World Camp (Girl Guides And Girl Scouts) Philippines 1957 Official Emblem
World Camp may refer to: *World Camp (Guiding) *Fimcap World Camp The Fimcap World Camp is an international social activity organized by the International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements (Fimcap). The World Camp is organized every three years hosted by a member organization of Fimcap from another ...

World Camp (Guiding)
There have been several World Camps held by the Girl Guide, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, first held in 1924. Organized by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, unlike World Scout Jamborees, World Camps are not named with an Ordinal numbers (linguistics), ordinal number, nor is there an attempt to hold them at regular intervals. Foxlease, 1924 The first World Camp was held at Foxlease in 1924, from July 16 to 24, at the same time as the Third International Conference. Olave Baden-Powell and Olivia Burges formulated the idea in September 1923, during the latter's stay at Pax Hill. The original invitation was for six Guides and one Guider from each country where there were Guides. However, this was modified to accommodate those who were willing and able to send more. In total 1100 girls and women attended, 600 of which were from overseas. Forty countries were represented. As Olave Baden-Powell wrote in 1923: "Some two years ago it was suggested that the Girl Guides As ...
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