The Swaziland Girl Guides Association
The Swaziland Girl Guides Association | |||
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Headquarters | Manzini[1] | ||
Country | Eswatini | ||
Founded | 1924 | ||
Membership | 3,450[1] | ||
Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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The Swaziland Girl Guides Association is the national Guiding organization of Eswatini (Swaziland). It serves 3,450 members (as of 2017)[1] (1,010 members in 2003, 1,836 in 1972[2]). It was founded in 1924 as a girls-only organization.[1] World Chief Guide Olave Baden Powell visited in 1950 it became a Branch Association of The Guide Association in the UK.[1] It became a self-governing body in 1969 when it became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1969.[1]
The organization merged with "The Wayfareres" a similar organization.[1]
There are three youth sections. Blue Jays were the original, followed by the Ranger section in 1963, and Cadets in 1968.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Swaziland Girl Guides Association". WAGGGS.org. 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Teach Swaziland girls in Guide program". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa. 16 June 1972. p. 29. Retrieved 1 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
- Scouting and Guiding in Eswatini
- Youth organizations established in 1924