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The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) is the national Girl Scouting association for girls and young women in the Philippines.Its mission is "to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their responsibilities in the home, to the nation, and to the world community". [1]
United Nations Day and observance of the foundation anniversary of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines: Araw ng mga Nagkakaisang Bansa at anibersaryo ng Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas: Fixed Working and school holiday marking the 1945 establishment of the United Nations, in which the Philippines is a charter member.
In the Girl Scouts of the USA, the equivalent holiday is Girl Scout Sunday or Girl Scout Sabbath, celebrated in Girl Scout Week the week that includes 12 March, the day the first Girl Scout troop was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia in 1912.
On 26 May 1940, President Manuel L. Quezon signed the charter of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. [21] [22] Helena Z. Benitez was the Chairman of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Central Committee, while Josefa became the group's first National Executive. At the time of the charter, there were 1,000 Girl Scouts in the Philippines. [23]
Pakistan Girl Guides Association (PGGA, پاکستان گرل گائڈزایسوسی ایشن) Founding: 118,000: Papua New Guinea: Girl Guides Association of Papua New Guinea: 1978: 1,200: Philippines: Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) Founding Member: 671,000: Singapore: Girl Guides Singapore (GGS, Pandu Puteri Singapura) Founding Member ...
During the existence of the Philippine Refugee Processing Center in Bataan (1980–93), refugee Vietnamese formed unregistered co-ed Huong Dao Viet Nam units of Cubs, Scouts, and Senior Scouts. Also at the PRPC, a unit composed of Viet and Lao boys was organised by American supervisors Thomas Rogers and Joseph Reeves Locke and Filipino teachers ...
The Asia-Pacific Scout Region has witnessed the births and rebirths of national Scout organizations since the region was founded in 1969. Starting with ten founding members, it grew to 33 member countries as of 2024, encompassing 35 million Scouts. Eight of the 15 largest Scout associations in the world are in the Region.
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.