The

Scout Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement **Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom **Scouts BSA, sectio ...

and Guide movement in Jamaica is served by *

The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica (GGAJ) is the Guiding organisation of Jamaica. It served 5,903 members (as of 2006). Founded in 1915, the girls-only organisation became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl ...

, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts *

The Scout Association of Jamaica The Scout Association of Jamaica, the national Scouting organisation of Jamaica, was founded in 1910, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1963. The coeducational Scout Association of Jamaica has 2,539 members ...

, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * Girl Scouts of Jamaica, member of the

Order of World Scouts The Order of World Scouts (OWS), founded in 1911, is the oldest international Scouting organisation. It is headquartered in England, with the administration headquarters in Italy. As of November 2008, the Order of World Scouts includes member ...

* Pathfinders and Adventurers

History

Scouting came to Jamaica in 1910, the first troop being started by the Anglican clergyman Rev. Joseph William Graham in St Ann. Scouting spread quickly and in 1912 the first scout troop in St Catherine was established in

Spanish Town Spanish Town ( jam, label=Jamaican Creole, Panish Tong) is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. Th ...

. Lord Robert Baden-Powell met his wife Olave Soames on his way to Jamaica in 1912. It was there that he proposed marriage to her at the Myrtle Bank Hotel. It was at the home of the first Spanish Town Scoutmaster, Mr Fitz Herbert Messias, that the first group of girls met. On March 11, 1915, his daughter invited over friends to discuss beginning a Girl Scout Troop. Clare Messias wrote a letter, dated March 16, on behalf of the group asking Miss Daisy Jeffrey-Smith to be their troop leader. Miss Daisy agreed and regular meetings began. Miss Marguerite Aitken was her assistant. The group met at "Durham House", home of the Jeffrey-Smiths. These Girl Scouts were renamed Girl Guides when they received their warrant from Miss

Agnes Baden-Powell Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older bro ...

. This Spanish Town Scout troop was also responsible for the establishment of Cub Scouts in 1916. Brownie Guides began in 1917 and Ranger Guides in 1919. A scission of the Girl Guides Association led to the formation of the Girl Scouts of Jamaica in August 2008. The groups established were Peenie Wallies, Doctorbirds, Juniors and Seniors.Girl Scouts of Jamaica
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Timeline

1902:

Ernest Thompson Seton Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was an English-born Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of ...

formed the

Woodcraft Indians Woodcraft League of America, originally called the Woodcraft Indians and League of Woodcraft Indians, is a youth program, established by Ernest Thompson Seton in 1901. Despite the name, the program was created for non-Native American in the United ...

in Connecticut, USA 1906: Seton met

Lord Robert Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the worl ...

and introduced him to Woodcraft Scouting 1907, August 1–9: Baden-Powell had his first experimental Scout Camp 1907: Pathfinders started in the USA 1908: January - February, “Scouting for Boys” first published 1909: May 24, British Boy Scouts (BBS) ( British Girl Scouts (BGS) started later) 1910: The Boy Scouts Association started in Britain 1910: Girl Guides started in Britain 1910: Boy Scouts started in Jamaica (SAJ) 1911: November 11,

(OWS) formed 1915: March 11, Girl Guides started in Jamaica (GGA) 1922: World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) formed 1928: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) formed 1963:

(SAJ) admitted to the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) 1966:

(GGA) admitted to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) 2007: Centenary Celebration of Boy Scouting (SA) 2008: August 5, Girl Scouts started in Jamaica (GSJ) 2008: Girl Scouts of Jamaica (GSJ) admitted to the Order of World Scouts (OWS) 2009: Centenary Celebration of British Boy Scouting and British Girl Scouting (BBS & BGS) 2010: Centenary Celebration of Girl Guiding (GGA, now GGUK) 2011: Centenary Celebration of the Order of World Scouts (OWS)

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