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The Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela (ASV, ''Scout Association of Venezuela'') is the national
Scouting Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...
association of
Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
. Scouting in Venezuela was founded in 1913. Venezuela became a member of the
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in 1937. The ASV has 14,801 members . The Association is concerned with conservation of nature. Other activities include clean-up campaigns, tree planting, and beautification projects. An example of outdoor activities that Scouts take on are
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,
camping Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent. Camping can also include a recreational vehicle, sheltered cabins, a permanent tent, a shelter such as a Bivy bag ...
, and
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. They also have organized camps for needy children. The Scouts have held rallies against and raising awareness of drug abuse and drug trafficking.


History

In August 1913, Ramón Ocando Pérez, formed the "Club Boy Scouts of Maracaibo" with the help of some friends. This was short-lived due to inconveniences. However, Mr. Ramón Ocando Pérez is considered the precursor of
Scouting Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...
Venezuela. 1913 The Scouter Ramón Ocando Pérez organizes patrols in the city of
Maracaibo Maracaibo ( , ; ) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. It is the largest city in Venezuela and is List of cities in Venezuela by population ...
. 1914-1917 Between these years Mr. Ramón Ocando Pérez and English Scout Douglas Walter Raleigh organized the movement in the city of Maracaibo, Zulia State, where they founded the "San Sebastian" Troop, which is the oldest in the country. "San Sebastian No. 1" had five patrols called wolves, foxes, ocelots, curlews and coquivacoas. The fifth group did not have an animal name as the party who had translated the manual were not told that each patrol had to be named after an animal and did so in honor of the
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. Troop 42 Scouts was formed on 20 January 1913 the day of St. Sebastian, patron of the city of Maracaibo and adopted the green color for the scarf, symbolizing hope and nature. 1926 The Spanish Captain Perez Brihuela organized a troop of Boy Scouts in the German Catholic College in
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,
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. It is said the Troop was short-lived due to a lack of knowledge of the true purposes of
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, by its founder. 1927 On 27 May constitutes
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"Association of Boy Scouts of
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". 1933-1934 In 1933 Mr. Henrique Sapene organized the Troop "St. George" in
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. Its success led to the subsequent founding of the Troop "San Carlos" by
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. On 13 June of that year, with the signing of the "Federal Pact" the Federation of Boy Scouts of Venezuela was formed. The first Constitution was adopted on 22 August 1934 in the National Assembly, headed by National Commissioner Henrique Sapene, Scoutmaster Marcel Granier Doyeux, Assistant Scoutmaster
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, and Enrique Tejera Paris as witness. 1935 Following the resignation of National Commissioner Henrique Sapene, the Federation had Enrique Tejera Paris and Federico Diaz Legorburu as Interim Commissioners. At the end of that year, the National Assembly of the Federation appointed Captain M. Santos Rausseo as new National Commissioner. In the same year Enrique Tejera Paris was elected to the National Commissioner and during his term the Venezuelan Catholic Church recognized the Federation of Boy Scouts (Scouts) of Venezuela as an organization and the National Scout Camp-School "Smoke" is created in
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where the first National Forest badge workshop is held. 1936-1938 Through the efforts of Dr. Enrique Tejera G., Minister of Education for the year, General Eleazar López Contreras, President, included in its Programme for Government, support for the Boy Scouts (Official Gazette No. 18886 of 21 February 1936). In August of that year a tour was made of the West of the Republic of
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(Cúcuta) that aimed to raise awareness of
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in that region. A group called the "Technical Circle of Scouting", whose activities were immediately extended to the cities of Maracaibo and Valencia, was established in Caracas in 1937. The Technical Circle of
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(CTE) was founded with the primary intention of channeling resources and energies latent in the Federation, and to improve and expand Scouts Venezuela. From then until its dissolution in 1948, the CTE was a group dedicated to technical improvement. In 1937 a Scout mission led by National Commissioner Cap. Rausseo M. Santos, attended the World Jamboree held in
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, Netherlands, on behalf of the Federation of Boy Scouts (Scouts) in Venezuela. That same year, the Federation requested and obtained registration from the World Scout Conference, becoming one of the members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). In 1938, C.T.E. organized a course for Heads of Unit Potrerito, Carrizales, Edo. Miranda, which can be considered the first formal training course conducted in a Field-School in the country. 1940-1941 In late 1940, for health reasons, Rausseo, the National Commissioner, resigned and died soon after. In an extraordinary National Assembly, Prof. Armando Alvarez de Lugo was appointed Acting National Commissioner. 1942 In August 1942 the first National Jamboree (National Patrol Camp) was held in the city of
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, which was attended by Scouts from throughout Venezuela. 1943-1945 'In 1943 and 1944 the Regional Conference of Heads were held in
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and Valencia. On 7 September 1945 the National Assembly amended the Constitution, changing the designation of National Chief Scout Commissioner for Venezuela, choosing Federico Diaz Legorburu as First Chief Scout. In 1945 the statutes were reformed again (which were renamed by - Policy, Organization and Rules) and the name ''Scout Association of Venezuela'' adopted. 1946 At the level of the Americas, Venezuelan Scouting was involved from the first steps, in the creation of the Interamerican Council of Scouting. Four Venezuelan officials: Federico Diaz Legorburu, Gustavo J. Vollmer, Luis Esteban Palacios, and
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have served as President of that body. Since its founding in 1946, the CIE has always had in its directive members of the Association. 1961 In 1961 Venezuela was home to the Fifth Interamerican Scout Conference, which took place at the Hotel Humboldt in Caracas. By that time Federico Diaz Legorburu was Chairman of CIE. Dr. Gustavo J. Vollmer served as President of the National Council of the Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela, President of the Interamerican Regional Scout Council, and as a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1963 to 1969 and again from 1973 to 1979 . 1981 a new reform to unite the positions of chairman and chief scout was produced, and created three main focus areas: education and method, operations. and finance, which apply to date. 1997 female branches are created within the Scout Association and a new uniform plans progress.


Program and ideals

Program All sections are coeducational. Association members use wine-red neckerchiefs when attending international events. The motto and national emblem of the Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela state the identity and values of Venezuelan Scouting: High Ideals, Elevation of Sights, Justice, Loyalty and Perseverance. Ideals * Lobatos-Lobeznas/Cubs- 7 to 11 * Scouts-ages 11 to 16 * Rovers-ages 16 to 21


Publications

*"Manual El Camino Hacia los Bosques" Scout Association of Venezuela. 1973


See also

* Asociación de Guías Scouts de Venezuela


References

* Manual ''El Camino hacia los Bosques'' (Road to the Forest), Scout Association of Venezuela. Caracas, 1973
History of Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela
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