The Fédération Gabonaise du Scoutisme, the national federation of several

Scouting Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

organizations of

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

, was founded under

French Equatorial Africa French Equatorial Africa (, or AEF) was a federation of French colonial territories in Equatorial Africa which consisted of Gabon, French Congo, Ubangi-Shari, and Chad. It existed from 1910 to 1958 and its administration was based in Brazzav ...

in 1936, although Scouting appeared years before brought by colonists, and became a member of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

in 1971. The coeducational Fédération Gabonaise du Scoutisme has 3,809 members as of 2008. There are three Scout Associations that make up the Scout Federation. They are ''Scouts et Guides Catholiques du Gabon'' (Catholic Scouts and Guides of Gabon), ''Eclaireuses-Eclaireurs du Gabon'' (Scouts and Guides of Gabon) and ''Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses Unionistes du Gabon'' (Protestant Scouts and Guides of Gabon). Scouting in Gabon is involved in public service in cooperation with sports and cultural organizations.

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campaigns have been carried out as well as projects to improve some public areas.

Program sections

Cub Scouts Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with some Scouting, Scout organizations, for young children, usually between 8 and 12, who are too young to be Scouts and make the Scout Promise. A participant in the program is called a Cub and a gro ...

- ages 7 to 11 * Scouts - ages 12 to 15 *

Rover Scouts Rovers or Rovering is a programme associated with some Scout organizations for adults, originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom in 1918 to provide a programme for young men who had grown up beyond the age range of the Boy ...

- ages 16 to 20 The

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is ''Toujours Prêt'', ''Always Ready'' in

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References

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