The "Nepal Scouts" ("नेपाल स्काउट") is the 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 ...

and Guiding organization of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, founded in Nepal in 1952. It 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 1969 and later became a member of the

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...

in 1984. The organization serves 19,952 Scouts (as of 2011) and 11,962 Guides (as of 2003).

History

In 2007, as part of the centenary of Scouting, Nepal renamed Urkema Peak in the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

Baden-Powell Peak Baden-Powell Scout Peak, formerly known as Urkema Peak, in Nepal is part of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. It is on the border with China about a hundred miles west of Mount Everest. As part of the Scouting 2007 Centenar ...

. In 2016 the Nepal Scout Flag was taken to the top of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

for the first time by Anish Luitel, the first scout from Nepal to summit Everest.

Program

Programs focus on

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hiking Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...

camping Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home, either without shelter or using basic shelter such as a tent, or a recreational vehicle. Typically, participants leave developed areas to spend time outdoors in more nat ...

nature conservation Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity. A range of values unde ...

and

community development The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists ...

. Service activities include

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campaigns,

food production The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditional, ...

, child

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and

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education. Relief operations are mobilized during

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flood A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...

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s and other

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Activities

Scout activities are organized for both boys and girls jointly; but

training Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or Physical fitness, fitness that relate to specific practicality, useful Competence (human resources), competencies. Training has specific goals of improving on ...

and other aspects of the program are conducted separately. Under the national education system,

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students pursuing the

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level are required to serve in a

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for a year. These students are given an

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that includes Scout training.

National jamborees

The first national jamboree of the Nepal Scouts was organized in 1987 at

Kirtipur Kirtipur (Nepal Bhasa: किपू ''Kipoo'') is a Municipality and an ancient city of Nepal. The Newars are the natives of Kipoo (Kirtipur) that is believed to be derived from Kirati King Yalamber. It is located in the Kathmandu Valley 5 km ...

. The second national jamboree was organized in 2013 at Tikauli of

Chitwan Chitwan District (, , ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers . In 2011 it had a population of 579 ...

District (after almost 26 years) and was themed Peace and Harmony.. The Third National Scout Jamboree was held on May 30 to 4 June, 2018 at Kakani International Scouts Center, Nuwakot.

Training centres

Panaromic view otf Nepal Scout National Traning Center Sundarijal2

The Nepal Scouts has its National Training Center at

Sundarijal Sundarijal is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. History The name Sundarijal was derived from the term that "Sundari" means ...

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. The International training center is situated at

Kakani Kakani is a Gaunpalika and former village development committee in Nuwakot District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, the Kakani village development committee administered a population of 7816 living in ...

Nuwakot District Nuwakot District ( ne, नुवाकोट जिल्ला, a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Bidur as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 288,4 ...

. *Rovers/Ranger: Ages 16 to 25

Scout Mottoes

*Cubs: सक्दो कोशिस गर ''Sakdo Kosis Gara'' (Do Your Best) *Scouts: तयार होऊ ''Tayar Hou'' (Be Prepared) *Rovers: सेवा ''Sewa'' (Service)

Emblem

The membership badge of the Nepal Scouts incorporates elements of the

flag of Nepal The national flag of Nepal ( ne, नेपालको झण्डा) is the world's only non-rectangular flag that acts as both the state flag and civil flag of a sovereign country. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennon ...

, and both the

trefoil A trefoil () is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture and Christian symbolism, among other areas. The term is also applied to other symbols with a threefold shape. A similar shape with four rin ...

to represent the girls and the

fleur-de-lis The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a lily (in French, and mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively) that is used as a decorative design or symbol. The fleur-de-lis has been used in the ...

to represent the boys, as well as the founding date in both Western and Nepali calendars. The highest rank in scout level is 'King's Badge" however, after revolution it is now the '' Everest Badge''.

International Scouting units in Nepal

Nepal has active expatriate Scout groups, including the American Boy Scouts in

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, the

Direct Service There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils and the Dir ...

Pack, and Troop 900. These are sponsored by the Lincoln School and linked to the Direct Service branch of the

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, which supports units around the world.

References

{{WAGGGS, asia Child-related organisations in Nepal World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Scouting in Nepal Youth organizations established in 1952 1952 establishments in Nepal