Bhutan Scouts Association
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Scouting was introduced in Bhutan in 1970. In July 1999, Bhutan Scout Tshogpa, the coeducational Bhutan Scouts Association, was welcomed as a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement at the 35th World Scout Conference in Durban, South Africa. Membership stood at 16,441 (as of 2004).
The backdrop of the Himalayas makes Bhutan ideal for Scouting. Since 1995, Unit Leader Training courses were organized by the World Scout Bureau-Asia-Pacific Region with the assistance of the Bharat Scouts and Guides of India, Bangladesh Scouts, Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, the Scout Association of Japan, and the Canadian Scout Brotherhood Fund.
Scouts from Bhutan participated in the 1998 World Jamboree in Chile.
The isolated kingdom hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional First South Asia Foundation-Scout Friendship Camp from February 21-26, 2002, in which hundreds of Scouts and Leaders in the districts of Thimpu, Punakha and Wangdue participated. "Regional Cooperation" was the theme of the camp, in which 550 girls and boys from all South Asian countries participated.
The first National Jamboree was held from 31 January to 6 February 2007. [1]
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- President of Bhutan Scout Association Sangay Ngedup
- outgoing Chief Commissioner Mr. Kinley Dorji
- incoming Chief Commissioner Dasho Sonam Tobgay Dorji
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