The

Scout Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement **Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom **Scouts BSA, sectio ...

and

Guide A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom. Travel and recreation Expl ...

movement in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

is served by the Sri Lanka Scout Association and the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association.

Sri Lanka Scout Association

The Sri Lanka Scout Association ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය; ta, இலங்கைச் சாரணர் சங்கம்), 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 ...

organization of

, was founded in 1912, 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 1953. The coeducational Sri Lanka Scout Association has 36,297 members as of 2011.

Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association

The Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association (SLGGA, ''Lanka Baladhakshika Samajaya'') (In Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා බාළදක්ෂිකා සංගමය, in

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

:இலங்கைப் மகளீர் சாரணர்க் கழகம்) is the national Guiding organization of

. It serves 37,057 members (as at 01/01/2007) (23,133 in 2003 and 16,656 in 1999). Founded in 1917, the girls-only organization became a full 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 1951.

References

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Sri Lanka Scout Association

Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association

See also

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