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Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches.

In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (renamed to Girl Scouts in some countries) was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as Wolf Cubs (1916), now Cubs, and for older adolescents, such as Rovers (1918), were adopted by some Scout organizations. In 1910, Baden-Powell formed the Girl Guides, for girls in the United Kingdom which spread internationally as Girl Guides and includes age programs of (Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger Guide).

In 2007, Scouting and Guiding together had over 38 million members in 216 countries. International umbrella organizations include:

World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), for boys-only and co-educational organizations
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), primarily for girls-only organizations but also accepting co-educational organizations
World Federation of Independent Scouts
World Organization of Independent Scouts
Order of World Scouts
International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe
Confederation of European Scouts (Full article...)

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The Scouting 2007 Centenary comprised celebrations around the world in which Scouts celebrated 100 years of the world Scout movement. The original celebrations were focused on the United Kingdom, such as the camp on Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting, and the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex.

National Scout movements added extra celebrations in amongst the international ones, including the Australian Scout Jamboree held 1–13 January 2007 at Elmore, Victoria, Australia, and KanderJam at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland. (Full article...)

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Image 1Wood Badge beads and neckerchief. Wood Badge is the premier Boy Scout adult leader training course. A holder of the Wood Badge is a leader highly trained and dedicated Scout leader.
Image 2Boy Scouts of America uniform circa 1917-1918
Image 3Cub Scouts of Hong Kong at Scout Rally having fun, Nov 2005
Image 4A Czech Scout camp at 19th World Scout Jamboree 1999
Image 5The 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot - Prambanan Temple-Yogyakarta July 8-17 2003
Image 6American Boy Scouts at summer camp in 2002. In the front row, the first three boys have made Eagle Scout and the 4th is one requirement away.
Image 7Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917
Image 8Sioux: Ohiyesa, (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.
Image 9Young future U.S. President Eagle Scout Gerald Ford, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August, 1929
Image 10Scouts camping at the hallowed ground of Scouting, Gilwell Park, England in the summer of 2006
Image 11The first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
Image 121996 World Rover Moot
Image 13Boy Scouts canoeing on the Blackwater River, Virginia
Image 14Sculpture erected in 1982 to commemorate the 1979 Jamboree at Perry Lakes Western Australia and 75 years of Scouts.
Image 15Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏) was a Chinese Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai.
Image 16Frederick Russell Burnham one of biggest influences on the founding of Scouting.
Image 17Portuguese Girl Scouts at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Jul 28, 2007, England
Image 18Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell
Image 19Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
Image 20Scouts in Virginia, USA having fun, like Scouts from all over the world do outdoors
Image 21This postage stamp was issued in 1978 to celebrate 50 years of Girl Guiding in the Faroe Isles. This year will mark their 80th anniversary.
Image 22Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising
Image 23Lovely sunrise at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico
Image 24Baden-Powell grave
Image 25Mafeking Cadets, one of the many inspirations of the Scouting Movement
Image 26Preparing the pancakes before the arrival of the children for the evening dinner during the summer camp of the Dutch Student Rover crew Delftsche Zwervers for children in special education. Because pancakes are considered to be a feast meal for children, this is served on the last evening dinner of this camp.
Image 27Girl Scouts in the Central African Republic
Image 28Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A 5-day Boy Scout Camp on the bank of the Mississippi River was composed of nearly a hundred boys from the Rohwer Center, a few less form the Jerome Center, together with a small troop from the nearby town of Arkansas City.
Image 29Scouting friends from around the world at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Aug 01, 2007, England
Image 30Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts
Image 31Scout councils (Boy Scouts of America)
Image 32The Tooth of Time, a landmark at Philmont Scout Ranch
Image 33First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands, July 1923
Image 34B-P's footprint
Image 35A happy Cub Scout holds a winning pine car
Image 36British Guiana Scout leaders, April 1954

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... that Olave Baden-Powell was Scoutmaster for the 1st Ewhurst Scout troop and at their first meeting they used the Union Jack that had flown over besieged Mafeking?
...that in 1980, the British TV programme Jim'll Fix It, arranged for a group of Cubs to eat their lunch on a rollercoater, with hilarious results. It became one of the most requested clips on British TV. In 2007, the same people, now adults, went back and remade the clip!
...that Scouting for Boys was the fourth bestselling book of the 20th century?
...that Scouts in Hawaii helped re-introduce the endangered Nene into the Haleakala National Park by carrying young birds into the Haleakala Crater in their backpacks?
...that EuroJam 2005 set the world record for the largest single internet order to a supermarket?

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Portrait of Agnes Baden-Powell

Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement. (Full article...)

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Movement	Scouting Scouting for Boys Scouting Round the World Scout method Scout Law Scout Promise Scout Motto Wood Badge Girl Guides Jamboree World Scout Jamboree World Scout Moot Scout Leader Non-aligned organisations Scouting controversy and conflict Traditional Scouting Scouting in popular culture List of Scouts List of highest awards in Scouting
Sections	Age groups in Scouting and Guiding Beavers Cub Scout Scout Venture Scout Rover Scout Rainbow Guides Brownie Guides Girl Guides Ranger Guides Air Scouts Extension Scouting Lone Scouts Lone Guides Sea Scout
Pioneers	Robert Baden-Powell Olave Baden-Powell Agnes Baden-Powell Daniel Carter Beard Frederick Russell Burnham Lawrie Dring Charles Eastman Bear Grylls William Hillcourt László Nagy Ernest Thompson Seton Jacques Sevin Francis Fletcher-Vane J. S. Wilson
Places	Baden-Powell House Brownsea Island Edith Macy Conference Center Foxlease Gilwell Park Kandersteg Pax Hill Philmont Scouting memorials Baden-Powell grave Scouting museums WAGGGS World Centres Kusafiri Nuestra Cabaña Our Chalet Pax Lodge Sangam
International organisations	Confederation of European Scouts International Catholic Conference of Scouting International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe International Scout and Guide Fellowship Order of World Scouts World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World Federation of Independent Scouts World Organization of Independent Scouts World Organization of the Scout Movement
Other	B-P's footprint Ging Gang Goolie International Scouting Collectors Association Oldest Scout groups Outdoor education Leave No Trace Religion in Scouting Scout handshake Scout prayers Scout sign and salute Scout Spirit Scouting memorabilia collecting The Handbook for Girl Guides The Hackney Scout Song Book The Jungle Book and Scouting The Wolf Cub's Handbook SPICES A Boy Scout Around the World World Scout Emblem
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Scouting and Guiding in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini (Swaziland) Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands Ceuta /Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte /Réunion (France) Puntland St. Helena (UK) Socotra (Yemen) Somaliland Western Sahara Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Italics indicate an unrecognised or partially recognised country.

Scouting and Guiding in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia¹ Azerbaijan¹ Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China, Republic of China, People's Republic of Cyprus¹ East Timor² Egypt¹ Georgia¹ India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan¹ North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia¹ Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey¹ Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Dependencies and other territories	Aceh Adjara¹ Abkhazia¹ Akrotiri and Dhekelia Altai Artsakh¹ British Indian Ocean Territory Buryatia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Guangxi Hong Kong Inner Mongolia Iraqi Kurdistan Jakarta Khakassia Macau Nakhchivan Ningxia Northern Cyprus Palestine Papua Sakha South Ossetia¹ Tibet Tuva West Papua Xinjiang Yogyakarta
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country. ¹ Also included within another continent.

Scouting and Guiding in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia¹ Austria Azerbaijan² Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus¹ Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia² Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Kazakhstan³ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia³ San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey³ Ukraine United Kingdom
Dependencies and other territories	Abkhazia² Adjara¹ Adygea Akrotiri and Dhekelia Åland Artsakh¹ Azores Bashkortostan Catalonia Chechnya Chuvashia Crimea Dagestan Faroe Islands Gagauzia Gibraltar Guernsey Ingushetia Jan Mayen Jersey Kabardino-Balkaria Kalmykia Karachay-Cherkessia Republic of Karelia Komi Republic Kosovo Madeira Isle of Man Mari El Mordovia Nakhchivan¹ North Ossetia-Alania Northern Cyprus¹ South Ossetia² Svalbard Tatarstan Transnistria Udmurtia Vojvodina
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country. ¹ Entirely in Asia, but historically considered European. ² Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions. ³ Has the majority of its territory in Asia

Scouting and Guiding in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Navassa Island Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

Scouting and Guiding in Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Cook Islands East Timor Fiji Indonesia Kiribati Papua New Guinea Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

Scouting and Guiding in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama¹ Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago¹ Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies	Aruba¹ / Netherlands Antilles¹ (Netherlands) Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) ² / French Guiana (France)
¹Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of North America and/or Central America. ² Territories also in or commonly considered to be in Antarctica.

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