July 13, 2023

Health, Peace-Building and Security, Environment, Global Mobility

The Girl Scouts of the Philippines was formally founded by Josefa Llanes Escoda, wartime heroine, through the initiative of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines who sent her to the US of America in 1939 to take up Girl Scouting Courses. On May 26,1940, the GSP was chartered under Commonwealth Act No. 542 during the administration of President Manuel L. Quezon. The GSP was not even two years old when World War II broke out. It has to stop its formal operations, but vowed to continue its service to a nation in travail. The Girl Scouts of the Philippines shall use a non-formal educational program based on the principles and methods laid down by the Founder of Scouting, developed around the interest and needs of girls and young women, identified with Filipino culture and tradition, and responsive to the conditions and needs of the family and the nation, in pursuing the following objectives: 1. To help girls and young women: a. develop desirable values to live by; b. become self-reliant and disciplined members of society; c. participate actively in the development of their community; d. deepen their self-awareness, realize their worth as individuals, and relate to others constructively. 2. Promote international goodwill and understanding. 3. To open to girls and young women opportunities for congenial activities in a largely outdoor setting and for service to others, particularly joint activities with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) for community service, under careful supervision of adult leaders. 4. To extend the Movement to girls and young women of every class, creed, or race.