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history of gsp the contribution and founder
- 1. HISTORY OF THEGIRL SCOUT MOVEMENT
- 2. INTRODUCTION TO THESCOUTING MOVEMENT •It was started in 1906 by an Englishman and an army officer named Robert Baden-Powell. From that time on to the present, Scouting had a great impact on young people all over the world.
- 3. • Known asB-P • was born on February 22, 1857 in Paddington, London • In 1876, he went to India as a young army officer and specialized in scouting, map-making, and reconnaissance. • In 1907, he held an experimental camp on Brownsea Island, Poole, in Dorset, to try out his ideas on scouting. • He brought together 22 boys, some from private schools and some from working class homes and took them camping under his leadership. Robert Baden-Powell
- 4. •Scouting spread quicklythroughout the British Empire and to other countries until it was established in practically all parts of the world. •In 1909 at the at the Crystal Palace rally of the Boy Scouts in England, a group of uniformed girls came out in the open and voiced their appeal to B-P to form a similar movement for girls. •He requested his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell to help im to start a movement for girls.
- 5. •The girls werecalled “Guides” and they accepted the feminine adaptations. •The Girl Guiding movement swelled all over England at much the same rate as the Boy Scouting movement. •In May 1910, Agnes Baden-Powell became the first President of the Girl Guides.
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- 7. •At the ageof 53, B-P retired from the army in 1910, on the advice of King Edward VII who suggested that he could now perform greater and more valuable service for his country within the Scout Movement. •He traveled to all parts of the world wherever he was most needed to encourage growth and give inspiration to Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.
- 8. Three women, inso far as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines is concerned, had shaped and contributed greatly to the Girl Scouting/Girl Guiding World. •LADY OLAVE BADEN-POWELL •JULIETTE GORDON-LOW •JOSEFA-LLANES-ESCODA
- 9. LADY OLAVE BADEN-POWELL •FormerlyLady Olave St. Clair Soames, came quietly into the movement when she met B-P and married him in 1912. •B-P and Lay Olave (born in 1889) were born on the same day, February 22.
- 10. •That day iscelebrated throughout the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting World as World Thinking Day. – a day when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts think of their founders, think of each other, give thanks, and show their appreciation for the international friendship alive movement.
- 11. •She visited thePhilippines twice. •1st – March 25-27, 1958 as part of her travel itinerary in Asia •2nd – October 11, 1966 during the Closing Ceremonies of the GSP’s 25th Anniversary held at Luneta Grandstand.
- 12. JULIETTE GORDON-LOW •“Daisy”, awoman of means from Savannah, Georgia and widow of an Englishman named William Low. •From childhood she had been fondly called “Daisy” like a beautiful attractive Sunshiny flower.
- 13. •In 1911, Juliettemet Sir Robert Baden-Powell in England. She was impressed by what he had bbeen doing in the Scouting movement. Juliette Low had been searching for such a movement like this and she was excited to join B-P in his adventure. •March 12, 1912, first troop meeting of Girl Scouts in United States was held in Savannah. Participated actively as valued citizens who were concerned about their future.
- 14. THE GIRL SCOUTING MOVEMENTARRIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES
- 15. JOSEFA-LLANES-ESCODA •Founder of theGirl Scouts of the Philippines •3RD woman in the triad •Well-known and respected social worker and civic leader from Dingras, Ilocos Norte. •She had worked very hard to uplift the condition of needy and disadvantage people.
- 16. •Because of historicaland political links of the Philippines with the United States, Scouting found its way to Philippine shores very easily. •In 1917, there were troops organized by American Army and Navy Families in various parts of the Philippines. •In 1918, lone troops were found to be in existence in the islands. Some of early troops were organized in Davao in 1918 , in Capiz in 1926, and in Mountain Province (CAR) in 1928. •Several of these troops were organized by missionaries.
- 17. •In 1925, hadstudied in the United States for her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia Uniersity. •In 1933, returned to the United States to undergo training in Girl Scouting. Her trip was sponsored by Jospeh E. Stevenot of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Gneral Vicente Lim and his wife, Mrs. Pilar Hidalgo Lim, who was the President of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs, and an active supporter for women’s suffrage. •In 1965, celebrated the Silver Jubilee of the Girls Scouts of the Philippines, special events and service projects were calendared year round.
- 18. •Lady Olave Baden-Powell(The World Chief Guide), arrived in Manila in December 1965 and was saluted by more than five thousand Girl Scouts at the Pasasalamat held at Luneta Park. •The GSP was presentef the Walter Donald Ross Trophy Award in 1965 for its outstanding service preoject rendered to children of evacuees who were victims of the eruption of Taal Volcano. •On June 2, 1975, Presidential Decree 720 was signed, authorizing the restructuring of the GSP. •March 19, 1976, the new GSP Constitution and By Laws were ratified and confirmed.