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{{Short description|National federation of Scouting in Burkina Faso}}
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The '''Fédération Burkinabé du Scoutisme''', the national federation of two [[Scouting]] organizations in [[Burkina Faso]], was founded in 1943, and became a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in 1972 under the name of [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]. The coeducational Fédération Burkinabé du Scoutisme had 9,398 members as of 2011<ref name="Census_2010">{{cite web |title=Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010 |url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |access-date=2011-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508035838/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2012 }}</ref> and 7,644 as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WOSM's Membership Census {{!}} Scout Learning Zone |url=https://learn.scout.org/resource/wosms-membership-census |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=learn.scout.org}}</ref>
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The Scout Federation of Burkino Faso consists of ''Les Scouts du Burkina Faso'' and ''Les Éclaireurs et Éclaireuses du Burkina Faso.''
==Activities==
Scouting pays particular attention to rural Scouting and community development in rural areas. Scouts participate in development projects run by the government by running large work camps planting trees, operating rural and urban centers and improving the water supplies.
==Program sections==
*Pré-Louveteaux (Pre-Cubs) - younger than 7
*Louvetaux ([[Cub Scouts]]) - ages 7 to 12
*Éclaireurs (Scouts) - ages 12 to 17
*Aînés ([[Rover Scouts]]) - ages 17 to 25
The [[Scout Motto]] is ''Prêt à servir'', ''Ready to Serve'' in French.
==See also==
*[[Association des Guides du Burkina Faso]]
==References==
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{{WOSM|africa}}
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[[Category:World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations|Federation Burkinabe du Scoutism]]
[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Burkina Faso]]
[[Category:Youth organizations established in 1943]]
[[Category:1943 establishments in French West Africa]]
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