Scouting, according to the real Spanish academy, is a youth movement or current that seeks the total and integral education of the person through self-training and full contact with nature. Etymologically the word comes from the English "to scout" which means "to explore", influenced by the Catalan escort. This type of educational movement aimed at young people is present in a total of 165 countries and territories, with around 30 million members worldwide, congregated in different organizations.
This worldwide movement was created by the English actor, painter, musician, soldier, sculptor and writer named Robert Stephenson Smith Baden-Powell in the year 1907, who at that time was a colonel until 1909, and was awarded the title of Sir, to happen to be adjudged like Lord Baden-Powell, I Baron of Gilwell. The rules and instructions of Scouting were expressed through the book Scouting for Boys in 1908, whose authorship also belonged to this character Baden-Powell. It is important to mention that each of the members of the scouting are called "scouts" or scouts.
Scouting was born as the purpose of fighting crime in England at the beginning of the 20th century, through the search for the complete spiritual, physical and mental development of those young people, so that they can become well-rounded people and good citizens of a certain society.
Each of the associations that exist around the world, do not have any type of distinction, race, sex, religion or social, that is, anyone can be or be part of this movement. In addition, you can be a scout from 5 years of age until the end of life.
The main object of Scouting is to cooperate or contribute to the integral development of each one of the boys, girls and young people by assisting them to fully realize their emotional, physical, social, spiritual and even intellectual possibilities as responsible individuals belonging to a given society..
