Movimiento Scout del Uruguay

National emblem of the Movimiento Scout del Uruguay

Location

Andrés Martinez Trueba 1185/1187, 11200 C.P. Montevideo

Country

Uruguay

Founded

1947

Membership

1,549

Affiliation

World Organization of the Scout Movement

Website
https://msu.edu.uy

The Movimiento Scout del Uruguay (MSU) is the national Scouting organization of Uruguay, and a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. Scouting was founded in Uruguay in 1947 and became a member of WOSM in 1950. MSU has 1,549 members (as of 2011).^[1]

Asociación Scouts del Uruguay (ASU, Scout Association of Uruguay) and Asociación de Scouts Católicos del Uruguay (ASCU, Catholic Scouts of Uruguay) merged to form the Movimento Scout del Uruguay in 1994.

Program

Scouts are active in community service and step in to help the government in times of disaster or special need.

Branches

The association is divided into four branches:

Lobatos (Cub Scouts)-ages 8 to 10
Scouts-ages 11 to 13
Pioneros (Pioneers)-ages 14 to 16
Rovers-ages 17 to 19

Scout Law

El scout es digno de confianza.
El scout es leal.
El scout sirve al prójimo y a la comunidad sin esperar recompensa.
El scout es hermano de todo scout y promueve la fraternidad entre los hombres.
El scout es justo y constructor de la justicia.
El scout protege y ama la vida porque ella proviene de Dios.
El scout sabe obedecer en forma libre y responsable.
El scout enfrenta sus dificultades con alegría y coraje.
El scout es trabajador y respeta el bien común.
El scout es puro en pensamientos, palabras y acciones.

Scout Oath

Prometo hacer todo lo posible por cumplir mis deberes para con Dios y la sociedad, ayudar al prójimo en toda circunstancia y cumplir fielmente la Ley Scout.

Scout Motto

Siempre Listo, Always ready

References

↑ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Retrieved 2011-01-13.

External links

Members of the Interamerican Scout Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

Full members	Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Caribbean Netherlands Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela

Without Scouting	Cuba

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