Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo

The Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo (ASGC, Scout and Guide Association of the Congo) is one of the national Scouting and Guiding organizations of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville). The coeducational organization was founded in 1992 and has about 40 groups with 3,000 members,[1] but there is no national organization recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo
Guide and Scout Association of the Congo
CountryRepublic of the Congo
Founded1992
Membership3,000
AffiliationWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Website
asgc.webnode.fr

Guiding was introduced to French Equatorial Africa in 1927, and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1957, and again in 1996 after the renewal of the organization. The Guide section numbers 1,100 members as of 2008.[2]

boy-specific badge

The emblem of the Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo incorporates the color scheme of the flag of the Republic of the Congo.

References
  1. UN NGO directory Archived December 15, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "33rd World Conference Document No. 11" (PDF). World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-10-27.


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