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As told to Jem Bartholomew

‘The scouts were getting sicker and sicker’: inside the chaos of the world jamboree

Scouts leaving the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree on dirt road with big backpacks
Scouts leaving the World Scout Jamboree campsite after it was evacuated as a typhoon approached. Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

As the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea descended into chaos amid scorching heat, heavy downpours and poor organisation – before finally the site was evacuated – Moa Mannerström, a 23-year-old Swedish scout unit leader, was trying to keep up her scouts’ spirits. Here is her diary.

Wednesday 3 August: ‘It was a tense start’

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