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{{Short description|National Scouting and Guiding organization of Jordan}}
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The '''Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides''' ({{langx|ar|جمعية الكشاف والمرشدات الأردنية}}) is the national [[Scouting]] and [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] organization of [[Jordan]]. Scouting was founded in Jordan in 1954 and became a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in 1955. Guiding started in 1938 and became a member of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] in 1978. It serves 15,521 Scouts (as of 2011)<ref name="Census_2010">{{cite web |title=Triennial 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 9,480 Guides (as of 2003).

The Scout slogan is, "the Scout movement participates in development and works to serve society."

Scouts and Guides participate in the painting of schools, building walls, laying floors in public places, conducting literacy campaigns, harvesting crops, visiting the poor, sick and aged.

Although the Association is for both boys and girls, the programs are separate and there are no mixed units.

The [[Scout Motto]] is ''Kun Musta'idan'' or كن مستعداً, translating as ''Be Prepared'' in Arabic, though the local variant is ''Wa ai'doo'' or و أعدوا. The noun for a single Scout is ''Kashaf'' or كشاف in Arabic.

==International Scouting units in Jordan==
In addition, there are American Boy Scouts in [[Amman]], linked to the [[Direct Service]] branch of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], which supports units around the world.

==See also==
*[[Ahmad Alhendawi]]

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101013133349/http://www.jordanscouts.jo/ Official website]
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[[Category:World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations]]
[[Category:World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations]]
[[Category:Youth organizations established in 1954]]
[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Jordan]]

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