Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland)
- Scouting Association of the Republic (Poland)
Infobox WorldScouting
name = Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej
image-size = 140px
caption = The Scouting Association of The Republic of Poland
type = organization
headquarters = Leadership Office and Main Headquarters
location = Warszawa
country = Poland
f-date =
founder =
members =
chiefscouttitle = Chairman
chiefscout =
website = http://www.zhr.pl
affiliation =
Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej ("Scouting Association of the Republic", ZHR) is a Polish Scouting organization founded on February 25, 1989. It is not recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement or by World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts because the world organizations only accept one member association per nation. At present, Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej is an associate member of the Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme, and has over 15,000 members.
History
"For Polish Scout history prior to 1989, please see History of the Scout movement in Poland"
Organization
As far as program and organization are concerned, the Association is divided into Girl Guide and Boy Scout Organizations which involve:
* Cub scouts (8-11 years old)
* Boy and Girl Scouts (12-15 years old)
* Boy and Girl Wanderers (16-18 years old)
* Senior Boy and Girl Scouts (over 18).
ZHR is divided into 13 Districts. Each District consists of a girl scout company and a boy scout company. The companies consists of troops which consist of squads.
ee also
* Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego
External links
* [http://www.zhr.pl/ official homepage] (Polish, English)
* [http://en.zhr.pl/ official English homepage]
* [http://www.harcerki.zhr.pl/ Girl Scouts homepage] (Polish)
* [http://www.harcerze.zhr.pl/ Boy Scouts homepage] (Polish)
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