Scouting in Lithuania

Scouting (and Guiding) in Lithuania consist of a number of different organizations, some of them connected to international bodies. Besides open associations, there are also some for the national minorities living in Lithuania, as well as Girl Scouts of the USA.

Lithuanian organizations

Lithuanian Scout organizations include [http://akademikai.lt/~jonis/LSO/lt.skautu.org.htm accessed on May 25, 2006] (membership numbers from [http://akademikai.lt/~jonis/LSO/lt.skautu.org2.htm accessed on May 25, 2006] )
* Lietuvos Skautija (LS), member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, registered in 1996, 3,000 members
* Lietuvos skaučių seserija, associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, restarted in 1989, 1,300 members
* "Lietuvos jaunųjų krikščionių sąjungos skautai ir skautės" (LJKSSS), YMCA and YWCA Scouts and Guides, registered in 1996, 130 members
* "Lietuvos jūrų skautija" (LJS), Lithuanian Sea Scouts, registered in 2001, 600 members
* "Lietuvos lenkų harcerių (skautų) sąjunga" (LLHS), connected to Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, aimed at ethnic Poles, restarted in 1989, 400 members
* "Lietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija" (LNESA), belonging to the UIGSE, founded in 1992, 300 members
* Lietuvos skautų sąjunga (LSS), restarted in 1989, 1,000 members
* "Visagino skautų organizacija" (VSO), connected to LS and to ORYuR, aimed at ethnic Russians, founded in 1992, 300 members (50 active)
* "Žalieji Nemunaičio skautai" (ŽNS)
* "Žemaitijos skautų organizacija" (ŽSO), belonging to the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS), founded in 2002, 150 members

Alumni organizations

Alumni organizations include
* "Lietuvos suaugusių skautų bendrija" (LSSB) for former Scouts and Guides, member of ISGF, founded in 1992, 50 members
* "Studentų skautų korporacija „Vytis”, Akademinė skaučių draugovė ir Skautų filisterių sąjunga" (Korp!Vytis, ASD ir SFS), an academic corporation of Scouts and Guides, restarted in 1989, 200 members

Lithuanian Scouts-in-exile

The association "Lietuviu Skautų Sąjunga" was formed after World War II and serves the Lituanian communities abroad. As of 2008, there wher active units in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Most of these units were also members of the respective National Scout Organization within WOSM.

International Scout units in Lithuania

In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in Vilnius, serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in New York.

Emblems

ee also

*Lithuanian Riflemen's Union

References

External links

* [http://www.skauting.sitecity.ru/ Lietuvos jaunųjų krikščionių sąjungos skautai ir skautės]
* [http://dhost.info/linas/ Lietuvos jūrų skautija]
* [http://www.lnesa.projektas.lt/ Lietuvos Nacionalinė Europos Skautų Asociacija]
* [http://www.akademikai.lt/ Studentų skautų korporacija „Vytis”]
* [http://scouts.tts.lt/ Visagino skautų organizacija]
* [http://www.skautai.org/ Lietuviu Skautų Sąjunga] - Lithuanian Scouts-in-exile