The Gambia Scout Association

National scouting organization of Gambia

The Gambia Scout Association

Country| The Gambia
Founded| 1921
Membership| 18,448
Affiliation| World Organization of the Scout Movement
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The Gambia Scout Association, the national scouting organization of the Gambia, was founded in 1921, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1984.

## Activities[edit]

The coeducational Gambia Scout Association has 18,448 members as of 2008.[1]

Special activities include community service projects such as tree planting. Scouts regularly participate in camping and hiking. Music is also a very important part of Scouting in the Gambia, but because there is little money for instruments and sheet music, there is a waiting list to get into the Scout band, and they learn all their music by ear.[citation needed]

## Presidents[edit]

* Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof served the movement from 1938 to 2005; former President of the Gambia National Scout Council; scholar on the history of scouting in the Gambia; and first Gambian to be awarded the Wood Badge.[2][3]
* In 2007, David Hafner replaced Alieu Mamar Njie as chief commissioner.

## Controversies[edit]

In September 2015, six executives of the association were arrested for conspiracy to commit a felony, obtaining money by false pretence and stealing a motor vehicle.[4][5]

## See also[edit]

* The Gambia Girl Guides Association

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* Scouting portal

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Triennial Report 2005-2008" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
2. ^ Foroyaa: Exclusive Interview with Foroyaa Panorama: "FOROYAA Online - TRIBUTE TO ALHAJI A.E. CHAM JOOF - Burning Issues - Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
3. ^ The Point Newspaper: "Tribute to Late Alhagie A. E. Cham Joof", by Mr Momodou Jammeh
4. ^ "Six Gambia Scout Association executive members remanded". Thepoint.gm. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
5. ^ "Gambia: In Gambia Scout Association Case, More Charges to Be Instituted". Allafrica.com. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

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Members of the Africa Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

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* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Eswatini (Swaziland)
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
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* Rwanda
* São Tomé e Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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* Central African Republic
* Djibouti
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Mali
* Somalia

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