Emirates Scout Association
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| Emirates Scout Association | |||
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 جمعية كشافة الامارات | |||
| Country | United Arab Emirates | ||
| Founded | 1972 | ||
| Membership | 5,522 | ||
| Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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The Emirates Scout Association (
Arabic: جمعية كشافة الامارات) is the national Scouting organization of the United Arab Emirates. Scouting was founded in the United Arab Emirates in 1972 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1977. It has 5,522 members (as of 2011).[1]
Scouting was previously founded in several of the individual emirates prior to unification. Scouting was extant in
Umm al-Qiwain
prior to 1971.
The national Scout camp is at
Persian Gulf states training in Wood Badge
.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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