Association of Hungarian Girl Guides

Association of Hungarian Girl Guides is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working on national level, delivering a well-established, unique, values-based approach of non-formal learning that allows girls and young women to develop life skills through self-development, friendship, challenge and adventure. We have about 30 units from all parts of Hungary including girls and young women from different age groups (6-25). We also have adult members who are leading the units or are member of the national board and working groups. All of our members and leaders are volunteers. It is very important to us to develop the leadership skills of young women and give them the possibility to use it in practice. During these years our most important topics are Women Empowerment and Employability, Human rights and Gender equality, Violence Against Women and Healthy Body Image, Project management and volunteering. We train youth workers in designing, guiding and evaluating workshops and long-term programs, integrating methods of non-formal education. Special attention is paid to target groups at risk, facing challenges of marginalization, discrimination and to issues and cases emerging in projects carried out with multicultural groups. Association of Hungarian Girl Guides has been taking part in many international training courses, seminars and youth exchanges organized in the framework of Youth in Action Programme and Erasmus+ Youth, as a partner and also as a host organization. We also organize skills-development and methodology TCs, exchanges and camps. We use and actively develop non-formal and experiential learning methods in our work. The organization among its members has many leaders and qualified trainers who work with children and young people on a daily bases. They have experience developing and using non-formal and informal educational methods for personal development. working with young people on gender equality is one of our basic values and it is included in the every-day work of our volunteers.