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| | name = Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike | | name = Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike | ||
| | image = Kingsley C. Dassenaike.png | | image = Kingsley C. Dassenaike.png | ||
| | caption = 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | | caption = 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | ||
| | othername = Dusty/Dassy<ref name="Ameresekere">D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1</ref> | |||
| | Nice Name = Dusty/Dassy | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|06|19|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|06|19|df=y}} | ||
| | birth_place = ], Sri Lanka | | birth_place = ], Sri Lanka | ||
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| '''Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|s|ə|'|n|aɪ|ə|k|ə}} {{Respell|də |
'''Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|s|ə|'|n|aɪ|ə|k|ə}} {{Respell|də|sə|NY|ə|kə}} {{langx|si|කිංස්ලි ක්ලැරන්ස් දසනායක}}; {{langx|ta|தசநாயக்க கிளாரென்ஸ் கிங்ஸ்லி}}; born 19 June 1914, date of death unknown), the first non-foreign Principal of the in ], ]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/071028/Plus/plus00013.html |title = It was a learning experience}}</ref> was the inventor of the ] system,<ref name="sinhalabraille"/><ref name="unescointjstor" /> and served as the Chairman of the ] for disabled Scouts of the ]<ref name="Ameresekere">D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1</ref> as well as National Headquarters Commissioner, District Commissioner for ] of the ] from 1958 to 1963 and acting District Commissioner of ]–] in the 1960s. | ||
| ==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
| Dassanaike was born in ], ] on 19 June 1914. He began Scouting as a ] at 15th Colombo at Mount Lavinia on 19 June 1919, under ].<ref name="Ameresekere">D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1</ref> During the course of his Scouting career he worked to promote Scouting for the deaf and blind alongside ], ], ], and ], who would later found the ] based on their work together.<ref name="Ameresekere">D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1</ref> He participated and read papers at International Scout Conferences on the subject of disabled Scouting in ] and ], visited Thailand, Kenya and Uganda to promote the subject, and had his greatest success in ].<ref></ref><ref></ref> At the 1947 ] in France, he was in charge of the British Contingent of Handicapped Scouts.<ref name="Ameresekere">D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1</ref> He was attached to Third Handicapped Group in ], while serving at the ] in London, and by the time of the 1957 ] at ], he served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts.<ref>Pg. No 105 of the Sri Lanka Scout Association Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962</ref> Upon his return to Sri Lanka, he assisted in revising "]" in the ].<ref name="Ameresekere"/> | |||
| ‘Kingsley’ as he is affectionately known to all of us, and ‘Dusty’ to his scout friends in England, began as a Cub on June 19, 1919, under that amiable friend of ours, now gone to his rest the late Charles P.Dharmakirti, at 15th Colombo on the Mount at Mt.Lavinia Coming under the influence of Charles P.Dharmakirti. he had to be a good Scour, and Kingsley has several times told us that he owed so much to that frail figure, but great-at-heart Scout. It is believed that there is no other record of a Scout who started as a Cub in his District and became the BIG of the same district years later. His Scout experience is varied - as a Cub, Scout in 15th Colombo, A.S.M in M/Prince of Wales College, S.M in 1st Matara St.Thomas' College (1928-1930)/1st Mount-Lavinia Deaf & Blind Troop / 18th Kandy Training Colony Peradeniya Troop, G.S.M in 1st Matale Christ Church College, D.S.M in Scout Matale District, A.D.C in Colombo and D.C in Matale. | |||
| also dealing with boys and adults, and with normal scouts and handicapped scouts, in the towns and villages of Ceylon and abroad in many countries. He has served in Colombo, Matara, Kandy, Matale, N’Eliya and Avissawella Districts. So he has the experience of urban and rural scouting. Besides Charles P. Dharmakirti, he has associated with some of the great names of scouting in Ceylon, such as F.G. Stephens, <ref> http://baladakshaya.blogspot.com/2015/04/big-chief-white-eagle.html</ref> Vernon Grenier, J.H.de Saram, <ref> http://baladakshaya.blogspot.com/2015/04/1st-native-chief-commissioner-of-ceylon.html</ref> Godfrey Faussette, L.A.A.Hayter, St.L.H.de Zylva, Brig. C.P.Jayawardena, C.Dymoke-Green, E.W.Kannangara, A.M.P.B.Tummoiera, R.H.D.Manders, K.Somasuntharam, K.B.Alahakoon and J.N.Thomas. | |||
| ==Sinhala Braille system== | ==Sinhala Braille system== | ||
| In 1947, Dassanaike, principal of the school for the blind at Ratmalana,<ref> |
In 1947, Dassanaike, principal of the school for the blind at Ratmalana,<ref>https://www.freunde-der-dzb.de/files/papers_topic_6_weerawardhana.doc {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> introduced a Sinhala Braille code influenced by the English Braille code.<ref name="sinhalabraille">Dassanaike K.C., (1960) Sinhala Braille kramaya.</ref><ref name="unescointjstor"> UNESCO, 1956. xxvii, 139 p. (UNESCO ... (1956), 97-104. UNESCO international seminar on public ...... DASSENAIKE, KINGSLEY C.</ref> In 1952, a universally accepted ] was introduced by ].<ref></ref><ref>UNESCO, 1953, pp 27–28</ref> Further he was vice-president of the ].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/Abm/bm1958/BrailleMonitorApril1958.html |title = Braille Monitor, April, 1958}}</ref> | ||
| ==Later life in Scouting== | ==Later life in Scouting== | ||
| ⚫ | In 1972, he was awarded the 76th '']'', the only distinction of the ], awarded at the 24th World Scout Conference in Nairobi, Kenya by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting,<ref>Dr. László Nagy, ''250 Million Scouts'', The ] and Dartnell Publishers, 1985 Pg. 221</ref><ref name="awardees">{{Cite web |url=https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list |title=Official List of Bronze Wolf Awardees, scout.org |access-date=2016-12-04 |archive-date=2020-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List |url-status=dead }}</ref> the only Sri Lankan thus awarded to date. | ||
| He got the Scout Woodbadge in 1934 in Pedro and in 1947 he had a refresher course at Gilwell and still later in 1962 attended a Training of the Team Course there. He has represented the Boy Scouts World Bureau on Scouting with the Handicapped and has participated and read papers at International Scout Conferences on the subject of Handicapped Scouting in New Delhi and Manila. </ref> http://www.scout.org.hk/ccc2011/download/MilestonesofWorldScouting.pdf</ref> and though he did not attend the Bangkok Conference his paper was read there. He visited Hongkong, Bangkok, Japan, Kenya and Uganda to boost Scouting with the Handicapped. He actually got it started in Hongkong and gave the impetus to start that branch in Japan. | |||
| He attended the Moussan Jamboree in France in 1947 as one of those in charge of the British Contingent of Handicapped Scouts. It was there he was dubbed ‘Dusty’ by his friends in England. He also attended the Jubilee Jamboree in Engnand in 1957 at Sutton Coal fields as a member of the Advisory Committee for Scouting with the Handicapped of the Boys Scouts World Bureau. His Birmingham friends preferred to call him ‘Dassy’. (He was attached to 3 Handicapped Group in Birmingham). | |||
| At the age of 58, in 1967, he showed he was still a young Scouter when he followed a Cub-Woodbadge Course without any concessions and won the Cub Woodbadge by completing his other parts the same year. He is a Member, Advisory Committee of the Boy Scouts World Bureau on Scouting with the Handicapped and Commissioner in Charge of Moratuwa/Piliyandala District. Then when he wanted to do less work, as he was getting on in years, he was called upon to administer the Moratuwa/Piliyandala District in the absence of a D/C, to serve on the Forward Plan Committee, and to assist in revising “Scouting for Boys” in Sinhalese, </ref>http://baladakshaya.blogspot.com/2015/04/scouting-for-boys-in-tamil.html</ref> and all thesejobs he is doing enthusiastically. He has travelled widely in almost all the countries of Europe, Asia and in America, Canada, Uganda, Tunisia and Kenya, and in all these countries he has gone out ofthe way to meet Scouts and visit their Headquarters. | |||
| ⚫ | In 1972, he was awarded the 76th '']'', the only distinction of the ], awarded at the 24th World Scout Conference in Nairobi, Kenya by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting,<ref>Dr. László Nagy, ''250 Million Scouts'', The ] and Dartnell Publishers, 1985 Pg. 221</ref><ref>https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list |
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| Innumerable are the Camps and special gatherings he has attended in many parts of the country and abroad and at some of these he has represented the Chief Commissioner. At most of these events he has fluently addressed the gatherings on different Scout subjects both in English and Sinhalese. Yes, indeed, he shows himself very young, when he dances with such vigor and rhythm on many occasions here and abroad. His contribution to Scouting in Matale and Colombo has been very great, and he is still affectionately remembered as the D/C who never gets ruffled at Scout Meetings and finally his impartial word accepted by all. | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:50, 28 October 2024
| Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike | |
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 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | |
| Born | (1914-06-19)19 June 1914 Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
| Other names | Dusty/Dassy |
Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike (/dəsəˈnaɪəkə/ də-sə-NY-ə-kə Sinhala: කිංස්ලි ක්ලැරන්ස් දසනායක; Tamil: தசநாயக்க கிளாரென்ஸ் கிங்ஸ்லி; born 19 June 1914, date of death unknown), the first non-foreign Principal of the Ceylon School for the Deaf & Blind in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka was the inventor of the Sinhala Braille system, and served as the Chairman of the Extension Scout Committee for disabled Scouts of the World Organization of the Scout Movement as well as National Headquarters Commissioner, District Commissioner for Colombo of the Sri Lanka Scout Association from 1958 to 1963 and acting District Commissioner of Moratuwa–Piliyandala in the 1960s.
Early life
Dassanaike was born in Moratuwa, Ceylon on 19 June 1914. He began Scouting as a Cub Scout at 15th Colombo at Mount Lavinia on 19 June 1919, under Charles P. Dharmakirti. During the course of his Scouting career he worked to promote Scouting for the deaf and blind alongside Edmund Godfrey-Faussett, Charles Dymoke Green Jr., E. W. Kannangara, and Yorihiro Matsudaira, who would later found the Nippon Agoonoree based on their work together. He participated and read papers at International Scout Conferences on the subject of disabled Scouting in New Delhi and Manila, visited Thailand, Kenya and Uganda to promote the subject, and had his greatest success in Hong Kong. At the 1947 6th World Scout Jamboree in France, he was in charge of the British Contingent of Handicapped Scouts. He was attached to Third Handicapped Group in Birmingham, while serving at the Boy Scouts International Bureau in London, and by the time of the 1957 9th World Scout Jamboree at Sutton Park, he served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts. Upon his return to Sri Lanka, he assisted in revising "Scouting for Boys" in the Sinhala language.
Sinhala Braille system
In 1947, Dassanaike, principal of the school for the blind at Ratmalana, introduced a Sinhala Braille code influenced by the English Braille code. In 1952, a universally accepted Braille system was introduced by UNESCO. Further he was vice-president of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Later life in Scouting
In 1972, he was awarded the 76th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded at the 24th World Scout Conference in Nairobi, Kenya by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, the only Sri Lankan thus awarded to date.
References
- ^ D.C.O.T. Ameresekere (1969), Fifty Years in Scout Service. Sri Lanka Scout Association. p. 1
- "It was a learning experience".
- ^ Dassanaike K.C., (1960) Sinhala Braille kramaya.
- ^ Bibliography UNESCO, 1956. xxvii, 139 p. (UNESCO ... (1956), 97-104. UNESCO international seminar on public ...... DASSENAIKE, KINGSLEY C.
- scout.org
- scout.org
- Pg. No 105 of the Sri Lanka Scout Association Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962
- https://www.freunde-der-dzb.de/files/papers_topic_6_weerawardhana.doc
- UNESCO/MC/Conf.9/10 Paris, 8 December 1950 "Interim Memorandum on Uniform Braille for India and South East Asia, with due reference to its Co-ordinated Relationship to the Braille of Other Areas" p. 2/3 section "Ceylon"
- UNESCO, 1953, pp 27–28
- "Braille Monitor, April, 1958".
- Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985 Pg. 221
- "Official List of Bronze Wolf Awardees, scout.org". Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
