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| | image = Kingsley C. Dassenaike.png | | image = Kingsley C. Dassenaike.png | ||
| | caption = 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | | caption = 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | ||
| | 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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| ==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
| ‘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== | ||
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| ==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>https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list complete list</ref> the only Sri Lankan thus awarded to date. He served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts.<ref>Pg. No 105 of the Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962</ref> Further he was Vice-President of the ].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} | ||
| 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 complete list</ref> the only Sri Lankan thus awarded to date. He served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts.<ref>Pg. No 105 of the Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962</ref> Further he was Vice-President of the ].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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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. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike | |
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 1st Bronze Wolf in Sri Lanka | |
| Born | (1914-06-19)19 June 1914 Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike (/dəsəˈnaɪəkə/ də-sə-NEYE-ə-kə Sinhala: කිංස්ලි දසනායක; Template:Lang-ta Moratuwa, Sri Lanka June 19, 1914-), the first non-foreign Principal of the School for the Deaf & Blind in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka was the inventor of the Sinhalese Braille system, and served as the Chairman of the Extension Scout Committee for handicapped 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.
Early life
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.
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. He served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts. Further he was Vice-President of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
References
- http://www.sundaytimes.lk/071028/Plus/plus00013.html
- Official List of Bronze Wolf Awardess
- https://www.freunde-der-dzb.de/files/papers_topic_6_weerawardhana.doc
- Dassanayake K.C., (1960) Sinhala Braille kramaya.
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/2943058?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents UNESCO, 1956. xxvii, 139 p. (UNESCO ... (1956), 97-104. UNESCO international seminar on public ...... DASSENAIKE, KINGSLEY C.
- 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
- Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985 Pg. 221
- https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list complete list
- Pg. No 105 of the Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962
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