Facts and Figures Print Email SCOUTS AND GUIDES – BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOREVER Did you know that……. Both Scouting and Girl guiding were started by Lord Baden Powell? Both share the fundamental principles: Duty to God, Duty to others and Duty to self? Both share the same promise: Scouts On my honor, I promise that I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country, To help other people at all times and to obey the scouts law. Girl guides I promise on my honor that I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country, To help other people at all times, And to obey the guides law. Both have the same values that are embedded in the Scouts and Guides law. Both develop the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and character of young people. Both aim at developing responsible, reliable, patriotic, auto-nous and God fearing young people who are an asset to the society. Joining both is voluntary In both, scouts and girl guides are divided into two sections. In both, to be a member you must go through an investiture (scouts) and enrollment (guides). Both movements are essential to young people because it moulds them. Both have the same areas of concern e.g reproductive health, conservation, literacy e.t.c Both have programs for orphans and other disadvantaged. Also... • Both are two different movements with different offices and officials. • One cannot belong to both, its either scouting or guiding. • Both have designed their programs differently. • Scouting was started in 1910 in Kenya while girl guide was started in 1915 in Kenya. • Scouting is for both girls and boys. • Guiding is for girls. • Scout uniform is Khaki trouser or short and shirt or full khaki dress. • Guides uniform for brownies is brown dress while guides wear blue full dress and rangers navy blue skirt and white blouse while the leaders wear full blue dress. [email protected] ethiostar9@gmail set by nabil diredawa Design Donated by Wondimagegn Tesfaye
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