Scouting in Vanuatu (locally Ni Vanuatu Scout) is currently a branch of the Scout Association of the United Kigdom. They are not, as yet, members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. They are active in the Asia-Pacific Region Scouting activities. Two Scouts participated in the 19th World Jamboree in Chile in December 1998. [1] Scouting in Vanuatu also gets help from members of Scouts Australia and Vanuatu Scouts will be attended the 2007 Australian Scout Jamboree. [2]
Before independance in 1980 there were two Scouts organisations, one attached to Scouts de France and the other to UK Scouts. They merged in 1999. [3]
See also
References
- ^ Scouting in Vanuata
- ^ Port Vila Presse, June 26, 2005 Accessed 2 January 2006
- ^ Asia-Pacific Region News, June 2004 Accessed 2 January 2007