Scouting in Poland

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Scouting in Poland

Major associations ZHP ZHR SHK Zawisza Stowarzyszenie Harcerskie History Mury Szare Szeregi Personnel ZHP Presidents ZHP Chief Scouts Scout Instructors Scouts and Guides Rank insignia Awards and decorations Other Anthem Krzyż Harcerski Terminology

The Scouting and Guiding movement in Poland consists of about twelve independent organizations with an overall membership of 190,000 Scouts and Guides.

Contents 1 Scouting organizations 2 Polish Scouting abroad 3 International Scouting units in Poland 4 Emblems 5 Sources 6 See also

[edit] Scouting organizations

• Federacja Drużyn im. Cichociemnych
• Harcerski Ruch Ochrony Środowiska
• Harcerstwo Polskie
• Krąg "Leśna Szkółka - Drzewo Pokoju", member of the Order of World Scouts
• Organizacja Harcerska "Rodło"
• Plast-Ukrainian Scouting in Poland, affiliated to Plast
• Royal Rangers Poland, affiliated to Royal Rangers International
• Stowarzyszenie Harcerskie
• Stowarzyszenie Harcerstwa Katolickiego (SHK Zawisza), member of the UIGSE
• Szczep Czerwonych Maków im. Bohaterów Monte Cassino
• Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego (ZHP), member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 170,000 members^[1][2]
• Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej (ZHR), observer at the CES, 15,000 members

[edit] Polish Scouting abroad

Polish Scouts-in-Exile organizations include

• Harcerstwo Polskie w Republice Czeskiej (Polish Scouting in the Czech Republic)
• Niezależny Hufiec Harcerstwa Polskiego "LS-Kaszuby" in Sweden
• Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego na Litwie (ZHPnL, Polish Scouting in Lithuania
• Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego Poza Granicami Kraju (not affiliated to Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego in Poland) with chapters in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States;^[3]
• Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej w Kanadzie (Polish Scouting in Canada; not affiliated to Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej in Poland)

[edit] International Scouting units in Poland

In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in Warsaw, serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in New York; American Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts linked to the Horizon District of the Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units in west-and-central Europe, the Near East and North Africa.

[edit] Emblems

Krąg "Leśna Szkółka - Drzewo Pokoju"

SHK Zawisza

Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego

Związek Harcerstwa Rzeczypospolitej

[edit] Sources

1. ^ Some statistics. World Organization of the Scout Movement (Sep 2006). Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
2. ^ Our World. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (2006). Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
3. ^ Polish Scouting Association (Polish). Polish Scouting Association (2006). Retrieved on December 8, 2006.

[edit] See also

• History of the Scout movement in Poland