The Association Nationale des Guides d'Haïti (ANGH; ''National Guide Association of Haïti'') is the national Guiding organization of

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. It serves 782 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1942, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the

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in 1946 and a full member in 1950. In 1962, Haiti became the first country to issue a postage stamp featuring Lady Baden-Powell.

Program

The association is divided in four sections according to age: * ''Jeanette'' - ages 7 to 12 * ''Guide'' - ages 12 to 15 * ''Guide relais'' - ages 15 to 18 * ''Guide aînée'' - ages 18 to 25

2010 Haiti earthquake response

News from the Association Nationale des Guides d'Haïti is sparse after the

2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (departm ...

, with International Commissioner Leticia Cadet confirming that she and the Guides she is in contact with are safe and "trying to help as much as we can." Guides were noted by

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in an article to be assisting with distributing aid in

Léogâne Léogâne (; ) is one of the coastal communes in Haiti. It is located in the eponymous Léogâne Arrondissement, which is part of the Ouest Department. The port town is located about west of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Léogâne has ...

. Neighboring Asociación de Guías Scouts Dominicanas has set up a working group to mobilize its members and their communities and to coordinate their aid effort. Les Scouts et Guides de France has established a fund to raise money for food, infrastructure and other essential requirements. The 2010

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Fund, in which WAGGGS is focusing on five specific countries, Haiti,

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and

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, supports the work of WAGGGS globally. It is not exclusively dedicated to Haiti or

disaster relief Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actu ...

, however, part of the funding raised will go to Haiti in 2010 and specific projects agreed upon by Haiti and WAGGGS. As the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is not an expert disaster relief agency or disaster fund co-ordinator, WAGGGS is not setting up a special fund for Haiti. There are also projects of national Scout organizations to support the help of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and WAGGGS, such as

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. Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs
"Solidarität mit Haiti - PfadfinderInnen in Aktion"
(accessed 10/2/02)

References

External links

Club of Former Scouts and Guides of Haiti (Association des Anciens Scouts et Guides d'Haïti) CASEGHA-USA
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations Scouting and Guiding in Haiti 2010 Haiti earthquake relief Youth organizations established in 1942 {{Scout-stub

Program

2010 Haiti earthquake response

See also

References

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