The National Scout Movement of Armenia (Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun, HASK); ( hy, Հայաստանի Ազգային Սկաուտական Շարժում, ՀՄԸՄ-ՀԱՍԿ), is the primary national

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 ...

organization of

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, and became a member of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOS ...

in 1997. The coeducational Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun has 2,303 members as of 2011.

History

Scouting in Armenia The Scout and Guide movement in Armenia is served by * Hayastani Azgayin Skautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia, member of the World A ...

was founded in 1912, then later developed abroad among the

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who had survived the genocide of 1915-1916 and among those that had fled the new

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occupation of their lands, at which point Scouting ceased to exist in Armenia. ''

Haï Ari The Association of Armenian Scouts (, ''Haï Ari'', alternately ) was the Armenian Scouting in Exile movement recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement. In 1929 the Association of Armenian Scouts, centered in Paris, was given reco ...

'' (in

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''Association des Scouts Armeniens'', in

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Association of Armenian Scouts) was a member of the

from 1928 to 1997. The organization was recognized in exile, with headquarters and approximately 1,100 members in France. In 1978, Dr.

Kourkène Medzadourian Kourkène (Georges) Medzadourian ( hy, Գուրգէն Մեծատուրեան) (July 10, 1908 - December 27, 1996) was the founder of the Haï Ari association of Armenian Scouts-in-Exile, based in France. Scouting in Armenia was founded in 1912, ...

was awarded the ''

Bronze Wolf The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Scout Committee (WSC) to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement". It is the highest honor that can be given a volunteer Scout leader in the world and it is the ...

'', the only distinction of the

, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. 1994 saw the formation of the Armenian National Scout Movement Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun. As of 2004, HASK had over 2,368 members, both male and female. In order to permit entry into the World Organization for Scouting in Armenia, the French-based Armenian Scouts withdrew membership in the World Organization, which passed to HASK on April 18, 1997. On that date, the number of national member organizations of the World Organization rose to 144. The new Armenian National Scout Movement was represented at the

18th World Scout Jamboree The 18th World Scout Jamboree (Dutch: ''18e Wereldjamboree'') was held August 1 to 11, 1995 and was hosted by the Netherlands on a polder near Biddinghuizen, Dronten community, Flevoland. 28,960 Scouts and staff members from 166 countries and ter ...

in the

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. The Scout Motto is ''Misht Badrast'', ''Always Ready'' in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

. The Armenian noun for a single Scout is Սկաուտ, transliterated Scaut. The Scout emblem incorporates the national colors as well as

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, also an element of the

coat of arms of Armenia The national coat of arms of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինանշանը, ''Hayastani zinanshan'') was adopted on April 19, 1992, by resolution of the Armenian Supreme Council. On June 15, 2006, the Armenian Parliament passed the law on t ...

References

External links

official website of HASK
{{Scouts in Exile World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Scouting and Guiding in Armenia Youth organizations established in 1912 1912 establishments in the Ottoman Empire

History

See also

References

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