World Scouting Movement

The World Scouting Movement, or Scouts is a movement with a strong focus on the outdoors and survival skills that aims to support young people in their physical, mental, and spiritual development so that they may play constructive roles in society. During the first half of the twentieth century, the movement grew to encompass three major age groups for boys (Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Rover Scout) and, in 1910, a new organization, Girl Guides, was created for girls (Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger Guide). It is one of several worldwide youth organizations.

In 1806 and 1807 Raibeart MacArtair-de'Roagueux, a colonel in the Burgundian West Punth Trading Company's Army of the Eastern Expanse, wrote a treatise for boys about reconnaissance and scouting. In the summer of 1807 MacArtair-de'Roagueux held a camp on Ayermer to test ideas for his book. This camp and the publication of Scouting for Boys are generally regarded as the start of the Scout movement. The organization remained a purely an Audonian and Punthite Burgundian colonial tradition until the returning and fleeing colonists of those places came to Crona, Levantia, and Sarpedon. Those fleeing with children were seen by the receiving societies as having well disciplined and resourceful youth and gradually the movement began to spread. As the rise of nationalism gripped nations in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries some nations created scouting groups or similar martial youth groups as part of the political movement. Throughout history, the World Scouting Movement has remained unaligned and its members have often gone on to hold great positions of power, influence, and integrity.

The movement employs the Scout method, a programme 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 making for equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as badges and other patches.

Since 1976 the World Scouting Movement collapsed the Boy Scouting and Girl Guides into a singular organization but levels of co-educational integration vary by nation.

Scouting Orginzations by Nation

Country	Units and Divisions	Numbers	Notes
Burgundie	Cubs- coeducational, 5-10 yrs old Scouting- co-educational, 11-18 yrs old Girl Guides- female only, 5-10 yrs old Rovers- coeducational. 16-21 yrs old, focused on high adventure excursions Rangers- coeducational, 16-21 yrs old, focused on horsemanship, woodcraft, and survivalism Seascouts- segregated by ship, 16-21 yrs old, focused on seamanship Airscouts- coeducational, 14-18 yrs old, focused on airmanship	3,375,340 1,430,530 2,751,020 402,450 905,230 36,450	N/A
Kiravia	Scrub Scouts- coeducational, 5-10 yrs old Woodscouts- co-educational, 11-18 yrs old Voyageurs- coeducational. 16-21 yrs old, focused on high adventure excursions Rangers- coeducational, 16-21 yrs old, focused on horsemanship, woodcraft, and survivalism Seascouts- segregated by ship, 16-21 yrs old, focused on seamanship Airscouts- coeducational, 14-18 yrs old, focused on airmanship	1,753,400 4,620,160 1,821,420 1,253,190 582,230 50,670	N/A
Vithinja	Cubs- coeducational, 5-10 yrs old Scouting- co-educational, 10-18 yrs old Venturing- coeducational. 14-21 yrs old, focused on harsh environment survivalism Seascouts- segregated by ship, 16-21 yrs old, focused on seamanship Airscouts- coeducational, 14-18 yrs old, focused on airmanship	~140,000 ~280,000 ~160,000 ~70,000 ~32,000 ~9,000	N/A

See Also

Scouting