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Princess Mary and Girl Guides, 1922. Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell was a British soldier during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa (1899–1902). He was the commander during the Siege of Mafeking, and noted during the siege how young boys made themselves useful by carrying messages for the soldiers.
The first handbook for Girl Guides, How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire by Agnes and Robert Baden-Powell, similarly explains: The motto of the Girl Guides is "Be Prepared". Why is this? It is because, like the other Guides, you have to be prepared at any moment to face difficulties and even dangers by knowing what to do and how to do it. [2]
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.
Additional meaning of the thumb holding down the little finger as explained in Switzerland and Germany: the big and strong protects the weak and little. To greet each other, German-speaking Scouts often say 'Gut Pfad', which can literally be translated to 'Good Path'. This comes from the German term for 'scout', which is 'Pfadfinder'.
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Nuestra Cabaña's mascot is a lizard named Iggy. He was born in 2015. Previously, the mascot was a donkey, named Amigo. The logo resembles that of the city of Cuernavaca, but has been given meaning specific to the Girl Guiding and Scouting movement. The central part of the logo is a three branch tree representing as a whole the worldwide movement of Guiding and
A FBI document obtained by Wikileaks details the symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify sexual preferences. According to the document members of pedophilic organizations use of ...
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 .