Sahraoui Scout Association
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Scouting
exists in Western Sahara
both as part of the Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain
as well as independent groups.
The Scout Motto is Kun Musta'idan or كن مستعدين, translating as Be Prepared in Arabic. The noun for a single Scout is Kashaf or كشاف in Arabic.
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
exists in Western Sahara
Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...
both as part of the Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain
Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain
The Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain is the national federation of several Scouting organizations of Morocco. It was founded in 1933, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1961...
as well as independent groups.
- Scouting (Scouts de Sahara ) is being developed in El AaiúnEl AaiúnEl-Aaiún , is a city in Western Sahara founded by the Spanish in 1928. Administered by Morocco since 1976, El-Aaiún is the capital of what the Moroccan government call the region of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, and POLISARIO call Occupied Territories...
with the assistance of ScoutsScouting in SpainThe Scout Movement in Spain consists of about 30 independent associations, most of them active on the regional level. Due to the regionalisation of Spain, even the larger nationwide associations are divided into regional sub-associations with individual emblems, uniforms and Scout...
from the Association of Scouts of the Canary IslandsFederación de Escultismo en EspañaSpain has 53,184 Scouts served by Federación de Escultismo en España , a federation of several organizations...
. - Spanish Scouts have established contacts with the Moroccan Scoutisme Hassania Marocain, a member of the Fédération Nationale du Scoutisme Marocain. http://www.msccanarias.org/noticias/visita-saharaui-a-los-scouts-catolicos-de-canarias, http://www.msccanarias.org/noticias/la-luz-de-la-paz-de-belen-en-el-sahara
- The Youth Union of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de OroYouth Union of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de OroSahrawi Youth Union, also known as UJSARIO , is the youth organization of the Polisario Front.-Organization:...
has decided to start a Scout movement, but it is unclear if any groups exist: http://www.arso.org/01-f96-42.htm, http://saharainfo4.free.fr/pdf/sahara_info130.pdf. This movement is collaborating with the Organización Juvenil Española, a Spanish Scout-like organization http://www.ojeburgos.org/ladrilloaladrillo/shukran.htm. - Saharan Scouts are also purported to exist in the refugee campRefugee campA refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands of people may live in any one single camp. Usually they are built and run by a government, the United Nations, or international organizations, or NGOs.Refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu...
s of TindoufTindoufTindouf is the main town in Tindouf Province, Algeria, close to the Mauritanian and Moroccan borders. The region is considered of strategic significance, and it houses Algerian military bases. Since 1975, it also contains several Sahrawi refugee camps operated by the Polisario Front a guerrilla...
, AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. The embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicSahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a partially recognised state that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about...
in Algeria uses "Movimiento de Exploradores saharaui" and translates this as "Scouts" http://www.ambrasd.org/ES/infos/2006/abril/140406.htm. . - Les Guides de FranceScouts et Guides de FranceScouts et Guides de France is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France and the Scouts de France...
, the FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Girl Guiding movement, organized an international forum in 2001 about the major problems in society and today's world. Alongside the ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, WelshWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, and PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
delegations, and associated organizations including the Comité catholique contre la faim et pour le développementComité catholique contre la faim et pour le développementThe Comité catholique contre la faim et pour le développement [Catholic committee against hunger and for development) is a Catholic humanitarian-aid non-governmental organisation.-External links:More information*...
, Khadija Hamdi, Saharawi parliamentarian in charge of information and culture in the National Union of Sahrawi WomenNational Union of Sahrawi WomenUNMS, Spanish abbreviation for Union Nacional de Mujeres Saharauis is the women's wing of the Polisario Front...
, as well as Régine Villemont, general secretary of the French Association of Friends of SADR, took part in leading a discussion on peace. The Guides de France from Aix en Provence welcomed a group of eleven Saharawi children in 2001." http://www.arso.org/01-e01-29.htm
The Scout Motto is Kun Musta'idan or كن مستعدين, translating as Be Prepared in Arabic. The noun for a single Scout is Kashaf or كشاف in Arabic.