Program and ideals
The association is divided in three sections according to age:
- Brownies - ages 7 to 12
- Guides - ages 12 to 16/17
- Young Adults - ages 17 to 25
The Girl Guide emblem incorporates the letters PP, for Pandu Puteri Singapura, Girl Guides Singapore in Malay, the National Language of Singapore.
Brownie Promise
I promise to do my best,
To do my duty to God,
to serve my country
and help other people,
and to keep the Brownie Law.
Guides Promise
I promise to do my best,
To do my duty to God,
To serve my country and
help other people, and
To keep the Guide Law.
Young Adult Promise
I promise to do my best,
To do my duty to God,
To serve my country and
help other people, and
To keep the Guide Law.
And to take my Promise into the wider world.
Guide Law
- A Guide is loyal and can be trusted.
- A Guide is useful and helps others.
- A Guide is polite, considerate and respects her elders.
- A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides.
- A Guide is kind to all living things.
- A Guide is obedient.
- A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.
- A Guide takes care of her own possessions and those of other people.
- A Guide is thrifty and diligent.
- A Guide is self-disciplined in what she thinks, says and does.
Brownie Motto
'Lend A Hand.'
Guide Motto
'Be Prepared.'
Young Adult Leader Motto
'To Serve.'
Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides organization for girls aged seven years old to ten years old. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organization.
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