World Guiding
Do five of these clauses. If you complete another
five clauses you may have a second badge.
1. Guides all around the world sing Taps. Learn Taps in
another language and sing it at the end of a unit meeting.
2. Girl Scouts in the
3. Make and play a game based on the World Badge and/or
World Flag. Know what each part of the Badge and Flag stands for.
4. In some countries in the past, Guiding was suppressed
for political reasons and Guides had to hide their uniforms and
equipment. Pick six items you would hide to keep the Guiding spirit
alive, and explain why you have chosen them.
5. Imagine that you are at one of the World Centres. Design
and write a postcard to your Patrol at home. You should write about
such things as the weather, people you have met, food and your
journey.
6. Make a wordsearch based on facts about the four World
Centres.
7. Do either a or b.
a) Dress yourself or a friend in the uniform of a Guide from a
country in another WAGGGS region (not
b) Find out the Law and Promise of five overseas Guide Associations,
one from each of the five WAGGGS regions.
8. Do either a or b.
a) With your Patrol or unit, celebrate World Thinking Day in an
unusual place.
b) Take part in Thinking Day on the Air, Jamboree on the Air or
Thinking Day on the Internet.
9. Give a Friendship Badge or a friendship stick or
bracelet to a Guide from another unit. Explain the meaning of the
gift.
10. Find out the signs, symbols or traditions that link
Guides and Girl Scouts around the world. Share the results with
Guides in your unit, or with Brownies or Rainbows.
11. Start a campfire blanket, or if you already have one,
explain where the badges came from. Which badges can you swap or
give to others if you go abroad?
