What is Girl Guides?

Girl Guides is a global organization known as the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), that focuses on empowering girls and young women through various educational and recreational activities. Its mission is to build girls' confidence, develop their leadership skills, and help them become responsible citizens of the world.

 

The organization provides a safe and supportive environment where girls can learn and grow, while having fun and making new friends. Girl Guides offers a range of programs and activities, such as camping, hiking, arts and crafts, community service projects, and leadership training. These programs are designed to challenge girls, build their skills, and help them discover their full potential.

 

Girl Guides also promotes diversity, inclusivity, and global citizenship. It encourages girls to embrace different cultures and to make a positive impact in their communities and the world at large. The organization has a strong emphasis on social justice and environmental sustainability, and encourages girls to take action on issues that matter to them.

 

Overall, Girl Guides provides a unique opportunity for girls to develop their confidence, leadership, and life skills, while making meaningful connections with other girls and young women from around the world.

Brownies
Brownies are girls from 7 to 10½ who take part in a wide range of FUN activities.

Brownie Law	;
A Brownie is truthful, obedient and cheerful;
A Brownie thinks of others before herself.
Brownie Promise
I promise that I will do my best:
to do my duty to my God and my country;
to help other people, and
to keep the Brownie law.
Brownie Motto
Lend a hand

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Guides
Guiding provides girls with a broad-based program of adventure, activity and achievement. Any girl aged 10½  to 14 may become a Guide as long as she is prepared to make her promise.

Guide Law
A Guide is to be trusted;
A Guide is loyal;
A Guide is helpful;
A Guide is friendly;
A Guide is polite and thoughtful of others;
A Guide cares for the earth and living things;
A Guide is obedient;
A Guide is brave and cheerful;
A Guide is thrifty;
A Guide is pure in all that she thinks, says and does.
Guide Promise
I promise that I will do my best:
to do my duty to God and to my country;
to help other people at all times, and
to keep the Guide Law.

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Trefoil Guild
Trefoil Guild, as a branch of Girl Guides Association of Namibia, offers members personal and social opportunities whilst supporting Guiding. We all belong to one of the world’s largest international movements, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

Trefoil Guild members are non-uniformed. They may wear the Trefoil Guild tab with their badges and often wear a scarf and / or red t-shirt to identify themselves. They link together in fun and friendship, all members of Girl Guides Association of Namibia who are no longer engaged in Guiding. Having made the Guide Promise and served in the movement, they continue carrying out the Guide ideals in their daily lives and in the communities in which they live and work. While many members have been, or are, actively involved in Guiding, we welcome all women aged 18 plus, with or without previous knowledge of the Guide movement. We welcome all women who have the interest of Guiding at heart.

What members do:

• Listening to speakers from local charity and welfare groups
• Outings to places of interest
• Forming new friendships
• Learning new skills and having fun
• Handcraft
• Service to others
• Fundraising for Guiding and charities
• Knitting and sewing for those in need
• Joining in with Uniformed Guiding activities
• Getting together with other Trefoil Guilds
• Corresponding with Guilds in other countries
• Linking with the International Fellowship of Scouts and Guides
• Keeping abreast with Guiding trends
• ….and much more

             Trefoil Guild members have guiding at heart.

History of Girl Guides Association of Namibia

The Girl Guides Association of Namibia has a rich history that dates back to the 1920s, when the country was under South African administration. The movement was started by a group of women who recognized the need for a space where girls could develop life skills, leadership qualities, and self-confidence. In 1928, the first Guide company was established in Windhoek, which became the starting point for the spread of the movement across the country. During this time, Girl Guides in Namibia were affiliated with the Girl Guides Association of South Africa. After Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990, the movement became known as the Girl Guides Association of Namibia. The organization continued to grow and develop, and in 1998, it became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Today, the Girl Guides Association of Namibia has a membership of over 5,000 girls and young women, with programs and activities designed to help them develop essential life skills, leadership qualities, and a sense of community service. The organization is committed to promoting gender equality and empowering girls and young women to reach their full potential.

Girl Guides Singapore

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Development of the Namibian Movement
Guiding was established in the Territory of South West Africa (known as Namibia since 1968) in 1923 as a Region of the Girl Guides Association of South Africa. During the years 1985 to 1990 when the political independence of Namibia was being discussed by the world community, the Girl Guides Association of South Africa assisted the region of Namibia in its preparation to become an independent organisation.

In 1990 when Namibia became an independent sovereign country, the Girl Guides Association of Namibia was established and in 1993 became an Associate Member of WAGGGS. In 1999 the Girl Guides Association of Namibia was granted Full WAGGGS Membership. The national headquarters are based in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

Since then, the Association has worked steadily towards the development of its own structure and the Namibianisation of its program. In 2003, a new structure was approved and the Association has since worked towards the realization of that structure.

In 2007 the revised Constitution was approved by WAGGGS. This was followed by the revision of the Terms of Reference which details the leadership profiles of the Association. In December 2008, the Training Scheme was accredited by WAGGGS. Attention has been given to the training of young guide leaders as the future leaders of the Association. Several young guide leaders have recently attended JLS seminars, as well as Training for Trainers and Co-operative Workshops of the South South Partnership. They have also been part of the delegations to Africa Region meetings and to World Conferences. The value of these experiences has already been shown in the Association.


                    Building on our strong foundation spanning over 100 years,
      Girl Guides Namibia continues to empower girls to achieve their fullest potential.