Concerns over sanitation, access to food for those with dietary requirements and access to medical supplies led to UK Scouts deciding to move young members and volunteers from SaeManGeum, in South Korea’s North Jelloa province, to Seoul on Friday (4 August) - just days into the organisation’s 25th World Scout Jamboree.
Extreme temperatures saw hundreds of people fall ill before organisers announced plans on Monday (7 August) to end the event, attended by 43,000 people, amid fears that the campsite is in the path of Typhoon Khanun, which is forecast to reach southern South Korea on Thursday (10 August).
Hyde told the BBC that the relocation to Seoul has cost around £1m, which will affect the work of the Scout Association for at least the next five years.
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