and Guiding Movements, with members congregating in the city from time to time for various activities and functions. There are also visitors to the Italian War Memorial Chapel at Mathari, built in 1952 by the Italian government in honour of Royal Italian Army soldiers, prisoners of war, and other internees, from
2000-542: Is the county headquarters of Nyeri County and was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province . The town is situated about 150 km north of Kenya's capital Nairobi , in the country's densely populated and fertile Central Highlands. The town lies between the eastern base of the Aberdare (Nyandarua) Range, which forms part of the eastern end of the Great Rift Valley , and
2080-400: Is through soak pits, pit latrines and septic tanks are still widespread. The city's topography allows nature and gravity to take care of most of the city's storm water drainage. Phone services, especially mobile telephony, and internet services are widely available. A fibre optic cable network linking the city to offshore submarine cables recently reached Kenya's coast. Nyeri is served by
2160-473: The 5th Dragoon Guards in India. A few years later he wrote a small manual, entitled Aids to Scouting , a summary of lectures he had given on the subject of military scouting, much of it a written explanation of the lessons he had learned from Burnham, to help train recruits. Baden-Powell returned to South Africa before the Second Boer War . Although instructed to maintain a mobile mounted force on
2240-544: The 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937, Baden-Powell gave his farewell to Scouting and retired from public Scouting life. 22 February, the joint birthday of Robert and Olave Baden-Powell, continues to be marked as Founder's Day by Scouts and World Thinking Day by Guides to remember and celebrate the work of the Chief Scout and Chief Guide of the World. In his final letter to the Scouts, Baden-Powell wrote: I have had
2320-647: The Baden-Powell grave , the resting place of Lieutenant-General Lord Baden-Powell , a British commander in the Boer War and the founder of the Scouting Movement, who once wrote "the nearer to Nyeri the nearer to bliss". He and his wife Olave, Lady Baden-Powell , G.B.E. , are buried in the City cemetery. Baden-Powell had a cottage built, which he called "Paxtu". He lived there until his death, and it
2400-565: The Brownsea Island Scout camp to test his ideas for training boys in scouting. He wrote Scouting for Boys , published in 1908 by C. Arthur Pearson Limited , for boy readership. In 1910 Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Scout Association . In 1909, a rally of Scouts was held at The Crystal Palace . Many girls in Scout uniform attended and, in front of the press, a small group told Baden-Powell that they were
2480-574: The Girl Scouts of the USA . In 1929, during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree , he received as a present a new 20-horsepower Rolls-Royce car (chassis number GVO-40, registration OU 2938) and an Eccles Caravan . This combination well served the Baden-Powells in their further travels around Europe. The caravan was nicknamed Eccles and is now on display at Gilwell Park. The car, nicknamed Jam Roll,
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2560-568: The Kikuyu , with residents generally being known as "Nyeri Kikuyu". The Kikuyu language is widely spoken, along with Kenya's National language Swahili as well as Kenya's official language English . Following the national pattern of Kenya being a predominantly Christian country, Christianity is the main religion. The main Christian denominations are Catholic -that hosts the Cathedral and
2640-587: The Matopos Hills , but because many of his later Boy Scout ideas took hold here. It was during this campaign that he first met and befriended the American scout Frederick Russell Burnham , who introduced Baden-Powell to stories of the American Old West and woodcraft (i.e., Scoutcraft ), and here that he was introduced to Montana Peaked version of a western cowboy hat, of which Stetson was
2720-694: The SS Aragon via Portugal and Spain to South America. The Belfast Newsletter reported that when in March 1909 he visited Santiago de Chile for three days, "He was given a warmer reception than had ever been afforded a foreigner in South America." He sailed back in the RMS Danube by 1 May 1909. In 1910, aged 53, Baden-Powell was retired from the Army. In 1915, Baden-Powell's book "My Adventures as
2800-466: The "Girl Scouts". In 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell started The Girl Guides Association . In 1912 Baden-Powell married Olave St Clair Soames . He gave guidance to The Scout Association and Girl Guides Association until retiring in 1937. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri , Kenya , where he died and was buried in 1941. His grave is a national monument . Baden-Powell
2880-541: The Archbishop's official residence-, Presbyterian , Anglican , Pentecostals and indigenous denominations, in that order. The older residents, who tend to attend the mainstream churches, are invariably more religious than the younger ones. Muslims , traditional African believers and Hindus , in declining order, make up a small minority. About 5 km from the city centre is the Mathari Mission settlement,
2960-586: The Boers had not removed the rail line, Baden-Powell loaded an armoured locomotive with sharpshooters and sent it down the rails into the heart of the Boer encampment and back again in a successful attack. A view expressed by historian Thomas Pakenham of Baden-Powell's actions during the siege argued that his success in resisting the Boers was secured at the expense of the lives of the native African soldiers and civilians, including members of his own African garrison. Pakenham claimed that Baden-Powell drastically reduced
3040-736: The Catholic Church and professionals are also significant employers. The main industrial plants are a Coca-Cola bottling plant, a water and fruit juice bottling plant, several tea and coffee processing factories, a milk processing and packaging factory owned and run by the Kenya Co-operative Creameries Ltd, and a number of maize millers. There is also a wide range of largely unsophisticated light industries, including motor vehicle repair garages, electronics repair shops, furniture workshops, tailoring shops, and bakeries. Attractive investment opportunities exist within
3120-711: The District Commissioner, Nyeri Central District (DC), the Divisional Officers (DO), the Locational Chiefs and the Assistant Chiefs. Various Central Provincial and Nyeri Central District departments of the various ministries of the Government of Kenya, and central provincial offices of several Kenya Government departments and State Corporations are also still based in Nyeri. The Central Provincial Police Officer (PPO) of
3200-589: The Kenya Police Service, and under him, as one of the police divisional heads, the Nyeri Divisional Police Commander (OCPD)are based in Nyeri. Nyeri is currently awaiting to be awarded the city status with a certified charter, however its recent growth proves that it is a city. The county assembly is composed of elected MCAs and a county governor. The county legislative system is also led by a county speaker. The Council
3280-596: The Kenyan government declared Baden-Powell's grave a national monument. Baden-Powell published books and other texts during his years of military service both to finance his life and to generally educate his men. Baden-Powell was regarded as an excellent storyteller. During his whole life he told "ripping yarns" to audiences. After having published Scouting for Boys , Baden-Powell kept on writing more handbooks and educative materials for all Scouts, as well as directives for Scout Leaders. In his later years, he also wrote about
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3360-684: The Lesatima and Kinangop peaks and many waterfalls, including the magnificent Karuru falls which drop 272 meters, Zaina falls which drop about 140 metrers and the Gura Falls which drop 305 meters. The park is home to many endangered species including the rare bongo, giant forest hog, packs of the now very rare wild dogs, and endemic mole-rat and mole shrew. Other game include a large population of black rhino, leopard servile, endemic bird species, reptiles and insects. Activities include game drives and nature walks. Both brown and rainbow trout abound in
3440-654: The Nyeri industrial area of Kiganjo which is served by the newly refurbished railway line and has ample land for industrial expansion. A major industry in Nyeri is farming , which is mostly unmechanised. The city urban area is actually part of the surrounding rural areas of greater Nyeri County, with farms within the municipality blending seamlessly into the rural area. The main cash crops are coffee and tea , grown mainly by smallholders who are organised into quasi-private state-supported and supervised co-operatives or companies for farm input distribution, basic processing and marketing purposes. The main food crops are maize ,
3520-667: The Scout movement and his ideas for its future. He spent most of the last two years of his life in Africa, and many of his later books had African themes. Most of his books (the American editions) are available online. Compilations and excerpts comprised: Baden-Powell also contributed to various other books, either with an introduction or foreword, or being quoted by the author, A comprehensive bibliography of his original works has been published by Biblioteca Frati Minori Cappuccini. Baden-Powell's father often sketched caricatures of those present at meetings, while his maternal grandmother
3600-595: The Siege. However, he was sufficiently impressed with both their courage and the equanimity with which they performed their tasks to use them later as an object lesson in the first chapter of Scouting for Boys . The siege was lifted on 17 May 1900. Baden-Powell was promoted to major-general and became a national hero. However, British military commanders were more critical of his performance and even less impressed with his subsequent choices to again allow himself to be besieged. Ultimately, his failure to understand properly
3680-768: The Tetu hills 50 km to the North East. About 20 km from the city is Mount Kenya National Park . Mount Kenya is an extinct volcano lying astride the Equator. The mountain has two main snow-covered peaks – Batian (5 200 m) and Nelion (5 1880 m). It is the highest mountain in the country and the second, after Mount Kilimanjaro , in Africa. The mountain slopes are covered in forest, bamboo, scrub and moorland giving way on high central peaks to rock, ice and snow. Its U-shaped glacial valleys, rugged snow-capped peaks, Afro-alpine desert, thirty lakes and eight different natural forest types and
3760-717: The War was horse fodder. In 1907, Baden-Powell was promoted to Lieutenant-General but put on the inactive list. In October 1907, he was appointed to the command of the Northumbrian Division of the newly formed Territorial Army . During this appointment, Baden-Powell selected the location of Catterick Garrison to replace Richmond Castle which was then the Headquarters of the Northumbrian Division . On 19 February 1909, facing censure for his public comments about Germany as an enemy, Baden-Powell abruptly sailed in
3840-501: The ancient Carthusian monastery buildings it occupied in the City of London. However, while he was a pupil there, the school moved out to new purpose-built premises in the countryside near Godalming in Surrey. He played with dolls and learnt the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist, and enjoyed acting. Holidays were spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers. Baden-Powell's first introduction to outdoor skills
3920-466: The areas where their families are residents. The town has a relatively low cost of living in comparison to Nairobi and other major urban centres in Kenya. Located in Kenya's fertile highlands, food and water are plentiful and relatively affordable. Nyeri hosts the tomb of Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of the Scout movement. It is also the home town of the late Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. The town
4000-507: The branchline of the railway from Nairobi to Nanyuki . An airport and some airstrips serve the city: one at Mweiga (about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) out of city towards Nakuru) and another at Nyaribo, off the Nanyuki – Naromoru highway. The main mode of public passenger transport to, from, and within Nyeri is by way of fourteen-seater minibuses ( matatu ), though un-metered salon car taxis are also widely used. Nyeri has many visitors to
4080-589: The cool mountain streams. Within the park, lodges near watering holes offer close proximity night game viewing. It was at Treetops Lodge that Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (now Elizabeth II ) was advised of the death of her father while on a honeymoon retreat, and her ascent to the throne. The park is also known for the Kimathi hideouts, the Mau-Mau Caves , and the Kimathi "post office" where agents used to drop messages for Mau Mau fighters during
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#17327804233184160-500: The county. The Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Nyeri runs several schools, colleges, and hospitals. The town is also home to three national schools, Kagumo High School, Nyeri High School and the Bishop Gatimu Girls High School in Nyeri. It is the home to prestigious extra county schools in the nation like Othaya Boys High School and Mahiga Girls Secondary School. St. Mary's Boys Secondary School Nyeri
4240-538: The first Girl Scouts of whom 6,000 had already been registered as Scouts. In 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, formed The Girl Guides Association . In 1912, Baden-Powell started a world tour with a voyage to the Caribbean. Another passenger was Juliette Gordon Low , an American who had been running a Guide Company in Scotland and was returning to the U.S.A. Baden-Powell encouraged her to found
4320-514: The force an important advantage in scouting ability over continental rivals. Baden-Powell was a career cavalryman, but realised that cavalry was no match against the machine gun; however, his superiors, Kitchener and French, the latter also a career cavalryman, still regarded the cavalry as indispensable, with the result that cavalry was used in the First World War with little effect, yet the major item exported from Britain to Flanders during
4400-554: The frontier with the Boer Republics , Baden-Powell amassed stores and established a garrison at Mafeking. The subsequent Siege of Mafeking lasted 217 days. Although Baden-Powell could have destroyed his stores and had sufficient forces to break out throughout much of the siege, especially since the Boers lacked adequate artillery to shell the town or its forces, he remained in the town to the point of his intended mounted soldiers eating their horses. The town had been surrounded by
4480-458: The guerrilla wars for Kenyan independence. Close to the city are several privately owned ranches, many of which also serve as private wildlife sanctuaries like Solio Ranch , Ol Pejeta Conservancy, and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy . Many higher-end tourists stay at these ranches, including celebrities such as Bill Gates . Nyeri is now, as an administrative centre, currently in transition as the new governance and administrative structures created by
4560-666: The new Kenyan Constitution are in the early stages of implementation. Nyeri, as aforesaid, had been the Provincial Headquarters of the now defunct Central Province. The fate of the Provincial Administration is now the subject of intense national debate as the country transits to the new Constitution's new governance structure. In the interim, the Central Provincial Commissioner (PC) remains in Nyeri. Under him remain
4640-474: The number of Scouts was over 3.3 million. Early Scout Association " Thanks badges " (from 1911) and The Scout Association "Medal of Merit" badge had a swastika symbol on them. This was undoubtedly influenced by the use by Rudyard Kipling of the swastika on the jacket of his published books, including The Jungle Book , which was used by Baden-Powell as a basis for the Wolf Cubs . The swastika had been
4720-549: The opposite side to Mt. Kenya is the Aberdare National Park . The Aberdares is an old volcanic mountain range with lower peaks due to a longer period of erosion. It offers views of Mount Kenya to the east and the Great Rift Valley to the west. Its unusual vegetation, rugged terrain, deep ravines cutting through its forested eastern and western slopes, clear water streams and waterfalls combine to create an area of great scenic beauty. Its major attractions include
4800-697: The rapid growth of the Scout Movement . Educated at Charterhouse School , Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking . His books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training, were also read by boys and used by teachers and youth organisations. In August 1907, he held an experimental camp,
4880-530: The rations to the native garrison. However, in 2001, after subsequent research, Pakenham changed this view. During the siege, the Mafeking Cadet Corps of white boys below fighting age stood guard, carried messages, assisted in hospitals and so on, freeing grown men to fight. Baden-Powell did not form the Cadet Corps himself, and there is no evidence that he took much notice of them during
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#17327804233184960-415: The situation, and abandonment of the soldiers, mostly Australians and Rhodesians , at the Battle of Elands River Pakenham claimed led to his being removed from action. Briefly back in the United Kingdom in October 1901, Baden-Powell was invited to visit King Edward VII at Balmoral , the monarch's Scottish retreat, and personally invested as Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). Baden-Powell
5040-421: The staple food in most of Kenya, legumes (especially beans and peas), tubers (mainly potatoes), and vegetables (especially tomatoes, cabbages, spinaches and kales). Livestock, mainly dairy cattle, goats, sheep, and chicken are also widely kept. Food crop and livestock farming are also done by smallholders, with marketing and distribution of surplus produce (after farmers' consumption) being done privately. Tourism
5120-480: The surrounding areas. The city soon burgeoned into a trading centre for white settler farmers who produced cattle, wheat and coffee. The city became particularly associated with the Happy Valley set in the first half of the twentieth century. The Nyeri Golf Club, The White Rhino Hotel, Outspan Hotel , and the Aberdare Country Club at the nearby Mweiga township are relics of those colonial days. The majority of Nyeri residents are members of Kenya's largest ethnic group,
5200-459: The time of the Second World War who died in East Africa, including 69 African recruits to the Italian forces, mostly Somalis. Among those buried at Mathari is Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta , Viceroy of Italian East Africa , whose tomb is within the Chapel, in front of the altar. The chapel is not used for regular worship, but a special Mass is celebrated every 2 November in memory of the fallen soldiers and those who died in captivity. Covering
5280-501: The walls of the main church building are memorials for the many Italian servicemen who died during the war. Each memorial is in the form of a small oblong plaque indicating the name of the soldier, the battalion he served in, and the place where he died. Nyeri is also the burial place of hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett , the author of Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1944), who also spent his final years in Paxtu, B-P 's cottage. Mount Kenya and Nyeri hill are near each other, as well as
5360-399: The western slopes of Mount Kenya . The town's population, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census , was estimated at 140,338 inhabitants. However, the number is rapidly growing. There is, however, a significant population of primarily Government and corporate workers who ordinarily reside in Nyeri but who, during the census, choose to be counted in their areas of origin or
5440-403: Was mentioned in dispatches . In 1890, he was brevetted Major as military secretary and senior aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Malta , his uncle General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth . He was posted to Malta for three years, also working as an intelligence officer for the Mediterranean for the Director of Military Intelligence. He wrote that he once travelled disguised as
5520-404: Was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout , and founder, with his sister Agnes , of The Girl Guides Association . Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys , which, with his previous books, his 1884 Reconnaissance and Scouting and his 1899 Aids to Scouting for N.-C.Os and Men (intended for the military) and The Scout magazine helped
5600-435: Was a Royalist American colonist; her mother 's father Thomas Warington was the British Consul in Naples around 1800. Baden-Powell was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell at 6 Stanhope Street (now 11 Stanhope Terrace), Paddington , London, on 22 February 1857. He was called Stephe (pronounced "Stevie") by his family. He was named after his godfather, Robert Stephenson , the railway and civil engineer, and his third name
5680-465: Was also artistic. Baden-Powell painted or sketched almost every day of his life, and with equal competence with either hand. Most of his works have a humorous or informative character. His books are scattered with his pen-and-ink sketches, frequently whimsical. He did a largely unknown number of pen-and-ink sketches; he always travelled with a sketchpad that he used frequently for pencil sketches and "cartoons" for later watercolour paintings. He also created
5760-592: Was cleared by a military court of inquiry, but the colonial civil authorities wanted a civil investigation and trial. Baden-Powell later claimed he was "released without a stain on my character". After Rhodesia , Baden-Powell served in the Fourth Ashanti War on the Gold Coast . In 1897, at the age of 40, he was brevetted colonel (the youngest colonel in the British Army) and given command of
5840-496: Was given the role of organising the South African Constabulary , a colonial police force, but during this phase, Baden-Powell was sent to Britain on sick leave, so he was only in command for seven months. Baden-Powell returned to England to take up the post of Inspector-General of Cavalry in 1903. While holding this position, he was instrumental in reforming reconnaissance training in British cavalry, giving
5920-420: Was his mother's surname. Baden-Powell had four older half-siblings from the second of his father's two previous marriages and was the fifth surviving child of his father's third marriage: The three children immediately preceding Baden-Powell had all died very young before he was born, so there was a seven-year gap between him and his next older brother Frank; so he and his two younger siblings were almost like
6000-1027: Was included in " The Black Book ", a 1940 secret list of people to be detained following the planned conquest of the United Kingdom . A drawing by Baden-Powell depicts Scouts assisting refugees fleeing from the Nazis and Hitler. Tim Jeal , the author of the biography Baden-Powell , gives his opinion that "Baden-Powell's distrust of communism led to his implicit support, through naïveté, of fascism ", an opinion based on two of B-P's diary entries. Baden-Powell met Benito Mussolini on 2 March 1933, and in his diary described him as "small, stout, human and genial. Told me about Balilla and workmen's outdoor recreations which he imposed through 'moral force'". On 17 October 1939, Baden-Powell wrote in his diary: "Lay up all day. Read Mein Kampf . A wonderful book, with good ideas on education, health, propaganda, organisation etc. – and ideals which Hitler does not practice himself." At
6080-473: Was laid to rest. In addition to its two home-grown universities, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology and the recently upgraded Karatina University College , Nyeri hosts satellite campuses of various Kenyan public universities such as University of Nairobi and Kenyatta University . The National Police Training College is situated in Kiganjo, 10.8 km from the city. There is a Medical Training College,
6160-453: Was published in six installments in 1908 and has sold approximately 150 million copies as the fourth best-selling book of the 20th century. Boys and girls spontaneously formed Scout troops. The Scout Movement had started by itself, first as a national, and soon an international phenomenon. A rally of Scouts was held at Crystal Palace in London in 1909, at which Baden-Powell met some of
6240-407: Was sold after his death by Olave Baden-Powell in 1945. Jam Roll and Eccles were reunited at Gilwell for the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007 and it has been purchased by a charity, B–P Jam Roll Ltd. Funds are being raised to repay the loan that was used to purchase the car. Baden-Powell also had impacts on youth education. By 1922, there were more than a million Scouts in 32 countries; by 1939
6320-724: Was the penultimate son of the Rev. Prof. Baden Powell , Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford and Church of England priest, and his third wife, Henrietta Grace nee Smyth, eldest daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth . After his father died in 1860, his mother, to identify her children with her late husband's fame, styled the family name Baden-Powell . The name was eventually legally changed by Royal Licence on 30 April 1902. Baden-Powell's father's family originated in Suffolk. His mother's earliest known Smyth ancestor
6400-633: Was through stalking and cooking games while avoiding teachers in the nearby woods, which were strictly out-of-bounds. In 1876, Baden-Powell joined the 13th Hussars in India with the rank of lieutenant. In 1880 he was charged with the task of drawing maps of the Battle of Maiwand . He enhanced and honed his military scouting skills amidst the Zulu in the early 1880s in the Natal Province of South Africa, where his regiment had been posted, and where he
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