The Association des Scouts et Guides du Sénégal (SGdS, ''Scout and Guide Association of Senegal'') is one of
Senegal's
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...
and
Guiding organizations. Its Scout section is member of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement via the
Confédération Sénégalaise du Scoutisme
The Confédération Sénégalaise du Scoutisme, the national federation of several Scouting organizations of Senegal, was founded in 1930, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1963. The coeducational Confédé ...
. The Guide section is a direct and full member of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 1981.
The coeducational association founded in 1953 serves about 19,000 members; the Guide section has 4,093 members (as of 2003). The word "scouts" refers to boys, and the word "guides" refers to girls.
Emblems
The emblem of the Association des Scouts et Guides du Sénégal incorporates elements from the badges from Guides and the Scouts: the tree from the
coat of arms of Senegal
The coat of arms of Senegal is the heraldic device consisting of a shield charged with a lion on the left half and a baobab tree on the right, flanked by palm branches and topped with a five-pointed green star at the top.
Adopted five yea ...
, a
Fleur-de-lis on top of a
trefoil, a
cross and on the banner SGDS.
External links
official websiteofficial website Scouts du Sénégal
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Senegal
Youth organizations established in 1953
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