Scout International Relief Service

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Scout International Relief Service
Formation1942; 84 years ago (1942)
FounderThe Scout Association
TypeOrganisation
PurposeSending teams of adult Scouters to do relief work in refugee and displaced persons' camps
Region
Northwest Europe, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Hong Kong

Scout International Relief Service [1] was an organisation set up by the Scout Association in Britain in 1942 with the aim of sending teams of adult Scouters to do relief work in refugee and displaced persons' camps in Northwest Europe, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Hong Kong after World War II.[2]

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  1. ^ Wilson p. 117 120 145
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