Girl Guides

Girl Guides

A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...

 in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 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

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...

 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

Hostess

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 to the fifth International Conference of Guiding when the WAGGGS was founded. In 1939, the first Girl Guide and Girl Scout World Camp

World Camp (Guiding)

There have been several World Camps held by the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, first held in 1924. Organized by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, unlike World Scout Jamborees, World Camps are not named with an ordinal number, nor is there an attempt to hold them at regular...

, Pax Ting

Pax Ting

Pax Ting was the first Girl Guide and Girl Scout World Camp held after the formation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It was held in Gödöllő, Hungary from July 25 to August 7, 1939, and attended by some 5,800 Girl Guides from around the world.At the 10th World Conference of...

, was held in Hungary, and attended by some 4000 Guides from around the world. During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 the movement was involved in relief work in hospital

Hospital

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s and helping refugee

Refugee

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s. With the siege of the capital, 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

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

noun for a single Guide is Cserkész.

Guide Promise

Fogadom, hogy hiven teljesitem kötelességeimet, amelyekkel Istennek, hazámnak és embertársaimnak tartozom. Minden tölem telhetöt megteszek, hog másoknak segitsek. Ismerem a cserkésztörvenyt, 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

1. A cserkészlány egyeneslelkű, és feltétlenül igazat mond.
   The Girl Guide is honest and always tells the truth.
2. A cserkészlány híven teljesíti kötelességeit.
   The Girl Guide performs her duties faithfully.
3. A cserkészlány ahol tud, segít.
   The Girl Guide helps where she can.
4. A cserkészlány minden cserkészt testvérének tekint.
   The Girl Guide considers every Scout/Guide her brother or sister.
5. A cserkészlány gyöngéd másokkal, szigorú önmagával szemben.
   The Girl Scout is tender with others but strict with herself.
6. A cserkészlány szereti a természetet, jó az állatokhoz, kíméli a növényeket.
   The Girl Guide loves nature, she is good to animals, and spares plants.
7. A cserkészlány vezetőivel tevékenyen és készségesen működik együtt.
   The Girl Guide cooperates with her leaders briskly and willingly.
8. A cserkészlány vidám és meggondolt.
   The Girl Guide is joyful and prudent.
9. A cserkészlány takarékos.
   The Girl Guide is frugal.
10. A cserkészlány testben és lélekben tiszta.
    The Girl Guide is clean in body and soul.