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Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo

Scouting movement in Congo

Field	Value
name	Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo
image	Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo.svg
caption	Federation of Scouts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
f-date	1924
members	71,486
chiefscouttitle	Chief Commissioner
chiefscout	Gilbert Mussumba
affiliation	World Organization of the Scout Movement

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The Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo (FESCO), the national federation of eleven Scouting organizations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was founded in 1924, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) first in 1963 and again in 1981. The coeducational Fédération des Scouts de la République démocratique du Congo has 71,486 members as of 2010.

Scouting was banned in the Congo in 1967 by the government, and was restarted in the late 1970s. In 1981, the Organisations des Eclaireurs du Zaïre (OEZA) was readmitted to the WOSM. In 1990, the OEZA changed its structure and was renamed Fédération des Scouts du Zaïre (FSZ), the direct predecessor of the present FESCO.

The FESCO consists of eleven regional national Scout associations, reflecting the structure of the country. There was a general meeting in 2004 of all the Scout Associations with the intention of helping pave the way for creating a single national Scout association.

Program

The federations works in four branches:

Louveteaux (Cub Scouts) — ages 6 to 12
Scouts — ages 13 to 17
Aînés (Senior Scouts) — ages 18 to 20
Routiers (Rover Scouts) — ages 20 to 25

The Scouts are service-oriented. They are a non-denominational organization and open to all youngsters. Scouts have promoted primary health care and community development. Scouts have built bridges and buildings, repaired schools, cleaned dispensaries and organized hygiene and nutrition campaigns.

The Scout Motto is Uwe Tayari, Be Prepared in Swahili, and Sois Prêt (Be Prepared) or Toujours Prêt, Always Prepared in French, depending on the organization. The Scout emblem incorporates an earlier variant of the coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Regional associations

Among the regional members of FESCO are:

Association des Scouts du Sud-Kivu (ASSK)
Association des Scouts du Nord-Kivu (ASNK)

Scouting in Katanga

Literature

References

"Some statistics". World Organization of the Scout Movement.

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