The Gambia Scout Association
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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. The coeducational Gambia Scout Association has 18,448 members as of 2008. In 2007, David Hafner replaced Alieu Mamar Njie as Chief Commissioner
.
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.
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
organization of The Gambia
The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
, was founded in 1921, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
in 1984. The coeducational Gambia Scout Association has 18,448 members as of 2008. In 2007, David Hafner replaced Alieu Mamar Njie as Chief Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission ....
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Special activities include community service projects such as tree planting. Scouts regularly participate in camping and hiking. Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
is also a very important part of Scouting in the Gambia, but because there is little money for instruments and sheet music
Sheet music
Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens...
, there is a waiting list to get into the Scout band, and they learn all their music by ear.