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Girl Scouts Korea (Korean: 걸스카우트) is the national Girl Scouting/Guiding organization of South Korea. It serves 78,365 members (as of 2003 [update] ). Founded in 1946, the coeducational organization became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1957.
Girl Scouts raising the flag at a Municipal Band concert in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad.
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The mission of the WAGGGS is to enable girls and young womento reach for their potential as responsible citizens of the world. WAGGGS provides a non-formal educationalprogram that provides training in life skills, leadership and decision making. It also offers projects and programs at an international level that enable Girl Guides and Girl Scouts t...
Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting is based on a core set of values that are found in the Girl Guide/Girl Scout Promise and Law. Each Girl Guide and Girl Scout promises to do her best to her faith and to others, and in so doing she realizes her fullest potential as a responsible citizen. Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting uses non-formal educational methods. N...
Girl Guides were formed in 1910 by Robert Baden-Powell, with the assistance of his sister Agnes Baden-Powell. After his marriage in 1912, his wife Olave Baden-Powelltook a leading role in the development of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting. As the movement spread, independent national Guiding associations were set up; however, a need for internationa...
The World Conferenceis the governing body and meets every three years. If a country has more than one association, the associations form a federation for coordination and world representation.
WAGGGS consists of national Member Organisations which are run independently but agree to abide by the WAGGGS constitution. The national Member Organisations are split into five regions. The member organisations in turn elect the World Board, originally the World Committee, which governs the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It is m...
Miss Kari Aasdesigned the World Trefoil emblem that was adopted at the World Conference in 1930, a gold trefoil on a blue background. The three leaves represent the three duties and the three parts of the promise, the two five point-stars stand for the promise and the law and the vein in the centre represents the compass needle showing the right wa...
The Scout movement in South Korea is served by the Girl Scouts Korea, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts [1] and the Korea Scout Association, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. [2]
The Oklahoma Girl Scout murders took place on the morning of June 13, 1977, at Camp Scott in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The victims were three Girl Scouts , between the ages of 8 and 10, who were raped and murdered.
The Girl Scouts of Korea Is the national Guiding organization of South Korea. It serves 78,365 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1946, the coeducational organization became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1957.
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