The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica

The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica
Headquarters	2 Waterloo Road Kingston 10
Country	Jamaica
Founded	July 17, 1915[ citation needed ]
Membership	5,903
President	Doreen Clemetson
Chief Commissioner	Jean Kenny
Affiliation	World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20130711100152/http://ggaj.org/
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The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica (GGAJ) is the Guiding organisation of Jamaica. It served 5,903 members (as of 2006). ^[1] Founded in 1915, the girls-only organisation became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1963 and a full member in 1966.

History

Girl Guiding was introduced to Jamaica by Miss Clare Messias in 1915. After Jamaica's independence in 1962, the Jamaican Girl Guides remained a branch of the United Kingdom's Guide Association until July 17, 1967, when the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica was incorporated. ^[2]

A scission of the association led to the formation of the Girl Scouts of Jamaica in 2008.

Program

The association works in three age-groups: ^[3]

• Brownies - ages 7 to 11
• Guides - ages 10 to 16
• Senior section - ages 14 to 20

One focus of the program is the prevention of AIDS. ^[4]

Ideals

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 helpful.
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 possessions and those of other people.
10. A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does.

Guide Motto

Be Prepared

See also

• Scouting in Jamaica
• Girl Scouts of Jamaica

References

1. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts - Member organizations - The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations Act ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Jamaica Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. Girl Guides Association Launches Cookie Month to Raise $500,000 Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine