Global Girl Scouting
As
girls engage in the Girl Scout Leadership
Experience, Global Girl Scouting ensures that today's girls
have increased awareness about the world, cross-cultural learning opportunities,
and education on relevant global issues that may inspire them to take action to make
the world a better place.
Global Experiences
are
Girl Driven
Eighty-eight percent of respondents to an international travel survey
reported that girls managed their trips.
- Girls selected destinations.
- Girls researched destinations and determined itinerary.
- Girls money-earned and budgeted.
Girls DISCOVER
Girls understand their values, and use their knowledge and skills to
explore the world.
Volunteers repeatedly said that girls gained much from the cumulative
experiences of planning, fundraising, budgeting, researching, traveling,
and trying new things. They also wrote that girls increased their global
awareness, gained confidence, became more flexible, were more open-minded
and demonstrated independence. Girls returned home inspired to travel
more, learn languages, volunteer at a World Center, and use resources
more wisely.
Girls CONNECT
Girls care about, inspire and team with others locally and globally.
By traveling internationally girls become more connected to each other
and with people in other parts of the world. They also gained a greater
awareness of Global Girl Scouting and developed a deeper understanding
of their own culture.
Eighty percent of troops reported having met with Girl Guides or Girl
Scouts from one of 37 countries. Connecting with others was a key component
of the global experience. Eighty-two percent of groups visited the World
Centers at Pax Lodge (UK), Our Cabaña (Mexico), and Our Chalet (Switzerland).
Girls TAKE ACTION
Girls act to make the world a better place.
Increased global awareness inspires girls to work towards positive
change, whether by reducing consumption or showing younger girls that
traveling internationally with Girl Scouts is possible. Several groups
did service projects and many others said that they would like to incorporate
international service projects in future trips. Girls generally expressed
excitement about traveling internationally, and specifically about opportunities
for service and cross-cultural understanding.
USA Girl Scouts Overseas
USA Girl Scouts Overseas is Girl Scouts of the USA's overseas arm, which has provided Girl Scout program for American girls living outside the United States since 1925. We serve more than 20,000 girls in more than 81 countries, including Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Originally established to support Girl Scouting in American military families living abroad, USA Girl Scouts Overseas today has a membership that is approximately 48% non-military.
USAGSO staff members are based in New York City, at Girl Scouts of the USA national headquarters and at two satellite offices:
• USA Girl Scouts Overseas–North Atlantic (NORAGS) serves military bases in eight countries: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
• USA Girl Scouts Overseas–West Pacific serves military families located in mainland Japan, Okinawa, and Korea.
For
more information visit http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/overseas/default.asp.
