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Africa Scout Jamboree
The Africa Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement has run or sponsored region-wide Africa Scout Jamborees in its member countries. List of Africa Scout Jamborees The 6th Africa Scout Jamboree (or Africa Jamboree 2012) took place at Bungere, Gitega Province, Burundi from July 28 to August 6, 2012. The theme was ''Scouting for a positive change''. The Jamboree was hosted by the Burundi Scout Association. Almost all African countries took part, together with six European countries. Africa Rover Moot The 1st "Africa Rover Moot", hosted by the Kenya Scouts Association The Kenya Scouts Association is the national Scouting association of Kenya. Scouting was founded in British East Africa in 1910 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1964. It has 323,929 members (as of 2010). Hi ..., is scheduled to take place in April 2023. External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20130601064331/http://scout.org/en/around_the_world/afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Scout Region (World Organization Of The Scout Movement)
The Africa Scout Region is the divisional office of the World Scout Bureau of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with satellite offices in Cape Town, South Africa, and Dakar, Senegal. The Africa Region services Scouting in Sub-Saharan Africa and neighboring islands that are recognized members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Currently, the region has 39 member National Scout Associations/Organizations and 11 potential members. There are about one million registered Scouts in Africa, though it is suspected that there are about twice that number in the region. The large nations of Mali, Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic, and several smaller nations, are not yet WOSM members, for various reasons. This region is the counterpart of the Africa Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). History On 13 March 1963, Scout leaders from around the region met for the first time in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |