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District Commissioner Amil Abeysundara Organising Commissioner Supun Jayalath The annual flagship event of Colombo Scouts which will be held for the 55th time from 23 to 29 December will the first of its kind in Sri Lanka. The 55th Colombo Camporee 2020 will be held as a fully-virtual multi-day event with a participation of over 4,500 Singithi, Cub, Junior, Senior and Rover Scouts as well as leaders. Cub Scout Mohamed Farzan Mohamed Ammar of 11th Colombo Scout Group who is one of the 10 students that scored 200/200 in the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam 2020 has been named as the Brand Ambassador for the event. Colombo Camporee which is the flagship event of Colombo Scouts, is one of the most iconic events in Sri Lankan Scouting history which is rooted with rich Scouting traditions. It is in this backdrop that the Colombo District Branch of Sri Lanka Scout Association has decided to organise the 55th Colombo Camporee 2020 in the form a fully virtual Camporee from 23-29 December, given the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This Camporee will go down in history as the first-ever district or national level fully-virtual Scout Camp.