Pakistani Educational Leadership Project at Plymouth State University

Each year on February 22, girls participate in activities, games and projects with global themes to honor their sister Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in other countries.  This day is referred to as World Thinking Day.

World Thinking Day was first created in 1926 at a Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference.  Conference attendees decided that there should be a special day for Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from around the world to “think” of each other and give thanks and appreciation to their “sister” Girl Scouts. The delegates chose February 22 as the date for Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, and his wife, Olave, who served as World Chief Guide.

As some of you may know, I am the Brownie Girl Scout leader (the equivalent of the Junior Girl Guides in Pakistan) for my daughter, Elsa’s, troop here in Plymouth, NH.  The Pemi-Baker Service Unit holds a World Thinking Day event each year at a local school.  Each of the participating troops is given the opportunity to choose a country to represent for the event.  This year, my daughter would like to represent Pakistan.  As a troop, the girls are researching Junior Girl Guides from Pakistan.  The girls will learn the Pakistani Junior Guide Promise and compare the differences between the uniforms for Brownies in the U.S. and Junior Guides in Pakistan.  For our Pakistani Junior Guide booth we will provide a craft for each of the visiting troops to participate in, a food item for everyone to taste and some background information and history on Girl Guides in your country.

We are very excited to get started on this project and would welcome any assistance from any of the PELI alumni who may be familiar with Girl Scouting. The girls and I have even talked about the possibility of connecting with a Junior Guide troop in Pakistan to share letters and photographs.

If you have any information at all that may help us in our research, please don’t hesitate to contact me through email at mclauriat@plymouth.edu.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks!!!

Plymouth Brownie Troop 183

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