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[[Image:Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá membership badge.png|thumb|140px|Membership badge of the Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá]] | [[Image:Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá membership badge.png|thumb|140px|Membership badge of the Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá]] | ||
Panama has 1,854 Scouts served by the '''Asociación Nacional de Scouts de Panamá''', which was founded in [[1924]] and accepted into the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] that same year. Recognition was withdrawn in 1936. Panama regained its WOSM membership in [[1950]]. Panamanian Scouting is coeducational, serving both boys and girls. | |||
Scouts are involved in community service projects in an effort to make the world in which its members live a better one. Service to the community includes disaster relief, conservation of natural resources and collecting toys and games for poor children. | Scouts are involved in community service projects in an effort to make the world in which its members live a better one. Service to the community includes disaster relief, conservation of natural resources and collecting toys and games for poor children. | ||
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*Rovers-15 to 20 | *Rovers-15 to 20 | ||
The highest rank is the ''Scout Urracá'', after an indigenous Panamanian | The highest rank is the ''Scout Urracá'', after an indigenous Panamanian cacique who fought against the Spanish conquistadors. | ||
===[[Scout Motto]]=== | ===[[Scout Motto]]=== | ||
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[[Image:CanalZone.jpg|thumb|[[Boy Scouts of the Panama Canal Zone]]]] | [[Image:CanalZone.jpg|thumb|[[Boy Scouts of the Panama Canal Zone]]]] | ||
In addition, there were American Boy Scouts in Panama, linked to the | In addition, there were American Boy Scouts in Panama, linked to the Direct Service branch of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], which supports units around the world, through at least 1987. Also, in the 1950s and 1960s were the 900 member [[Boy Scouts of the Panama Canal Zone]], directly registered to the World Bureau. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Asociación de Muchachas Guías de Panamá]] | * [[Asociación de Muchachas Guías de Panamá]] | ||
{{InteramericanScout}} | {{InteramericanScout}} | ||
[[Category:WOSM member organizations|Asociacion Nacional de Scouts de Panamá]] | [[Category:WOSM member organizations|Asociacion Nacional de Scouts de Panamá]] | ||
[[Category:Scouting in Panama|Asociacion Nacional de Scouts de Panama]] | [[Category:Scouting in Panama|Asociacion Nacional de Scouts de Panama]] | ||
