What is the connection between Scouting and Esperanto?
In his book, “Scouting for Boys,” Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting’s Founder, recommends the use of Esperanto as a “secret language” among scouts. The first steps to create the Skolta Esperanto-Ligo (Scout Esperanto League) took place in 1918, after the appearance of Alexander William Thompson’s booklet proposing such an organization. Since then, SEL has held its own international camp-outs, and participated in World Scout Jamborees. In the World Jamborees , SEL organises an activity in which participants will learn the basics of Esperanto.
