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| Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association |
Membership badge of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association |
| Organizational data |
| Headquarters |
Colombo |
| Country |
Sri Lanka |
| Founded |
1917 |
| Membership |
23,133 (2003) |
 Scouting portal |
The Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association (SLGGA, Lanka Baladhakshika Samajaya) (In Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා බාළදක්ෂිකා සංගමය, in Tamil:இலங்கைப் மகளீர் சாரணர்க் கழகம்) is the national Guiding organization of Sri Lanka. It serves 37,057 members (as at 01/01/2007) (23,133 in 2003 and 16,656 in 1999). Founded in 1917, the girls-only organization became a full member of WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1951.
In the 1960s the image of Girl Guiding in Sri Lanka was changed to give it a local character. New Sri Lanka badges for all ranks in the three branches were introduced. SLGGA is divided into three sections: "Kuda Mithuriye" (Little Friend) aged 7-11, "Baladhakshika" (Guide) aged 11-16 and "Jayeshta Baladhakshika" (Senior Guide) aged 16-23
[edit] Girl Guide Motto
Be Prepared
[edit] Girl Guide Promise
I promise on my honour to do my best:
To do my duty, to my Religion and Country,
To help other people at all times, and
To obey the Guide Law.
[edit] Girl Guide Law
- A Guide's honour is to be trusted.
- A Guide is loyal.
- A Guide's duty is to be useful and to help others.
- A Guide is a friend to all and a sister to every other Guide.
- A Guide is courteous.
- A Guide is a friend to animals.
- A Guide obeys orders.
- A Guide smiles and sings under all difficulties.
- A Guide is thrifty.
- A Guide is pure in thought, word and deed.
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