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The '''National Association of Cambodian Scouts''' (NACS) (Khmer: សមាគមជាតិកាយារិទ្ធិកម្ពុជា) (pronounced ''Samakum Cheat Kayarith(y) Kampuchea'') is the national [[Scouting]] organization in | The '''National Association of Cambodian Scouts''' (NACS) (Khmer: សមាគមជាតិកាយារិទ្ធិកម្ពុជា) (pronounced ''Samakum Cheat Kayarith(y) Kampuchea'') is the national [[Scouting]] organization in Cambodia. It was founded in September 2005 through the merger of the '''Scout Organization of Cambodia''' and the '''Cambodian Scouts''' (Khmer: ខេមរកាយារិទ្ធិកម្ពុជា) (pronouced ''Khamarak Kayarith(y) Kampuchea'')<ref name="WOSM_application">{{cite web |url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/11027/90926/file/C0809Cambodia_e.pdf |title=Circular N° 9/2008 |publisher=[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] |date=2008-03-31 |accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> and became a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] (WOSM) on 1 July, 2008<ref name="WOSM_admission">{{cite web |url=http://scout.org/en/information_events/news/2008/world_scouting_membership_rises_to_160_national_scout_organizations |title=World Scouting membership rises to 160 National Scout Organizations |publisher=[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] |date=2008-07-01 |accessdate=2008-07-09 }}</ref>. The coeducational association serves 3,763 members (as of 2007).<ref name="WOSM_application"/> | ||
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The original Khmer Scout Association ''Angkar Khamarak Kayarith'' (AKK, in Khmer: អង្គការខេមរកាយារិទ្ធិ) was created in 1934, under the direction of Prince [[Sisowath Monireth]] and other leaders. This first era of Cambodian Scouting spread over several provinces and numbered more than 1,000 members. | The original Khmer Scout Association ''Angkar Khamarak Kayarith'' (AKK, in Khmer: អង្គការខេមរកាយារិទ្ធិ) was created in 1934, under the direction of Prince [[Sisowath Monireth]] and other leaders. This first era of Cambodian Scouting spread over several provinces and numbered more than 1,000 members. | ||
[[André Lefèvre (Scouting)|André Lefèvre]], chief of the [[Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France|Eclaireurs de France]], set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over [[French Indochina]]. At the end of 1937, French Scouting sent Scoutmaster [[Raymond Schlemmer]] to the | [[André Lefèvre (Scouting)|André Lefèvre]], chief of the [[Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France|Eclaireurs de France]], set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over [[French Indochina]]. At the end of 1937, French Scouting sent Scoutmaster [[Raymond Schlemmer]] to the Cambodian, [[Laos|Laotian]], and Vietnamese areas of [[Indochina]] to oversee the setting up of the [[Fédération Indochinoise des Associations du Scoutisme]] (FIAS, Indochinese Federation of Scouting Associations) in all three regions. | ||
From 1939 through 1945, the political situation affected Scouting activities all across the country, as World War II engendered a movement for an independent Cambodia. The French began to lose control and were finally overthrown by [[Invasion of French Indochina|Japanese intervention]]. This ceased the French Scouts' activity in Cambodia, as well as all Scouting activities. | From 1939 through 1945, the political situation affected Scouting activities all across the country, as World War II engendered a movement for an independent Cambodia. The French began to lose control and were finally overthrown by [[Invasion of French Indochina|Japanese intervention]]. This ceased the French Scouts' activity in Cambodia, as well as all Scouting activities. | ||
