Guides du Bénin

Guides du Bénin

organization

Year dem found am	1960
Country	Benin
Demma headquarters location	Porto-Novo

De Guides du Bénin (Girl Guides of Benin) be de national Guiding organization of Benin. Guiding for Benin start insyd 1954, dem form de association insyd 1960 wey ecam turn member of se World Association of Girl Guides den Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) insyd 1963. De girls-only association get 1,533 members (as of 2003). Ebe affiliated to Scoutisme Béninois, de national member of de World Organization of de Scout Movement.

Demma History

De first Guide dey patrol insyd then-Dahomey wey dem develop insyd Porto-Novo insyd 1954. Two years later, wey dem hold de first Guide camp wey de movement spread go Cotonou. As dem officially form de association insyd 1960, wey dem introduce all three sections. Insyd 1963, de Guides du Bénin cam turn associate member of WAGGGS. Insyd de following years, membership numbers make stagnate, wey na de association be de only granted full membership insyd WAGGGS insyd 2005.

Demma Program

Sections

Dem divide de association into three sections, according to de age of de members:

• Jeanettes (Brownies) - ages 8 to 11
• Guides (Girl Guides) - ages 11 to 16
• Guides âinées (Ranger Guides) - ages 16 den older

Promise, law den motto

De Guide Promise of de Guides du Bénin get de following wording:

Sur mon honneur je m'engage à servir Dieu et mon pays en toute circonstances, à aider mon prochain et à observer la loi des guides.On my honour, I undertake to serve God and my country in all circumstances, to help other and to keep the Guide Law.

De Guide Law of de Guides du Bénin:

1. La Guide n'a qu'une parole.
   
   A Guide keeps her word.
2. La Guide est loyale.
   
   A Guide is loyal.
3. La Guide est utile à ses parents, ses camarades et son pays.
   
   A Guide is useful to her parents, friends and country.
4. La Guide est l'amie de tous.
   
   A Guide is a friend to all.
5. La Guide est courtoise et sait obéir.
   
   A Guide is courteous and knows how to obey.
6. La Guide découvre la nature et la protège.
   
   A Guide learns about Nature and protects it.
7. La Guide est toujours de bonne humeur.
   
   A Guide is always good-tempered.
8. La Guide est économe et travailleuse.
   
   A Guide is thrifty and hardworking.
9. La Guide est propre dans ses pensées, ses paroles et ses actes.
   
   A Guide is pure in her thoughts, her words and her deeds.
10. La Guide est civiquement consciente et sert les intérêts du peuple béninois.
    
    A Guide is a responsible citizen and acts for the good of the people of Benin.

De Guide Motto be Toujours prêt!, Always Prepared insyd French.

References

• World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau (1997), Trefoil Round the World. Eleventh Edition 1997. ISBN 0-900827-75-0