Myanmar Scouts Association

Myanmar Scout
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Membership	21,007
Chief of Scouts & Guides	Her Excellency Aung San Suu Kyi
Affiliation	World Organization of the Scout Movement
Website www.facebook.com/myanmarscouts
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The Myanmar Scout Association (formerly known as the Union of Burma Boy Scouts) is the national Scouting organization in Myanmar. Scouting in Myanmar was started in 1916 and disbanded in 1964 due to country's political changes; the current organization was formed in 2012 under the supervision and support of the Ministry of Education of Myanmar and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on 11 August 2016. It has about 21,007 members.^[1]

History

In Burma, organized Scouting did not survive the advent of the Japanese. Before and during the period of the invasion, Scouting was going on steadily, and in the large towns they were trained to help in air-raid precaution work, a Scouter from Burma wrote to the Chief Scout early in 1940. "Should war come our way, we cannot hope for better than we will do our part as well as the best at home are doing theirs." When the time came, the Scouts had very little chance, though they did what they could before war dispersed them. They trained well and thoroughly in all A.R.P. work, each Scout being careful to know his own area intimately. So useful were they that, as the Burmese Scouts left school, they were absorbed into the Auxiliary Fire Service, where they were allowed to wear Scout badges and scarves in addition to their A.R.P. uniform. The last gathering of Scouts, most of whom were wearing it, took place on 10 January 1942, at

Burmese Navy

.

Postwar Scouting

Union of Burma Boy Scouts
The Burmese national Scout emblem prior to disbandment-the red devices in the center are Burmese artistic form of lions. The text on the scroll reads "Scouts" (kindauk) in Burmese. After reintroducing of Scouting in Myanmar in 2012, the National Scout Council of Myanmar decided to re-use the emblem that used before the disbandment as an official branding of Myanmar Scout.
Headquarters	240-C, Upper Pazuntaung Road, Satsun Quarter, Mingalartaungnyunt Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar, 11221
Founded	1922; 1948
Defunct	1964
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Upon independence, the Union of Burma Boy Scouts was recognized in the spring of 1948. It was one of the founding National Scout Organizations of the Far East Regional Scout Conference. Because of the war and its aftermath, Scouting had almost disappeared, but former Scouters and Old Scouts made strenuous efforts to revive it.

Burma sent a representative to the 1957 Far East Scouters' Regional Pow-Wow held at

Youth program

Aside from the traditional UBBS scheme for training youth in patrols and troops, the visibility of Scouting in the urban and rural communities consisted of citywide Cleaning Week campaigns, "Safety-on-the-Road" services, and Cub Scout rallies at Rangoon's Inyale Training Center. Scouts' Day was celebrated every January 1 in Rangoon. In 1958, UBBS published the Handbook for Patrol Leaders in the Burmese language.

Adult training

The UBBS conducted a series of intensive training in the five regions of the country. In addition to the Cub Scout and Scout leaders' basic training courses, a Wood Badge course was conducted by John Thurman, Camp Chief of Gilwell Park in 1962.

Scout Motto

The Scout Motto was အစဉ်အသင့် [ʔəsʰɪ̀ɰ̃ʔəðɪ̰ɰ̃] asin athint, translated "Always Prepared".

Disbandment

Work at rebirth

According to

The motto of Myanmar scouts and girl guides is "အစဉ်အသင့်" (Always prepared) and their slogan is "ကောင်းမှုတစ်ခုနေ့စဉ်ပြု" (Do a good thing everyday). [5]

See also

• The Bharat Scouts and Guides
• Bangladesh Scouts
• Pakistan Boy Scouts Association
• Edward Michael Law-Yone

References