World Thinking Day is a chance for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to think about their peers in other parts of the world – and what the girls do, more than a chance to learn about a specific country. Perhaps this bit on Chinese Games might help.
More information on Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in China:
The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association
Website: http://www.hkgga.org.hk/eng_index.php (Although there is an ENG button on the top of the page to get English, much of the site is in Chinese.) Use the English side bars on the side to get more information on Guides in Hong Kong including the uniform, Promise and Law that different levels use. (Or see their Promise and Law, in Wikipedia's Hong Kong Girl Guides Association article.)
The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association is a full member of WAGGGS. Guiding was introduced there in 1916. They do not admit boys(*). In 2003 there were over 44,000 Girl Guides in Hong Kong. There are 6 levels in the Guiding programme.
- Happy Bee (小蜜蜂) is a Parent-Child Programme for both boys(*) & girls ages 4 to 6 years old;
- Brownie (小女童軍), from 6 to 12 years old;
- Guide (女童軍), from 10 to 18 years;
- Ranger (深資女童軍), from 15 to 21 years old (including Sea Rangers (15 to 21) and Air Rangers (17-21);
- Golden Guide (樂齡女童軍), over 60 years old; and
- Guider (女童軍領袖), volunteer leader, over 21 years old.
Website: www.girlscout.org.tw
Girl Scouts of Taiwan is a full member of WAGGGS. Guiding was introduced there in 1919. They do not admit boys. In 2003 there were over 28,000 Girl Guides in Taiwan. (There is an "English" button on the top but it does not seem to make much different on the front page of the site.)
Wikipedia's article has the Promise and Law with English translations, or read more at this personal site, or view descriptions of their uniforms.
Macau
Macau and Hong Kong are special administrative regions of the PRC. Macau seems to have (Boy) Scouts but no Girl Scouts or Girl Guides. The Scout Association of Macau is not a member of WAGGGS.
Overseas Scouts in Taiwan & Hong Kong
At least as of February 2007, there were USA Girl Scouts Overseas (USAGSO) in the PRC and there are also British Guides in Foreign Countries (BGIFC) there. (sources: posting by international WAGGS trainer and Wikipedia.)
last updated: 2/2008
6 comments:
Thank you so much for your help with this. I have been struggling to find anything to do with guiding in China!
do you know where I can find Chinese girl guide penpals for my guiding patrol?
DO u know where I can find girl guides from China to be penpals for my guide patrol? Thanks.
There are only about 44,000 Girl Guides in Hong Kong -- but the best way I can think of to find one, or a Girl Scout from Taiwan would be to use mythinkingday.com
First exchange a postcard for World Thinking Day (Feb. 22) and then see if they are interested in more. Or, maybe you could email their national office?
So qrazy..
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Later
Directly from Wiki:
Scouting and Guiding in Mainland China has officially been banned (or ceased)[citation needed] with the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) by the Communist Party since 1949. Instead, the Young Pioneers of China and the Communist Youth League, led by the Communist Party, have become the dominant youth organization in mainland China for younger and older youth, respectively. However, China now has multiple and originally separate Scouting activities within its borders. In 2004, the Scout Club of Hainan (海南童子军俱乐部), borrowing heavily from Scouting in terms of emblems, uniforms and activities, was founded in Hainan Province; it is, however, not affiliated with worldwide Scouting. An attempt to organize a nationwide Scouting organization in Wuhan was ended by the government in 2004.[1] The Scout Association of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国童军总会), founded in 2008 serves Venture Scouts (15 years old to 20) in both genders as well as Rover Scouts (18 years old to 25).[2]
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