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
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Website
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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

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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

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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

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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

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* Scouting in Jamaica
* Girl Scouts of Jamaica

## References

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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

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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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