Bhutan Scouts Association
| Bhutan Scouts Association | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| འབྲུག་ཨིསི་ཀའུཊ་ཚོགས་པ་ | |||
| Country | Bhutan | ||
| Founded | 1970 | ||
| Membership | 18,170 | ||
| President | Lyonpo Thakur Singh Powdyel | ||
| Chief Commissioner | Chencho Dorji | ||
| Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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| Website bhutanscouts | |||
The Bhutan Scouts Association, also known as Druk Scout Tshogpa (Dzongkha:འབྲུག་ཨིསི་ཀའུཊ་ཚོགས་པ་), is a coeducational organization that is part of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. As of 2021, it has a membership of 76,876 members. The association is committed to the education of young people through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, with the aim of building a better world where individuals are self-fulfilled and play a constructive role in society.
The membership badge of Bhutan Scout Tshogpa incorporates the color scheme of the flag of Bhutan, and the fleur-de-lis is wrapped in a khata, the traditional ceremonial scarf. The Scout Motto in Dzongkha is གྲ་འགྲིག་འབད་ གྲ་འགྲིག་འབད་,Dra drig Bay.