The document provides a brief history of the origins and development of Scouting. It began in 1907 when Robert Baden-Powell held the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island in England. The movement was inspired by Baden-Powell's military experiences and desire to improve youth development. Scouting later spread to other countries including the Philippines, where the first Scout troop was founded in 1914 in Zamboanga. The movement aims to develop youth into responsible citizens through outdoor activities and promoting values like duty, God, service and self-improvement.

1. Brief History of Scouting:
• Robert Stephenson Smith Baden-Powell
- the man behind the movement
Scouting began because of :
- A man ( Lord Baden-Powell)
- A social Institution ( British rising poverty caused by
South African war)
- A book ( Aids to Scouting)
- An island ( Brown Sea Island- where an idea was tested
and found effective)

3. • The man was such a hero that young people
and adults idolized him
• The social institution which placed the future of a
nation jeopardy due to rising poverty caused by
South African War
• The island where an idea was tested and found
an effective. An idea which came out of the
man’s life, the influences of family culture, his
experience in military and his desire to improve
the deplorable condition of the youth in British
Society.
• The book where the tested idea was written.

4. Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Stephenson
Smith Baden-Powell
• Born : February 22, 1857
• Father: Rev. Herbert George Baden-Powell, an
Oxford Professor , a great naturalist and a lover
of God
• Mother: Henrietta Grace Smith , a daughter of
Admiral W.T Smith of British navy
- both parents shared ideas- Religion, Education
and bringing children that were very much of
their time.

5. When BP was only eight years old he wrote
a law which he entitled:
“ Laws for me when I grow old”
• I will have the poor to be as rich as we are. And
they ought by right to be happy as we are. And
all who go across the crossings shall give the
poor crossing sweeper some money and you
ought to thank God for what he has given us.
Now I will tell you. You must pray to God
wherever you can but you cannot good only by
praying but you must try so hard to be good.

6. School Influences :
• BP finished his early schooling at Rosehill
School where he gained two scholarship
• High School-Charter house
• During his spare time he practiced
woodcraft in the early woods. There BP
gained an education that became infinite
value to him without knowing it.

7. Life in the Military :
• After High School, he took an examination for
Commission in the Army. Out of the 700
candidates , he finished second in Cavalry and
fourth in Infantry.
• He was commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant and
assigned with the 13th Hussars stationed in
India.
• He excelled in surveying and reconaisance.

8. • BP did a secret service work in the
Mediterranean against Chief Denizulu
during Zulu War and against King Prempei
of the Asharti
• He became a household name in England
when he defended the small town of
Mafeking in a 217 days Mafeking seige
during the Boer wars
- British Army led by BP- 1,251 soldiers
against 9,000 well equipped Boers

9. The Boys Brigade :
• The boys of Mafeking were organized
under the leadership of a boy Sgt. Maj.
named Goodyear.
• BP realized that if the boys were given
task and responsibilities they performed
based on the task assigned to them.

10. BP : British National Hero
• BP became a National hero. Queen
Victoria promoted BP to Major-
General. The youngest general in the
British Army at the age of 43

11. -August 1-9 , 1907 - BP gathered 20
boys to Brownsea Island in Poole
Harbor ,off the Southern coast of
England for the 1st Boy Scout camp
- January 1908- BP book “Scouting for
Boys” began to appear in the
bookstores and newsstand in England
,and it became an instant best-seller

12. - It became evident that BP
created something important that would
require his complete attention : in 1910 BP
retired from the British army to devote his
time in the movement.
-With the cooperation of the Young Men’s
Christian Association (YMCA), Lord Baden-
Powell organized the British Boy-Scouts
Association in 1908.
- The movement reached America in 1910.

13. What is Scouting?
Scouting is a change.
It is the total process of
developing the youth towards
responsible citizenship

14. Purpose of Scouting
To help develop young people for
his total development
PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL
SOCIAL SPIRITUAL
EMOTIONAL

15. What Scouting provides?
-an alternative environment for young
people and adults where they are
provided opportunities through activities
they enjoy:
*activities that acquire positive
values and attitudes and habits
*develop constructive relationship
(Home, Institution, Local community)

17. BIMP-EAGA Urban Scout Jamboree, Davao City

18. As an educational Movement, Scouting is
non-political in the sense that it is not involved
in the struggle for power which is the subject
matter of politics and of the political parties.
This does not, however, mean that Scouting
is completely divorced from political realities
within a given country. We respect the
political options of members of the
Movement.

19. Boy Scouts of the Philippines

20. The birth and development of
Scouting in the Philippines:
• All Filipino boy Scouts troop organized in
Zamboanga in November 15, 1914
• The initiative to form a troop came from Mrs.
Caroline S. Spencer, an American widow who
was in the Philippines to do works of charity
with the natives of Sulu
• Assigned to arrange for her transportation
and accompany her during her trips was a
young 2nd Lt. Sherman L. Kiser
• She suggested to Lt. Kiser to form a Boy
Scout Troop in the island.

21. The First Filipino Troop
• The 1st recorded Filipino Boy scout
Troop was named Lorillard Spencer
Troop, named after the son of Mrs.
Spencer
• Organized in Zamboanga City on
November 15, 1914

22. The Philippine Council-BSA
• December 7, 1922- Rotary Club of Manila
wrote BSA in New York expressing desire
to see “ the organization and program of
Scouting in active operation in the
Philippine island
• Commonwealth Act 111- establishing the
Boy Scouts of the Philippines with seven
charter members

23. The Seven Charter Members:
Founders of the BSP
• Joseph Emile H. Stevenot
• Arsenio N. Luz
• Carlos P. Romulo
• Vicente P. Lim
• Manuel R. Camus
• Jorge B. Vargas
• Gabriel A. Daza

24. BSP NATIONAL CHARTER AND BY
LAWS
• BSP in brief :
- Scouting in the Philippines is among the
world’s oldest Scouting organization
- First Boy Scout troop was composed
entirely of Filipino Muslim boys. Organized
by Lt. Sherman L. Kiser in Zamboanga

25. • January 1923 – Boy Scouts America- Phil.
Council was formally organized through
the initiative of Rotary Club Manila
• Commonwealth Act No.111 was enacted
into law on October 31, 1936 by Pres.
Manuel L. Quezon
• Operation of the BSP disrupted during
Japanese occupation (1942-1945) and
resumed on Feb. 24, 1945 when the
National Council was reestablished.

26. • In 1946 , BSP was recognized as a
member of the World Scout Movement by
the World Scout Conference as an
independent national Scout Association
• In 1961 , the BSP NEB approved and
adopted the REVITALIZED SCOUTING
PROGRAM.
• On 17 may 1974 , Pres. Marcos issued PD
# 460 which changed the leadership of the
BSP and placed the organization under
the Office of the President

27. • 24 March 1992 , Pres. Aquino signed a
new BSP Law R.A. # 7278, required a
restructuring of the organization
• R.A # 7278
- mandates that the President of the
Philippines is the Chief Scout of the BSP
- describes the National Executive Board
as the governing body

28. VISION
To be leading provider of progressive
outdoor-based non formal education
committed to develop morally straight,
disciplined, concerned, self reliant
citizens in the best tradition of world
scouting

29. MISSION
• To inculcate in our Scouts and Scouters
love of God, Country and Fellowmen
• To contribute to nation-building according
to the ideals, principles and program of
scouting.
• To prepare the youth for responsible
leadership

30. The Scout Trefoil
The trefoil, which is the main part of the
Scout Badge, is the three pointed portion.
Each point represents one of the three points
of the Scout Oath: Duty to God and Country,
Duty to Others, and Duty to Self.

31. The Scout Sign identifies you as a
Scout everywhere in the world. Give it
each time you recite the Scout Oath and
Law. The Scout sign is sometimes use to
signal attention. When a Scout leader
raises a hand in the Scout sign, all others
should also make the sign and come to
silent attention. The three fingers pointing
up symbolize the three points of the
Oath. They also signify that a Scout
climbs upward to bigger and better
things. The two other fingers stand for
the bond of brotherhood and friendship
that ties all Scouts together.

32. 10 Philippine Scouting Region:
• Ilocos Region (6 councils)
• Northeastern Luzon Region (11 councils)
• Central Luzon Region ( 9 councils)
• National Capital Region (11 councils)
• Southern Tagalog Region (16 councils)
• Bicol Region ( 9 councils)
• Western Visayas Region ( 7 councils)
• Eastern Visayas Region ( 10 councils)
• Eastern Mindanao Region ( 11 councils)
• Western Mindanao Region ( 11 councils)

33. Western Mindanao Region :
RSD Petronilo G. Pardillo
• Basilan
• Iligan City- CSE Ariel P. Anghay
• Lanao del Norte
• Lanao del Sur- Marawi City
• Maguindanao-Cotabato City
• M-G Sulu
• Misamis Occidental
• Tawi-Tawi
• Zamboanga City
• ZANDIDAP
• Zamboanga del Sur- Pagadian

34. Organizational Structure: BSP
107 Local Councils
National Council
Natl. Exec. Board
National Office
IR NELR CLR NCR STR BR WVR EVR EMR WMR

35. Local Council Executive Board
• Hon. Lawrence Ll. Cruz- Council Chairman
• Hon. Jose L. Zalsos – 1st Vice Chairman
• Mrs. Lydia Arat – 2nd Vice Chairman
• Mr. Napoleon Llauder – Council Treasurer
• Mr.Jose A. Gaite -Asst. Council Treasurer
• Atty. Lawrence Badelles ,CPA – Auditor
• Dr. Cherry Mae Limbaco- Council Scout
Commissioner , Schools Div. Supt.
(DepEd)
• Mrs. Naomie U. Grabato- Dep. Scout
Commsr- Program
• Mr. Fred Ybanez – Dep. Scout Commsr.-
Training

36. “ The strength of a nation
does not depend on the
strength of its armaments but
on the strength of the
character of its people”
-Baden Powell