Asociación de Guías de Cuba

The Asociación de Guías de Cuba was the Cuban national organization of the Girl Guide movement. Historical accounts connect its establishment with María Abrisqueta de Zulueta, a Spanish citizen who had settled on the island, together with two Cuban sisters whose surname was Brull. Abrisqueta de Zulueta had also been involved in founding the Girl Guide movement in Spain, linking the Cuban association to the wider international development of Guiding. The organization received an important legal recognition on 27 January 1955, when Law-Decree 2118 declared the Asociación de Guías de Cuba to be of public utility. The decree approved the creation or operation of the organization on a national scale throughout the Republic of Cuba. This legal status marked the association as a formally recognized national youth organization with a public-service role. The association was connected internationally through membership in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The available reference identifies it as a former WAGGGS member and indicates that it was last mentioned by that organization in 1969. No reliable source supplied here gives a precise founding year, a complete chronology of national commissioners or other leaders, details of its local branches, or a documented date of dissolution. The movement's general purpose can be situated within the established Girl Guiding model of youth education, practical skills, outdoor activity, personal development, citizenship, and community service. However, the available material does not document specific Cuban programs or campaigns in enough detail to distinguish them from the general international tradition. The association's later institutional history is also unclear. Accordingly, the organization is documented as a historically recognized Cuban Guiding body whose present or final status requires further research.

• 1969

  Last noted WAGGGS membership reference

  [1]Asociación de Guías de Cubaen.wikipedia.org

  The association was last mentioned in the available reference material as a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

• 1955

  Public-utility recognition

  [1]Asociación de Guías de Cubaen.wikipedia.org

  Law-Decree 2118, dated 27 January 1955, declared the Asociación de Guías de Cuba to be of public utility and approved its organization on a national scale throughout the Republic of Cuba.

A national youth Guiding organization focused on the Girl Guide tradition in Cuba.

1. 1Asociación de Guías de Cubaen.wikipedia.org