HISTORY OF SCOUTINGA presentation prepared by:

Sct. James Jastine SolivioSct. Jeremiah Casey De Leon

Sct. Bill Magdaong

WHAT IS SCOUTING? Scouting is fun with a purpose, directed towards

helping boys and girls become happy, healthy, useful citizens

http://scoutdocs.ca/Documents/What_is_Scouting.php Scouting (or the Scout Movement) is a

movement that aims to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society, with a strong focus on the outdoors and survival skills.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting

ICEBREAKER

WHO IS ROBERT BADEN-POWELL?

His full name is Robert Smyth Baden-Powell He was a decorated soldier, talented artist,

actor and free-thinker. He is the Founder of Scouting. He is best known during his military career

in the Boer War. He is known as the Chief Scout of the World. Husband of Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the

World Chief Guide.

LIFE OF B-P(GROWING-UP)

He was born at 6 Stanhope Street (now 11, Stanhope Terrace) Paddington, London on February 22, 1857.

His father is Reverend Baden-Powell, Professor at Oxford University.

He was first given lessons by his mother then later attended the Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells, where he gained a scholarship for admittance to Charterhouse School.

While in Charterhouse School, he began to exploit his interest in arts of scouting and woodcraft.

LIFE OF B-P(GROWING-UP)

He was always in search of adventure with his brothers.

One holiday they made a yachting expeditions round the south coast of England.

Not known with high marks in school, B-P took an examination for Army and placed second among several hundred applicants.

He was commissioned straight into the 13th Hussars, by passing the officer training establishments.

Later he became their Honorary Colonel.

LIFE OF B-P(MILITARY LIFE) In 1867 he went to India as a young army officer and

specialized in scouting, map-making and reconnaissance.

His success soon led to his training to other soldiers. Later he was stationed in the Balkans, South Africa and

Malta. He returned to Africa to help defend Mafeking during its

217-day siege at the start of Boer War. It provided crucial tests for his scouting skills.

Returning home in 1907, he found that his small handbook he had written for soldiers (Aids to Scouting) was being used by youth leaders and teachers all over the country to teach observation and woodcraft.

LIFE OF B-P(OTHER DETAILS) He retired from Army in 1910, at the age of 53, on the

advice of King Edward VII. In 1912 he married Olave Soames who was his constant

help and companion in all his works. Lady Olave Baden-Powell was later known as World Chief Guide.

They had three children- Peter, Heather and Betty. In 1938, suffering from ill-health, he returned to Africa,

which had meant so much in his life, to live in Nyeri, Kenya.

On January 8, 1941, at the age of 83, B-P died. He was buried in a simple grave at Nyeri. On his head-stone are the words “Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout of the World” surmounted with Boy Scout and Girl Guide Badges.

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SCOUTING ALL OVER THE WORLD There are more than 28 million Scouts,

young and adults, male and female, in 160 countries and territories, around the world.

It started with 20 boys and an experimental camp in 1907 made by B-P during the first nine days of August in 1907 at Brownsea Island, near Dorset, England.

Today, it is the world’s largest voluntary youth movement.

THE EARLY SCOUT PROGRAMME Scouting began as a programme for boys 11-18 years

of age. The Girl Guides programme was started in 1910 by B-

P, with its Chief Guide Lady Olave. A Wolf Cub section was formed for younger boys, and

a Rover Scout branch for older boys. The names and characteristics of programmes vary

from country to country: Cub Scouts, Beavers, Rovers, Explorers, Senior Scouts, and many more. In some countries boys can start when they are 6 years old. Some programmes are open to both boys and girls.

THE WORLD WARS Between the 2 world wars, Scouting continued to flourish in

all parts of the world, except the totalitarian countries where it was banned.

During the wars, Scouts carried on under their patrol leaders, and made many national service tasks – messengers, fire watchers, stretcher bearers, salvage collectors and so on.

After the wars, it was found that the number of Scouts in some occupied countries had, in fact, increased.

Scouting in developing countries gradually evolved to be a youth programme which was designed by Scout leaders in each country to better meet the needs of their communities.

Drug abuse prevention, life skills training, integration of the handicapped, environmental conservation and education, and peace education became issues of concern to Scouts around the world.

POST COMMUNISTIC ERA In the 1990s Scouting has been reborn

in every country where it existed prior to World War II.

It has started throughout the newly independent countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the USSR).

Since 1993, 35 countries have joined, or rejoined, the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

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BIRTH OF BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Scouting is introduced in the Philippines by the

Americans as early as 1910. The earliest recorded all-Filipino troop was

organized in Zamboanga by a young second lieutenant by the name of Sherman L. Kiser through the sponsorship of Mrs. Caroline S. Spencer, an American widow who was in the Philippines to do works of charity with the people of Sulu in 1914.

The troop was composed of 26 Muslim boys and was known the Lorillard Spencer troop in honor of Mrs. Spencer’s son who was an active scout in USA.

BIRTH OF BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES In 1923, the Philippine Council BSA was formed

through the efforts of the Rotary Club of Manila. Eventually, through the issuance of Commonwealth

Act No. 111 by then President Manuel L. Quezon on October 31, 1936, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was established as a public corporation tasked to, according to Section 3 of the Law.

From the early troops in 1914, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines prides itself as one of the largest Scout organizations in the world, in terms of the number of Scouts against the number of young people of Scouting age, with over 2 million members nationwide.

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Prepared by:

Sct. James Jastine Solivio

Sct. Jeremiah Casey De Leon

Sct. Bill Magdaong