The Uganda Girl Guides Association is the national
Guiding organization of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
. It serves 112,371 members (as of 2008).
Founded in 1914, 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 1963.
Blandina Karungi was one of the first girls in Uganda to become a Girl Guide.
[
] She was both deaf and blind.
See also
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The Uganda Scouts Association
The Uganda Scouts Association is the national Scouting organization of Uganda. The Association became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1964. It serves 116,465 members (as of 2011).
History
Scouting was founded in Briti ...
References
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Uganda
Youth organizations established in 1914
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