World Organization of Independent Scouts
| World Organization of Independent Scouts | |||
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| Country | Worldwide | ||
| Founded | 2010 | ||
| Membership | 15,000 (est.)[1] | ||
| President | Hugo Paniagua | ||
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| Website Official website | |||
The World Organization of Independent Scouts is an international Scouting organization for traditional Scouting.
Members
- Argentina: Scouts Navales de Argentina [3]
- Brazil: Federação dos Escoteiros tradicionais [4]
- Chile: Agrupación de Guías y Scouts Cristianos de Chile
- Ecuador: Asociación de Scouts y Guías del Ecuador
- Mexico: Asociación de Grupos de Scouts de México A. C.
- Nepal: Nepal Peace Scouts (Nepal Shanti Scouts)
- Paraguay: Asociación Scout Baden Powell del Paraguay
- Paraguay: Unión de Scouts Navales y Aeronavales del Paraguay
- Uruguay: Scouts de Uruguay[5]
- Venezuela: Associación de Scouts Independientes de Venezuela
- Turkey: Federation of Scouts Union of Thrace[6]
- Ghana: Ghana Peace Scouts
Former members
- Argentina: Asociación Scouts y Guías de la República Argentina
- Argentina: Unión Argentina de Scouts Independientes
- Argentina: Institucion Argentina de Scoutismo Adulto
- Brazil: Associação de Escoteiros do Mar do Distrito Federal
- Colombia: Asociación Colombiana de Scout Independientes
- Italy: Associazione Scautistica Cattolica Italiana
- Mexico: Asociacion Nacional Escultista Caballeros Y Guias Aztecas A.C.
Emblem
The membership badge for youth is a white Fleur-de-lis with two azure five-point stars on a azure background. The membership badge for adults is a azure Fleur-de-lis on a white background.
History
The World Organization of Independent Scouts was founded in 2010 by former members of the World Federation of Independent Scouts.
World Jamboree
The WOIS held their first World Jamboree 20 to 26 July 2014 in Ambato, Ecuador.[8]
References
- ^ WFIS World Council Report 2010 (WFIS membership lost in South America and Europe between 2009 and 2011)
- ^ http://woisscout.weebly.com/afiliados.html
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/ScoutsNavalesdeArgentina
- ^ http://www.escoteirotradicional.org/
- ^ http://www.scouts.org.uy/?p=2266
- ^ http://www.izcilerbirligi.org
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20110902140137/http://wois.jimdo.com/nuestros-asociados/
- ^ http://1er-jamboree-mundial-wois-2014.webnode.es/
