Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia
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Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia (in Georgian
: საქართველოს სკაუტური მოძრაობის ორგანიზაცია; Georgian Organization of the Scout Movement), the national Scouting
organization of Georgia
, was founded in 1994, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
in 1997. The coeducational Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia has 1,343 members as of 2011.
around the 1920s, by way of the British business community in the western part of the country. There was no formalized Georgian Scouting within Georgia prior to the breakup of the former USSR, and within Georgia, Scouting did not exist during the period preceding the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In 1992, students at Tbilisi State University
began to take an interest in Scouting. The Georgian Scouting Organization was officially founded in 1994 and become the 147th member of the World Scout Movement in January, 1998. Sak'art'velos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia presently has 1,092 members, both boys and girls. Georgian Scouts have actively participated in several World Scouting events, Jamborees and Moots, including the 1995 World Jamboree in Holland (at the invitation of the World Scout Committee) and the Chile World Jamboree in 1998-99.
In the summer of 1996, two Georgian Scouts attended the National Jamboree in Denmark. Although they arrived late due to visa problems, they expressed gratitude for being able to attend, and took back with them a lot of information about Scouting programs in Denmark
.
The Scouts et Guides de France
have been working with the Georgian Scouts to help with organization, training and programs. The Georgian Scouts maintain close ties with Scouts de France and other European and Eurasian Scout Associations. It is expected that the Georgian Scouts will grow rapidly through the schools.
In 2008, a group of about 20 Scouts went to Sweden for a Swedish camp together with Norra Lidingö Sjöscoutkår (Northern Lidingö
Sea Scout
troop). The camp took place during the beginning of the Georgian-Russian war. In 2009, a group of Swedish Scouts from the same troop went to Georgia to attend in a Georgian Scout camp and after the camp home hospitality. Georgian Scouts plan to revisit Sweden in 2010, and the Swedish Scouts plan to visit Georgia again in 2011, the same year as the World Scout Jamboree
in Sweden.
The Scout Motto is იყავი მზად (ikavi mzad), translating as Be Prepared in Georgian
. The Georgian noun for a single Scout is სკაუტი, transliterating as skauti.
The fleur-de-lis
in the membership badge of Sak'art'velos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia is made of the initials of the organization S-S-M-O in the Georgian alphabet
.
Transliteration: pirobas vdeb, rom qovel ḡones vixmar, rata movixado vali ḡvt'is, samšoblos da sak'ut'ari t'avis cinaše. qovelt'vis da qvelgan davexmaro adamianebs da vic'xovro sk'autebis kanonebis šesabamisad.
Translation:
I promise that I will do my best –
To do my duty to God, my Country and to myself,
To help other peoples at all times and in all places,
To obey the Scout Law.
2. სკაუტი მუდამ გვერდში გიდგათ (skauti mudam gverdshi gidgat);
3. სკაუტი ყველასთვის მეგობარია და ყველა სკაუტის ძმაა (skauti yvelastvis megobaria da yvela skautis dzmaa);
4. სკაუტი ზრდილობიანია (skauti zrdilobiania);
5. სკაუტი ბუნების მეგობარია (skauti bunebis megobaria);
6. სკაუტი არასოდეს ნებდება (skauti arasodes nebdeba);
7. სკაუტი გულწრფელია ფიქრით, სიტყვითა და საქმით (skauti gultsrpelia fiqrit, sitqvita da saqmit).
Translation:
1. A Scout is trustworthy;
2. A Scout is always by your side;
3. A Scout is a friend to all, and a brother to every other Scout;
4. A Scout is courteous;
5. A Scout is a friend to Nature;
6. A Scout never gives up;
7. A Scout is clean of thoughts, words and actions.
Georgian language
Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...
: საქართველოს სკაუტური მოძრაობის ორგანიზაცია; Georgian Organization of the Scout Movement), the national Scouting
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 Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, was founded in 1994, 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 1997. The coeducational Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia has 1,343 members as of 2011.
History
Scouting first came to what is now the Republic of GeorgiaGeorgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
around the 1920s, by way of the British business community in the western part of the country. There was no formalized Georgian Scouting within Georgia prior to the breakup of the former USSR, and within Georgia, Scouting did not exist during the period preceding the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Rebirth
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University , better known as Tbilisi State University , is a university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. TSU is the oldest university in the whole Caucasus region...
began to take an interest in Scouting. The Georgian Scouting Organization was officially founded in 1994 and become the 147th member of the World Scout Movement in January, 1998. Sak'art'velos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia presently has 1,092 members, both boys and girls. Georgian Scouts have actively participated in several World Scouting events, Jamborees and Moots, including the 1995 World Jamboree in Holland (at the invitation of the World Scout Committee) and the Chile World Jamboree in 1998-99.
In the summer of 1996, two Georgian Scouts attended the National Jamboree in Denmark. Although they arrived late due to visa problems, they expressed gratitude for being able to attend, and took back with them a lot of information about Scouting programs in Denmark
Scouting in Denmark
The Scout and Guide movement in Denmark consists of about ten different associations. Most of them are members of two large federations, but there are also some independent organizations. Affiliated to Danish Scouting and Guiding are the organizations in Greenland, on the Faroe Islands and in...
.
The Scouts et Guides de France
Scouts et Guides de France
Scouts et Guides de France is the largest Scouting and Guiding association in France. It was formed on 1 September 2004 from the merger of two Roman Catholic Scouting organizations: the Guides de France and the Scouts de France...
have been working with the Georgian Scouts to help with organization, training and programs. The Georgian Scouts maintain close ties with Scouts de France and other European and Eurasian Scout Associations. It is expected that the Georgian Scouts will grow rapidly through the schools.
In 2008, a group of about 20 Scouts went to Sweden for a Swedish camp together with Norra Lidingö Sjöscoutkår (Northern Lidingö
Lidingö
Lidingö is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, located north east of central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is also the seat of Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 44,000 inhabitants in 2011....
Sea Scout
Sea Scout
Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on water-based activities, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and rowing. Depending on the country and the available water these activities are on lakes, rivers or sea in small or large ships. Sea Scouting...
troop). The camp took place during the beginning of the Georgian-Russian war. In 2009, a group of Swedish Scouts from the same troop went to Georgia to attend in a Georgian Scout camp and after the camp home hospitality. Georgian Scouts plan to revisit Sweden in 2010, and the Swedish Scouts plan to visit Georgia again in 2011, the same year as the World Scout Jamboree
World Scout Jamboree
The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17....
in Sweden.
Program and ideals
- Cub Scouts - 7 to 11
- Scouts - 12 to 15
- Rovers - 16 to 20
The Scout Motto is იყავი მზად (ikavi mzad), translating as Be Prepared in Georgian
Georgian language
Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...
. The Georgian noun for a single Scout is სკაუტი, transliterating as skauti.
The fleur-de-lis
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys is a stylized lily or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry...
in the membership badge of Sak'art'velos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia is made of the initials of the organization S-S-M-O in the Georgian alphabet
Georgian alphabet
The Georgian alphabet is the writing system used to write the Georgian language and other Kartvelian languages , and occasionally other languages of the Caucasus such as Ossetic and Abkhaz during the 1940s...
.
Scout Oath (პირობა [Piroba], Promise)
პირობას ვდებ, რომ ყოველ ღონეს ვიხმარ, რათა მოვიხადო ვალი ღვთის, სამშობლოს და საკუთარი თავის წინაშე. ყოველთვის და ყველგან დავეხმარო ადამიანებს და ვიცხოვრო სკაუტების კანონების შესაბამისად.Transliteration: pirobas vdeb, rom qovel ḡones vixmar, rata movixado vali ḡvt'is, samšoblos da sak'ut'ari t'avis cinaše. qovelt'vis da qvelgan davexmaro adamianebs da vic'xovro sk'autebis kanonebis šesabamisad.
Translation:
I promise that I will do my best –
To do my duty to God, my Country and to myself,
To help other peoples at all times and in all places,
To obey the Scout Law.
Scout Law (კანონი [Kanoni])
1. სკაუტის სიტყვას ენდობიან (skautis sityvas endobian);2. სკაუტი მუდამ გვერდში გიდგათ (skauti mudam gverdshi gidgat);
3. სკაუტი ყველასთვის მეგობარია და ყველა სკაუტის ძმაა (skauti yvelastvis megobaria da yvela skautis dzmaa);
4. სკაუტი ზრდილობიანია (skauti zrdilobiania);
5. სკაუტი ბუნების მეგობარია (skauti bunebis megobaria);
6. სკაუტი არასოდეს ნებდება (skauti arasodes nebdeba);
7. სკაუტი გულწრფელია ფიქრით, სიტყვითა და საქმით (skauti gultsrpelia fiqrit, sitqvita da saqmit).
Translation:
1. A Scout is trustworthy;
2. A Scout is always by your side;
3. A Scout is a friend to all, and a brother to every other Scout;
4. A Scout is courteous;
5. A Scout is a friend to Nature;
6. A Scout never gives up;
7. A Scout is clean of thoughts, words and actions.
See also
- Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia'Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia'The Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia is the national Girl Scouting organisation of Georgia. It serves 805 members...
- Scouting in Georgia (country)Scouting in Georgia (country)The Scout movement of Georgia is served by* Sakartvelos Skauturi Modzraobis Organizatsia, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement* Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia', member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts...
- Patriot campsPatriot campsThe Patriot camps are state-sponsored summer camps for the teenagers of Georgia.The Patriot camps were initiated by the president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili in 2005. Each year tens of thousands of young Georgians attend summer camps for ten days, with expenses paid by the Georgian government....