The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) have over 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 145 countries all around the world. Some of the countries that have this organisation are, Australia, Armenia, Barbados, Chile, Mexico, Portugal and another 139 countries.
WAGGGS was founded in the UK in 1910 by a man called Robert Baden-Powell, he had help from his sister Agnes Baden-Powell. After his marriage in 1912, his wife Olave Baden-Powell took a leading role in the development of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting.
Only a year after the Girl Guide Movement was founded the first official company in Ireland was formed, in 1911 in Harolds Cross. Guiding quickly spread to Cork and Wicklow. At this time there was no border between North and South so Guiding was run as one organisation for all Ireland.
In 1929 Ireland was partitioned into the Irish Free State (26 counties) and Northern Ireland (6 counties) and a separate organisation for the Free State was created from the whole, the Irish Free State Girl Guides.
Ireland became a separate member of WAGGGS in 1932.
There are 4 main groups in Girl Guides...
Ladybirds = age 5-7
Brownies = age 7-11
Guides = age 11-15
Rangers = age 15-21
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