The Botswana Girl Guides Association is the national
Guiding organisation of
Botswana. It serves 10,310 members (as of 2014). Founded in 1924, the girls-only organisation became a full member of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1969.
Program
The purpose of the association is "to develop the girls' potential in order to make a responsible
citizen
Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection".
Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...
in any community".
The association runs a two-year course on
home economics for
school dropouts on a national basis, mainly for girls. The participants get a certificate at the end of the second year in either
sewing or
catering. This project was started in 1981, and some of the graduates are working in local
hotels.
See also
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The Botswana Scouts Association
References
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Botswana
Youth organizations established in 1924
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