Guyana Girl Guides Association

Guyana Girl Guides Association

Headquarters| 106 Brickdam, Stabroek
Location| Georgetown
Country| Guyana
Founded| 1922
Membership| 3,971 (2018)
Chief Commissioner| Schemel Patrick
Patron| Sandra Granger
Affiliation| World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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The Guyana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) is the national Guiding organization of Guyana. It serves 3,971 members (as of 2018).[1] Founded in 1922, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1975.

Guiding started in 1922 in Berbice,[2] and it became an officially registered branch association of the Guide Association in the United Kingdom in 1924.[1] It became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1969 and a full member in 1975.[3] It is the country's oldest association dedicated to the social development and wellness of girls and young women.[4]

In 2019, first lady Sandra Granger was the patron of the Guyana Girl Guides Association.[4] In 2024, the Association celebrated its 100th anniversary, and Mignon Bowen-Phillips gave a speech praising the Association for its efforts to support girls in developing life skills and leadership abilities.[5]

## Program

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The association is divided in four sections according to age:[6]

* Sunflowers \- ages 3 to 7
* Brownie Guide \- ages 7 to 11
* Girl Guide \- ages 11 to 15
* Ranger Guide \- ages 15 to 19

## Structure

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Units are usually affiliated with a school, including Leeds Primary, Rose Hall Estate Primary, St. Aloysius Primary, Tagore Memorial, All Saints Primary, East Canje Secondary, Buxton, Ann's Grove, Plaisance, Tutorial, Pavilion, Sophia and West Demerara,[2] St Paul’s Plaisance, and Bishops' High School.[4]

The local units are grouped in divisions, such as the regional division of the "East Coast of Demerara".[4]

GGGA is a member of the Caribbean Link for Guiding within the Western Hemisphere Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.[7]

## Activities

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Their yearly event World Thinking Day on February 22 "is a day of international friendship, speaking out on issues that affect girls and young women, and fundraising for 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world."[2]

One service activity performed by Guides has been promoting local agricultural development, such as beekeeping, poultry farming, and food preservation.[3] The Association has also focused on funding and supporting girls' education and in recent years has aimed to increase activities in rural areas.[5]

## See also

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* The Scout Association of Guyana

## Sources

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1. ^ a b "Member organization - Guyana". World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
2. ^ a b c "Girl Guides moves to Region 6 to develop guiding". Guyana Times. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
3. ^ a b Trefoil Round the World. London, England: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 1997. pp. 99–101\. ISBN 9780900827815.
4. ^ a b c d "Guyana Girl Guides appoints youngest Chief Commissioner". Guyana Chronicle. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
5. ^ a b "Guyana Girl Guide Association celebrates 100 years". Department of Public Information Guyana. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
6. ^ "Girl Guiding in Guyana" (PDF). Girl Guides of Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
7. ^ Collins, Joan (2009-04-23). "The Caribbean Link of Guiding has passed the test of time". Stabroek News. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

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Members of the Western Hemisphere Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Full members|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States of America
* Venezuela

Associate members|

* Nicaragua
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname

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