- Association des Scouts du Niger
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country =Niger
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f-date =1993
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members =3,701
chiefscouttitle =Chief Commissioner
chiefscout =Oumar Yazi
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website = [http://scout-niger.org/ scout-niger.org]
affiliation =World Organization of the Scout Movement
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prev =The Association des Scouts du Niger (in
Hausa language "Iskutun Niger" andZarma language "Nizer Skutey") is the nationalScouting organization ofNiger . It was founded in 1993 and became a member of theWorld Organization of the Scout Movement in 1996. The coeducational Association des Scouts du Niger has 3,701 members as of 2008.cite web |title=Triennial Report 2005-2008 |url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/11615/94838/file/Triennial_Report_EN.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |accessdate=2008-07-13]History
Scouting in Niger was started in 1947 under the auspices of French Scouting. The mouvement was disbanded by the military regime in the 1970s. In 1993, the
Roman Catholic Church and the National Directory for the Youth restarted Scouting, supported by theScouts de France . The Association became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1996.cite news | author = Olivia Marsaud | title = Les jeunes Nigériens se retrouvent chez les scouts | url = http://www.afrik.com/article3106.html | publisher = Afrik.com | accessdate = 2008-08-18 | language = French ]Program
Activities
Scouts in Niger are active in the
Africa Region and attend many International Scout camps and Jamborees with their African neighbors. One Scout attended the 19thWorld Scout Jamboree inChile in 1998 as part of theWest Africa contingent.Faced with the
2005-06 Niger food crisis , in May 2005, the government of Niger issued a call for national and international solidarity in a bid to offer help to nearly 3.6 million in distress. In order to participate in the national solidarity efforts, the Association des Scouts du Niger appealed to the international Scout fraternity, through a project dubbed "Scouts du Niger contre la faim" (Scouts of Niger Against Hunger), funded byFédération Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg . In addition,UNFPA had recourse to the Scouts of Niger for the implementation of a project offood distribution to pregnant andbreastfeeding women in theAgadez andZinder areas. According to the Chief Commissioner, Yazi Oumarou, with the support from Guides et Scouts du Luxembourg,food (sorghum andmillet ) was bought and stored to be resold at an affordable price, to the population of the catchment area. Scouts were involved ingardening in plots with access to water, that were given out by the local authorities. Afterharvest ing, Scouts sold the produce to their communities.ections
The association is divided in three sections according to age:
* Louveteaux (Cub Scout s) - ages 8 to 12
* Eclaireurs (Scouts - ages 13 to 17
* Routiers (Rover Scout s) - ages 18 to 25.Ideals
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Scout Motto is "Sois Prêt" in French.ee also
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Scouting in Niger References
External links
* [http://scout-niger.org/ Official website]
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