The Association des Scouts du Burundi, the national
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 ...
organization of
Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...
, was founded in 1940, 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 1979. The coeducational Association des Scouts du Burundi has 104,874 members as of 2021.
The Scout program is oriented towards rural needs of the population which includes farming,
reforestation
Reforestation is the practice of restoring previously existing forests and woodlands that have been destroyed or damaged. The prior forest destruction might have happened through deforestation, clearcutting or wildfires. Three important purpose ...
, erosion control, and village health.
Program sections
*Louveteaux (
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
*Eclaireurs (Scouts) - ages 12 to 15
*Routiers (
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 19
The
Scout Motto
The Scout Motto of the Scout movement is, in English, "Be Prepared", with most international branches of the group using a close translation of that phrase. These mottoes have been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. Most of t ...
is ''Uwe Tayari'' in
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes.
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa.
* Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...
, ''Be Prepared'' in
English, ''Ube Maso'' in
Kirundi
Kirundi (), also known as Rundi, is a Bantu language and the national language of Burundi. It is mutually intelligible with Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda, and the two form parts of the Rwanda-Rundi dialect continuum spoken in Buru ...
, and ''Sois PrĂȘt'' in
French.
See also
*
Association des Guides du Burundi
The Association des Guides du Burundi (AGB, ''Guide Association of Burundi'') is the national Guiding organization of Burundi. As of 2018 there were 12,350 members. Founded in 1954, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the W ...
*
6th Africa Scout Jamboree 2012
References
External links
Association des Scouts du Burundi
World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Burundi
Youth organizations established in 1940
1940 establishments in Ruanda-Urundi
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