Zambia
Girl Guides Association of Zambia
Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting introduced: 1924
Number of Girl Guides/Girl Scouts: 11920 (01/01/2006)
Status:
Full Member
Guiding Introduced on: 01/01/1924
WAGGGS Region:
Africa
Contact us
Chief Commissioner
PO Box 31396
LUSAKA
Telephone: 00 2601255529
Fax: 00 2601252543
Email: lchiumya2003@yahoo.com
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Promise:
Girl Guide Promise
I promise that I will do my best:
To serve God,
To serve my country and other people, and
To keep the Guide Law.
Lechwe Guide Promise
I promise that I will do my best:
To serve God,
To serve my country and other people, and
To keep the Lechwe Guide Law.
Law:
Girl Guide Law
1 A Guide is to be trusted.
2 A Guide is loyal.
3 A Guide is helpful.
4 A Guide is a friend to all and a sister to all Guides.
5 A Guide considers other people.
6 A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things.
7 A Guide is obedient.
8 A Guide is cheerful and brave, even in difficulties.
9 A Guide is thrifty.
10 A Guide controls herself in all she thinks, says and does.
Lechwe Guide Law
A Lechwe is truthful, obedient and cheerful.
A Lechwe thinks of others before herself.
Motto:
Girl Guide Motto - Be Prepared
Lechwe Guide Motto - Wide Awake
Age groups:
Guide Cadet 18+
Ranger 14-18
Guide 11-15
Lechwe Guide 5-11
Development of the movement:
Guiding began in Zambia in 1924 when the first Guide company was registered in Livingstone, the capital of what was then Northern Rhodesia. In the same year a Ranger unit was opened, and two years later the first Brownie pack was set up.
In 1930 the Wayfarers, an organization for African girls working along similar lines to the Guide Association, was started and by 1936 it was known as the Wayfarer Guides and Sunbeams. After a referendum in 1948, the Wayfarers joined the Guides to make one Movement for all the girls in Zambia. In 1952 all girls under 11 years became known as
Brownies and the Association was unified under one Commissioner.
When Zambia became an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1964, the Girl Guides Association of Zambia, previously a Branch Association of the Guide Association (United Kingdom) became self-governing in all areas of work. In 1966 the first Zambian Chief Commissioner was appointed and the newly built headquarters were opened in Lusaka.
In 1974 the name Brownie was changed to Lechwe Guide, the lechwe being a species of brown antelope found only in Zambia.
Programme:
The programme is designed to involve girls in a wide range of activities. Girls with special needs are integrated into existing companies and packs.
Relationship to society:
Service has always been important for the Girl Guides Association of Zambia. The Association works in the Meheba Refugee settlement in the North West of Zambia. As part of Building World Citizenship, their projects focus on skills training and income generating activities for refugee girls. Training has been given in the following areas: leadership skills, literacy and bookkeeping, dressmaking, gardening. The participants are all skilled in certain areas and have sold 95% of their products. The project has received community support through advice on food production technique, donations of land and the purchase of products.
The Association is working on projects on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and the education of girls and young women regarding sexual health.
Communication and Co-operation
The Association is aware of the importance of international contacts, and regularly participates in international gatherings.
In the area of communications, the Girl Guides Association of Zambia informs the general public about its activities through radio and television coverage and the press, as well as publishing a monthly newsletter and an annual periodical, Camp Kudu Magazine.
The Guides co-operate with the Zambia Boy Scouts Association, the Ministry of Youth and Sport, the Zambia Council for Social Development, and other
organizations concerned with youth. Work is also carried out with the United Nations, especially through UNICEF and UNESCO.
Training:
The Association holds a national training event twice a year, and divisional training once a year.
Outdoor and Environmental Activities
Camping and outdoor skills are a regular and popular part of the Guide programme. The Association runs a tree-planting project which focuses on forest conservation.
