The Kiribati Scout Association (

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:''Tikauti ni Kiribati'') is the national

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organization of

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. It was founded in 1993, and the island nation joined the

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in the same year. With its close link with

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since 1986, Kiribati Scouts have been represented in international Scout events and leader training courses. Membership in 2002 stood at 1,333.

History

Scouting in Kiribati was first introduced in 1914, when the country was known as the

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. Scouting operated as branch of

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(UK) in the early years. The Gilbert and Ellice Scout Association was founded in 1927, and joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1933. After the Japanese occupation during

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, a British Scoutmaster working with local Scouts was imprisoned and killed. The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were separated administratively in the 1970s to become the independent Commonwealth nations of Kiribati and

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, and their Scouting movements took different paths.

Program

The highest rank is the ''President's Award'', a title common to ranks in other nations. The membership badge of the Kiribati Scout Association features a green

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References

{{WOSM, asia Scouting and Guiding in Kiribati World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Youth organizations established in 1993

History

Program

See also

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