The Uganda Girl Guides Association
CountryUganda
Founded1914
Membership112,371
AffiliationWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The Uganda Girl Guides Association is the national Guiding organization of Uganda. It serves 112,371 members (as of 2008).[1] Founded in 1914, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1963.

Blandina Karungi was one of the first girls in Uganda to become a Girl Guide.[2] She was both deaf and blind.

See also

References

  1. "33rd World Conference Document No. 11" (PDF). World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  2. "Duhaga Girls' Walls of Shame". 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-23.


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