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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]
On 26 May 1940, President Manuel L. Quezon signed the charter of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. [27] [28] 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. [29]
Founding Member: 1,300,000: Originally included present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan. BSG has a boys' section as well. The number of members here only includes their girl members. Japan: Girl Scouts of Japan (ガールスカウト日本連盟 Gārusukauto Nippon Renmei) Founding Member: 61,000: Kiribati: The Girl Guides Association of Kiribati ...
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religions (France, Denmark), ethnic identification (Israel) or language (Belgium).
The Scout movement in the Philippines is served by The Boy Scouts of the Philippines organization, the recognised member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The Girl Scouts of the Philippines organization, the recognised member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
In 1940, with Josefa Llanes Escoda, Hidalgo-Lim helped found the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. [3] She also worked as a line producer for Parlatone Hispano-Filipino Studios, a Manila movie production company. Hidalgo-Lim and her children were in the United States when World War II started.
GSP President Benigno Aquino III: Chief Scout Corazon Aquino: Chief Scout. Chief Girl Scout. Jejomar Binay: BSP National President Elwood Brown: First Scoutmaster of the Philippines, 1910 [23] Manuel Camus: BSP Charter Member [24] [25] Tomás Confesór: Legislator [26] Gabriel Daza: BSP Charter Member, President and Chief Scout of the BSP ...
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.