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The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) is the national Girl Scouting association for girls and young women in the Philippines.Its mission is "to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their responsibilities in the home, to the nation, and to the world community". [1]
The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, headquartered in Makati, Philippines; Australia; and Japan. The WAGGGS-Asia Pacific Region services Guiding in the land area of Asia south of Russia-in-Asia and the bulk of the Pacific Basin .
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.
Philippines: Girl Scouts of the Philippines: full 692,629 1946 1919 girls-only Poland: Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego: full 49,304 1928/1996 1910 both Portugal: Associação Guias de Portugal: full 3,038 1963 1919 girls-only Qatar: The Scout and Guide Association of Qatar: full 3,480 NA 1995 both Romania: Asociația Ghidelor și Ghizilor din ...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM / ˈ w ʊ z əm /) is the largest international scout organization and was established in 1922. [1] [2] It has 176 members. [3]These members are national scout organizations that founded WOSM or have subsequently been recognised by WOSM, which collectively have around 43 million participants.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS / w æ ɡ z /) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. Established in 1928 in Parád , Hungary , the organization now has its own headquarters in London , United Kingdom .
The Baden-Powell Movement of Australia has a branch in Philippines and serve members of the LDS Church. In the past, Scouts in Chinese schools registered with the Boy Scouts of China (in Taiwan). With the Filipinization of Chinese schools during the regime of Pres. Marcos, these shifted registration to the BSP and GSP.
On 26 May 1940, President Manuel L. Quezon signed the charter of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. Helena Z. Benitez was the Chairman of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Central Committee, while Josefa became the group's first National Executive. At the time of the charter, there were 1,000 Girl Scouts in the Philippines. [28] [29]