Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides
Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides | |||
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Headquarters | Cairo | ||
Country | Egypt | ||
Membership | 172,000 | ||
President | Abdelmalak Alzainy | ||
Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website http://www.egyptscouts.com/ | |||
The Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides (EFSGG,
History
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The first Scout group was founded in Alexandria, brought to Egypt by the British during their occupation.[3]
In 1965, Hafez was awarded the
Structure and program
Most Scout troops are associated with schools, clubs, mosques and churches. Rover units are associated with high schools and universities. Egyptian Scouts play an important role in community service. They are involved in projects of
Scouts are offered vocational training and the skills needed to help develop communities. Scouts learn the importance of planting trees where firewood is scarce, building energy efficient stoves and making good use of their skills of carpentry, electricity and plumbing.
The EFSGG has four central associations:
- Boy Scouts
- Sea Scouts
- Air Scouts
- Girl Guides - Gamiet Morshidat Gomhoriet Misr al Arabiah
Each of these central associations has a correspondent regional association in the 26
- The Girl Guides association has three age divisions:
- Brownies
- Girl Guides
- Rovers
The Cairo International Scout Center is a lavish six-floor building next to Cairo International Stadium that welcomes all Scouts, nonScout organizations and individual guests. The home of the Arab Scout Region, it hosts both conference areas and hostel quarters. In addition, Egypt has a national Scout center, El-Seleen.
The Scout Motto is Kun Musta'idan or كن مستعداً, translating as Be Prepared in Arabic. The noun for a single Scout is Kashaf or كشاف in Arabic.
The Scout emblem incorporates elements of each of the four central associations, as well as a lotus.
Emblems
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The Egyptian Boy Scout emblem incorporates thesacred blue lotus
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The Scouts Wadi el Nil from the 1930s forEgyptian hieroglyphiccharacter that read "life"
International Scouting units in Egypt
In addition, there are American Boy Scouts in
References
- ^ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 86, 194, 275
- ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 86, 194, 275