Girl Guides
Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of Girlguiding, The ...
in
Hungary
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are served by the Association of Hungarian Girl Guides (), with 512 members as of 2003. Founded in 1919, the girls-only organization became a full member of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association that supports Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. It was established in the year 1928 in Parád, H ...
in 1928, and an associate member again in 1993. It regained full membership in 2008.
History
The first Guide group in Hungary was set up in 1919. The National Association of Hungarian Girl Guides was founded in 1921 and received as a member of the International Council, the forerunner of WAGGGS, in 1922. In 1928, the Hungarian Girl Guide association acted as
hostess to the fifth International Conference of Guiding when the WAGGGS was founded. In 1939, the first Girl Guide and Girl Scout
World Camp,
Pax Ting, was held in Hungary, and attended by some 4000 Guides from around the world. During
World War II
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the movement was involved in
relief work in
hospital
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s and helping
refugee
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s. With the siege of the
capital
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, the association's activities were suspended. Guiding activities resumed after the war, but in 1948 the government banned all youth organizations, and the association was forced to cease functioning for the next 40 years. The first attempts to reorganize the movement started in 1988 as a response to political change in Hungary. In 1989, the Association of Hungarian Girl Guides was relaunched. A central committee concentrated on training potential leaders. In 1996 there were 20 troops, mostly working in schools.
Program and ideals
The
Guide Motto is ''Jó Munkát''. The
Magyar noun for a single Guide is ''Cserkész''.
Guide Promise
Fogadom, hogy híven teljesítem kötelességeimet, amelyekkel Istennek, hazámnak és embertársaimnak tartozom. Minden tőlem telhetőt megteszek, hogy másoknak segitsek. Ismerem a cserkésztörvényt, és azt mindenkor megtartom.
''I promise that I will do the duties I owe to God, my motherland, and my fellow beings. I will do my best to help others. I know the Girl Guide Laws and I will always comply with them.''
Guide Law
# A cserkészlány egyeneslelkű, és feltétlenül igazat mond.
''The Girl Guide is honest and always tells the truth.''
# A cserkészlány híven teljesíti kötelességeit.
''The Girl Guide performs her duties faithfully.''
# A cserkészlány ahol tud, segít.
''The Girl Guide helps where she can.''
# A cserkészlány minden cserkészt testvérének tekint.
''The Girl Guide considers every Scout/Guide her brother or sister.''
# A cserkészlány gyöngéd másokkal, szigorú önmagával szemben.
''The Girl Guide is tender with others but strict with herself.''
# A cserkészlány szereti a természetet, jó az állatokhoz, kíméli a növényeket.
''The Girl Guide loves nature, she is good to animals, and spares plants.''
# A cserkészlány vezetőivel tevékenyen és készségesen működik együtt.
''The Girl Guide cooperates with her leaders briskly and willingly.''
# A cserkészlány vidám és meggondolt.
''The Girl Guide is joyful and prudent.''
# A cserkészlány takarékos.
''The Girl Guide is frugal.''
# A cserkészlány testben és lélekben tiszta.
''The Girl Guide is clean in body and soul.''
See also
*
Magyar Cserkészszövetség
References
* World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau (2002), ''Trefoil Round the World''. Eleventh Edition 1997.
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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Hungary
Youth organizations established in 1921
Youth organizations established in 1989
1921 establishments in Hungary