The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda

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The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda
Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda.svg
HeadquartersDeanery Lane
Location St John's
Country Antigua and Barbuda
Founded1931
Membership718
PresidentLynette Workman
Chief CommissionerCarmen Benjamin
PatronDame Louise Lake-Tack
Affiliation World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20080807115305/http://antigua_and_barbuda.wagggsworld.org/en/home
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The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda is the Guiding organization of Antigua and Barbuda. It serves 718 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1931, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1984 and a full member in 2002.

Antigua and Barbuda Country in the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda is a country in the West Indies in the Americas, lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands. The permanent population numbers about 95,900, with 97% being resident on Antigua. The capital and largest port and city is St. John's on Antigua, with Codrington being the largest town on Barbuda. Lying near each other, Antigua and Barbuda are in the middle of the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 17°N of the equator.

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts International organization for Guiding and Girl Scouting

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 150 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). WAGGGS is organized into five regions and operates five international Guiding centers. It holds full member status in the European Youth Forum (YFJ), which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with these bodies.

Contents

The Girl Guide Association of Antigua and Barbuda belongs to the Caribbean Link . At the introduction of the West Indies political federation, the Antigua association linked with other Caribbean associations. Although the West Indies Federation was undone, the Girl Guide Associations' link remains.

West Indies Federation former federation of British colonies

The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were colonies of the United Kingdom, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation, with its capital in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state—possibly similar to the Canadian Confederation, Australian Commonwealth, or Central African Federation; however, before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how the Federation itself would be governed or how it would viably function. The territories that would have become part of the Federation eventually became the nine contemporary sovereign states of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago; with Anguilla, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands becoming British overseas territories. British Guiana (Guyana) and British Honduras (Belize) held observer status within the West Indies Federation.

Program

Sections

The association is divided in five sections according to age: [1]

Guide Promise

I promise that I will do my best:
To do my duty to God
To serve the Queen and my country and help other people
And to keep the Guide Law.

Guide Law

  1. A Guide is loyal and can be trusted.
  2. A Guide is honest.
  3. A Guide is polite and considerate.
  4. A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides.
  5. A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things.
  6. A Guide is obedient.
  7. A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.
  8. A Guide makes good use of her time.
  9. A Guide takes care of her own possession and those of other people.
  10. A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says, and does.

Activities

The Peggy Rodgers Fund was set up in memory of a Guiding Island Commissioner. It assists with the training and development of Guides and has sent them to overseas Guiding events. [2]

Dame Nellie Robinson was a pioneer of Guiding in Antigua. [3]

Nellie Robinson

Dame Nellie Robinson, DC, MBE, was an Antiguan teacher and school founder who was a pioneer in education. She broke down colour and class barriers, believing that all children should have access to learning. As of 2017, she was the only woman to have received the Order of the National Hero from the government of Antigua and Barbuda.

In 2001, the Guides were involved in a composting pilot project with the Antigua National Solid Waste Management Authority. [4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Uniforms". The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. ↑ Hillhouse, Joanne (2010-06-16). "Girl Guides delegation attends international conference". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Miss Nellie Robinson: National Heroine" . Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  4. ↑ Hillhouse, Joanne. "Mash the Trash" . Retrieved 2010-09-29.


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