Federación de Scouts-Exploradores de España


The Federación de Scouts-Exploradores de España is a Spanish Scout association. It is one of the members of the Federación de Escultismo en España and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It serves 31,458 members.

History

The Exploradores de España, of whom ASDE claims to be heir, was founded in 1912 by Teodoro Iradier y Herrero and Arturo Cuyás under the name Exploradores de España - Boy-scouts españoles. It was among the founding members of the Boy Scouts' International Conference in 1920.
In 1940, after the Spanish Civil War the Exploradores de España were suspended by Franco's regime, but afterwards could continue their activities as Asociación Nacional de Exploradores de España with a semi-tolerated status.
The organization was fully legalized in 1977 under the name Asociación de Scouts de España during the reforms after Franco's death. In 1978, it formed the Federación de Escultismo en España with the Movimiento Scout Católico and the Federació Catalana d'Escoltisme i Guiatge and was readmitted to the World Organization of the Scout Movement the same year.

Program

Program sections

The ASDE is divided in five sections according to age:
Siempre Listo, Always Ready

Scout Oath

Por mi honor prometo hacer cuanto de mi dependa para:
On my honor, I promise that I will do my best:
A Scout's honor is to be trusted
A Scout is loyal to his country, his parents, his leaders and those under him
A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others without benefit
A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout
A Scout is courteous and a gentlemen
A Scout sees the work of God in nature. He loves animals and plants
A Scout obeys orders without question and leaves nothing half done
A Scout smiles and sings under all difficulties
A Scout is thrifty and respects other people's property
A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed

Regional organizations

The ASDE is a federation of independent regional organizations, organized according to the autonomous communities of Spain. Its members are:
The organization has no groups in the Basque Country and in Navarre.