Scoutisme Béninois

Scoutisme Béninois

scouting, organization, scouting association

Year dem found am	1930
Country	Benin
Dema official website	http://www.scoutdubenin.org/

Scoutisme Béninois be de national Scouting organization of Benin. Scouting insyd Benin start around 1930 wey ecam turn member of de World Organization of de Scout Movement insyd 1964 under de previous name Dahomey. Ein Girl Guide branch, de Guides du Bénin, be member of de World Association of Girl Guides den Girl Scouts.

De coeducational Scoutisme Béninois get 8,873 members as of 2021.

Insyd 1977, dem award Ernest Mehinto plus Bronze Wolf, de only distinction of de World Organization of de Scout Movement, wey World Scout Committee dey take award world Scouting for demma exceptional services.

Demma Activities

Scouts dey carry out literacy campaigns den offer courses insyd childrearing. Dem dey involve demma body insyd community projects such as digging wells, anti-malaria campaigns, building village schools den developing modern farms where kiddies go fi spend several weeks learning say dem go read den grow food.

De Market Center of Ouidah, wey de scout establish more than 20 years ago, train young menners insyd agricultural skills, wey e help make dem reverse de exodus towards de cities. Benin Scouts sana engage insyd cattle farm project insyd de southern forest region of de country, raising healthy cattle despite de threat of disease spread by tsetse fly.

Dem hold worksho on "New Energies". As a result, Scouts now dey build den show others how make build cooking stoves wey dey use 90 percent less fuel than open fires.

Sections

• Louveteaux/Louvettes - ages 6 to 12
• Eclaireurs/Eclaireuses - ages 11 to 16
• Compagnons/Compagnes - ages 15 to 19
• Routiers/Guides - ages 18 to 35

The Scout Motto be Sois Prêt, Be Prepared insyd French.

External links

Official website (in French)