Girl Guiding in Ceylon The Girl Guide and Boy Scout Movements were founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell (B-P). B-P had first worked with boys while he was in South Africa during the Boer War. He had set up his headquarters in Mafeking, but soon this garrison was under siege. B-P enlisted the help of a few boys to take ...
THE FATHER OF SRILANKA SCOUTINGFrancis George Stevens arrived in Ceylon in 1911 as an Engineer in the Public Works Department. He was transferred from Matale to Colombo in 1914 and then served in the Royal Navy during World War. He Arrived In Ceylon as an British civil Engineer In The Public Works Department After a Brief Period In The Provincial ...