Girl Guides South Africa
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Girl Guides South Africa | |||
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Headquarters | Randburg | ||
Country | South Africa | ||
Founded | 1910 | ||
Membership | 20,466 | ||
Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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Website http://www.girlguides.org.za/ | |||
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The Girl Guides South Africa is a girls-only organisation and is recognised by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). As of 2003 it has 20,466 members.
Program and ideals
[edit]The programme of the Girl Guides South Africa caters for girls from 4½ to 25 years of age.
- Teddies 4½–7
- Brownies 7–10
- Guides 10–14
- Rangers and Young Leaders 14–25
There are a number of regions within Girl Guides South Africa, namely:
- Butterworth
- Cape East
- Central
- EG Kei
- Mgwali
- Mthatha
- Queenstown
Free State - Orania Gauteng
- Central
- East
- North
- Soweto
- West
- Coastal
- Inland
- Midlands
- Northern
- Southern
- East
- West
- Mafikeng
- Rustenburg
- Vryburg
Northern Cape Kuruman Cape West
Guide Promise
[edit]I promise to do my best,
To do my duty,
To my god and to my country,
To help other people and to keep the Guide Law
Guide Motto
[edit]Be Prepared
33rd World Conference
[edit]The Girl Guides South Africa hosted WAGGGS' 33rd World Conference from 6 to 12 July 2008 in Johannesburg. It was held in the Birchwood Executive Hotel and Conference Centre.