The Guyana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) is the national
Guiding organization of
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
. It serves 3,719 members (as of 2018).
Founded in 1922, the girls-only organization became a full member of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...
in 1969.
Guiding started in 1922 in
Berbice
Berbice is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between 1792 to 1815 a colony of the Dutch state. After having been ceded to the United Kingdom of Great Britain ...
,
and became a branch association of the
Guide Association
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a char ...
in the
United Kingdom
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in 1924.
It is the country's oldest association dedicated to the social development and wellness of girls and young women.
In 2019, first lady
Sandra Granger
Sandra Marie Granger (née Chan-A-Sue; born 1947) is a retired Guyana, Guyanese academic and civil servant who was the First Lady of Guyana, as the wife of President David A. Granger.
Early life
Granger was born in the Bourda neighbourhood of Ge ...
was patron of the Guyana Girl Guides Association.
Program
The association is divided in four sections according to age:
* ''Sunflowers'' - ages 3 to 7
* ''Brownie Guide'' - ages 7 to 11
* ''Girl Guide'' - ages 11 to 15
* ''Ranger Guide'' - ages 15 to 19
Structure
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,
St Paul’s Plaisance,
Bishops' High School.
The local units are grouped in divisions, among them the division "East Coast of Demerara".
GGGA is a member of the
Caribbean Link for Guiding
The Caribbean Link for Guiding is a consortium of 21 Girl Guide Associations from throughout the Caribbean. These include associations from independent countries as well as from British Overseas Territories, coordinated by Girlguiding UK. It was cr ...
within the
Western Hemisphere Region of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
Activities
Their yearly event
World Thinking Day
World Thinking Day, formerly Thinking Day, is celebrated annually on 22 February by all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It is also celebrated by Scout and Guide organizations around the world. It is a day when they think about their "sisters" (an ...
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."
See also
*
The Scout Association of Guyana
The Scout Association of Guyana, is a Scouting organization in Guyana formed in 1967 as a successor to The Scout Association of the United Kingdom's Guiana branch. The association became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement i ...
Sources
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Guyana
Youth organizations established in 1922
1922 establishments in British Guiana
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