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Bhutan Scouts Association
	; འབྲུག་ཨིསི་ཀའུཊ་ཚོགས་པ་
Country	Bhutan
Founded	1970
Membership	19,562
President	Sangay Ngedup
Chief Commissioner	Dasho Sonam Tobgay Dorji
Affiliation	World Organization of the Scout Movement
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Scouting was introduced in Bhutan in 1970. In July 1999, the Bhutan Scout Tshogpa, (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཨིསི་ཀའུཊ་ཚོགས་པ་) the coeducational Bhutan Scouts Association, was welcomed as a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement at the 35th World Scout Conference in Durban, South Africa. Membership stood at 19,562 as of 2008.^[1]

The backdrop of the Himalayas makes Bhutan ideal for Scouting. Since 1995, Unit Leader Training courses were organized by the World Scout Bureau-Asia-Pacific Region with the assistance of the Bharat Scouts and Guides, Bangladesh Scouts, Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, the Scout Association of Japan, and the Canadian Scout Brotherhood Fund.

Scouts from Bhutan participated in the 1998 World Jamboree in Chile, in the 20th World Scout Jamboree in Thailand and in the 21st World Scout Jamboree in the United Kingdom.

The remote kingdom hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional First South Asia Foundation-Scout Friendship Camp from February 21 to 26, 2002, in which hundreds of Scouts and Leaders in the districts of Thimphu, Punakha and Wangdue participated. "Regional Cooperation" was the theme of the camp, in which 550 girls and boys from all South Asian countries participated.

The first National Jamboree was held from January 31 to February 6, 2007. [1]

In November 2008 the Scouts helped to prepare the Coronation Celebrations, cleaning the streets of the capital.^[2]

The membership badge of Bhutan Scout Tshogpa incorporates the color scheme of the flag of Bhutan, and the fleur-de-lis is wrapped in a khata, the traditional ceremonial scarf. The Scout Motto in Dzongkha is གྲ་འགྲིག་འབད་ གྲ་འགྲིག་འབད་, pronounced Dra drig Bay.

[edit] Leadership

President of Bhutan Scout Association Sangay Ngedup
outgoing Chief Commissioner Mr. Kinley Dorji
incoming Chief Commissioner Dasho Sonam Tobgay Dorji

[edit] See also

World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood

[edit] References

^ "Triennial Report 2005-2008". World Organization of the Scout Movement. http://scout.org/en/content/download/11615/94838/file/Triennial_Report_EN.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
^ Heike Schmoll (November 5, 2008). "Bruttosozialglück im Himalaja" (in German-). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

[WOSM-TR_05-08-0] "Triennial Report 2005-2008". World Organization of the Scout Movement. http://scout.org/en/content/download/11615/94838/file/Triennial_Report_EN.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-13.

[1] Heike Schmoll (November 5, 2008). "Bruttosozialglück im Himalaja" (in German-). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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