SCOUTING IN SRI LANKA

                               Scouting was founded in Sri Lanka in 1912 and received World Bureau (WOSM) recognition in 1953. Membership on January 1, 1998 was 25,288 registered Scouts.
Sri Lanka is a former British colony which gained its independence in 1948.Sri Lanka changed its name from Ceylon in 1972.
Sri Lanka is a multi religious and multi racial country where Scouting has been a great unifying force.
There are various community development projects carried out in cooperation with the government organizations, United Nations and other service organizations.j
Scouting has been introduced into the prisons. It has spread to other institutions such as certified schools. There are also Scout units for handicapped boys such as the blind and deaf and for boys in leprosy hospitals.