Roles of Scout in Nepal

Scout

The Scout Association is the world's largest social service organization which was founded in England in 1907 A.D. It was founded by Baden Powell who was a British army officer. During a war, that was going on in South Africa, he was in charge of protecting the city of Mafeking. In spite of being ill and lacking food and medicines for weeks, he fought bravely. The British troops were badly suffered from starvation, illness and fierce attacks by enemies. While fighting in the war, Powell took an interest in poor and underprivileged British children. He gathered the children who were roamed on the street drinking and passing their days without any benefits. He wanted to encourage them towards the sense of leadership, responsibility, and nationality. He gathered such youths and trained them. In 1907 A.D. he founded the scout of 20 boys selecting from different castes and classes. In 1908 A.D. scouts with girl guides were formed in many countries. In some countries, there are traditions of calling girl scouts in guides. In Nepal, girls, as well as boys, were called scouts. Logo of the scout is an emblem.

The main motto of SCOUT is to be prepared which means to be ready to provide services to the needy people who are affected by war, conflict etc. Scout was established in 2009 BS in Nepal. The government of Nepal passed the scout law in 2050 B.S. Now it is working throughout the country. The meaning and its logo reflect duty to do good deeds for the country and its people. The uniform and its scarf are different from on country to another. In Nepal, the boys were dark brown pants and brown shirts and girls wear green frock or sari but the scarf differs according to their company.

Scout activities in Nepal:

1) Scout is actively working to control the crowds of people during various cultural, religious and social and national celebrations.

2) It also manages drinking water during various cultural, religious and social national celebrations.

3) It conducts various programs like plantation, sanitation, and various environment protection plan.

4) It provides first aid to the people who are injured or wounded in the natural calamities like earthquake, flood, landslide, fire and accident.

5) It provides various skill training to the youths and adults to develop their personal skills and make them self-reliant by developing their leadership skills.

6) It brings out awareness programs on various social, religious, cultural, economic issues as health, education, employment opportunities etc.