Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association
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[[Image:Vanuatub.jpg|thumb|The membership badge of the Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association features an [[outrigger canoe]], a symbol in use since the [[New Hebrides]] were a colonial branch of [[The Scout Association|British Scouting]].]]
'''Scouting in Vanuatu''' ([[Bislama]]:'''''Skots Blong Vanuatu''''') is recognised by WOSM currently a branch of [[the Scout Association]] of the [[United Kingdom]] covering the Republic of [[Vanuatu]] however it is a fully incorporated Non Government Organisation since 1999. They are not, as yet, members of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]](WOSM).
They are active in the [[Asia-Pacific Region]] [[Scouting]] activities. Two Scouts participated in the 19th [[World Jamboree]] in [[Chile]] in [[December 1998]]. <ref> [http://n2zgu.50megs.com/VANU.htm Scouting in Vanuatu] </ref> Scouting in Vanuatu also gets help from members of [[Scouts Australia]] and Vanuatu Scouts attended the 2007 [[Australian Scout Jamboree]]. <ref> [http://www.news.vu/en/living/community/050627-australian-scouts-visit-vanuatu.shtml Port Vila Presse, June 26, 2005] Accessed 2 January 2006 </ref>
Before [[independence]] in 1980 there were two [[Scouting|Scout]] organisations, one attached to [[Scouts de France]] and the other to the UK Scout Association. They merged in 1999. <ref> [http://www.apr.scout.or.jp/publications/2004inbox/June%20INBOX.htm Asia-Pacific Region News, June 2004] Accessed 2 January 2007 </ref> Before Vanuatu Independence both the French colonial administration and the British colonial administration both supported Scouting Organisations. After independence the Vanuatu Scout Organisations struggled to integrate them selves into a national movement until 1999. Even though the NSW Branch of the Australian Scout Association had spent 20 years assisting the Vanuatu Scout Organisations to achieve a national movement by 1999 there was only one active scout group. In 1999 Norvan Vogt a Rover Scout from Queanbeyan Rovers, who was deployed with the [[Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development]] , was able to register the organisation establish a national HQ and run a series of training activities. This proved to be the catalyst for a sustained period of growth for scouting in Vanuatu. Currently there are four active scout groups in Vanuatu with over 200 youth members.
The [[Scout Motto]] is ''Sois PrĂȘt'' (Be Prepared) in French.
==See also==
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*[[Vanuatu Girl Guides Association]]
==References==
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