The Ethiopia Scout Association (Amharic:የኢትዮጵያ እስካውት ማህበር) is the national Scouting association of Ethiopia. The Scout movement was first introduced in Ethiopia around 1933, and opened a school in Addis Ababa the next year. However, the association was forced to end its activities due to the Second Italo-Abyssinian War of 1935-1936. Scouting was revived in Ethiopia in 1948, when Scout activities gained a foothold in the schools of Ethiopia. Ethiopia was recognized as a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1969.
Ethiopia is also a former member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, under the Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Iscaout Mahber Yeljagered Kifle Mekitle, last mentioned in 1984, now part of the Ethiopia Scout Association.
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