The Gambia Girl Guides Association

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The Gambia Girl Guides Association (GGGA) ( German : Association of Girl Scouts in Gambia ) is the national organization of girl scouts in the West African Gambia .

history

The volunteer organization for girls was founded in 1923. It was a movement led by local women and the spouses of British civil servants working in the areas of the British colony. In 1943, however, the movement became inactive due to a lack of adult women to lead individual groups. The movement was reactivated in 1946 when Rosamond Fowlis returned from studying in the UK and became the first Chief Guide Commissioner of The Gambia. Across the country, she formed groups in various villages and towns from Banjul to the Upper River region. In 1966, after Gambia became independent from Great Britain in 1965, the GGGA became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), which is based in London.

The GGGA's thousands of members are mostly school-focused as many of the Girl Guides' guides are in the teaching profession. In 2003 the GGGA had 9371 members. By 2015 the number rose to 17,330.

In the south of Kanifing, on MDI Road, the GGGA has been running the TGGGA - Gambia Girl Guides Skills Training Center since 1998 . In this training center, illiterate women learn to count and read. Arts and crafts, tailoring, cooking, batik making, and tie and restaurant / hotel management are also taught.

In July 2017, the management team was re-elected for ten years. Khadijatou A Jobarteh is now the newly elected Chief Guides Commissioner, replacing Yamundow Jagne.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gambia Girl Guides Association. In: accessgambia.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c WAGGGS - Information for our Gambia member organization. In: wagggs.org. WAGGGS, accessed on January 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Sainabou Jatta: Gambia Girls Guide Gets New Executive . In: The Daily Observer (Banjul) . 2017 ( allafrica.com ).