foroyaa do you have any other involvement apart from politics and trade unionism alh cham joof yes i was the founder and secretary general of the first gambian youth movement called the central council of youth in the gambia in and i helped to build the central council headquarters at allen street we used to organise annual youth week and sporting events all kinds of sports were staged including cycling in which alhagie o b conateh fisco used to participate in the field of scouting also i have been named the doyen of scouting in the gambia scouting which is a supplementary to education was dear in my heart and i served the movement from up to date i was the first gambian scout to be awarded the coveted badge known as the wood badge by the chief scout of the world at a successful training course held at the international training centre at gillwell park in sussex england in i was also appointed by the gambia scouts council to represent the youths at the coronation of queen elizabeth in june i also had the opportunity to be selected as the leader of the gambia contingent at the world scout jamboree held at sutton cold field in birmingham in as a scout i grew up from wolf cum scout scout master commissioner in charge of training and retired as the president of the gambia national scout council in i attended the first pan african youth movement conference in tunisia in and the second in i was able to meet julius nyerere and kenneth kaunda and i had the privilege of travelling with kaunda in the same plane and we had fruitful discussions about politics i also helped in the creation of a unit called the hansard unit at the national assembly in and i was appointed as a member of the international committee of dispute resolution in i was also appointed as a member of the dispute tribunal unit of the magistrates court in banjul in and i retired in i am the current chairman of eco education through culture organisation which is an international ngo i do part time lecture at the university of the gambia on history and the students do come to my house for lectures i also wrote books on various subjects in the gambia foroyaa thank you for sharing your thoughts with us alh cham joof it s a pleasure