| Type: | organization |
| Rwanda Scouts Association | |
| Headquarters: | Kigali |
| Location: | Remera |
| Country: | Rwanda |
| F-Date: | 1968 |
| Members: | 40,000 |
The Rwanda Scouts Association (RSA; formerly in French Association des Scouts du Rwanda) is the national Scouting organization of Rwanda. Scouting in Rwanda was founded in 1940 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1975. The coeducational association has 18,884 members (as of 2008).[1]
Scouting in Rwanda began in 1940. In the following years a number of different associations developed. In 1966, these formed a joint body, the Association des Scouts du Rwanda, which was admitted to WOSM in 1975.
The RSA hosted the African Scout Conference from September 3 to 7, 2007, in La Palisse Hotel in Kigali. This conference, preceded by the 4th Africa Scout Youth Forum, held on August 30 to September 2, 2007, had as a topic Scouting, an education for a peaceful world, united against violence.
The RSA is supported by a number of European and American Scout associations, including the German Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg, the Belgian Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen, the Association des Scouts du Canada and the Boy Scouts of America.
The RSA is divided in four branches:
The Scout Motto is Be Prepared, Uwe Tayari in Swahili, Ube Maso in Kinyarwanda, and Sois Prêt in French.