Vanuatu Girl Guides Association

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The Vanuatu Girl Guides Association (VGGA) is the national Guiding organization of Vanuatu. It serves 178 members (as of 2003). Girl Guiding was founded in what was then the New Hebrides in 1955, and the girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1990. [1] Its WAGGGS membership was cancelled in 2008 for failing to meet the minimum criteria in the six core areas, per WAGGGS requirements. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Guiding". Girl Guide History Tidbits. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. "Membership Development Strategy: Delivering Vision 2020" (PDF). World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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