Photos et témoignages 2008

Georgia, USA

Brownie Troop 358 from Hampton, Georgia took action locally in the 2008 Thinking theme of water by learning more about their Watershed. They participated in programmes at Cubihatcha Outdoor Center to understand what a watershed is and what plants and animals grow locally in theirs, at Newman Wetlands Center to learn about the characteristics of a wetland and follow a stream through the county, and visited one of the Henry County Water Treatment Plants to learn more about local water.

A couple of the girls even entered the River of Words Contest. Completing the EPA’s Water Drop Patch and Water Everywhere Try-It are just the beginning for these Girl Scouts as they look forward to more conservation programmes and how they can make a difference in their world. They researched and had a display about fellow scouts for their local Thinking Day – The Girl Guides of Australia.

They became very interested to learn more about Australia and the recycling efforts of fellow scouts there. They also learned about Australia’s Kookaburra, sang the song, and were even happier to see a pair at the Atlanta Zoo!

Australia

Miranda Dolphin Guides built a wishing well for World Thinking Day. It was used to lower a coin into the well (the coin fell out of the basket into the well with a satisfying "clunk"!), while the girls each made a wish for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world. 

Prior to WTD, the girls used a water bottle as a spare coin collector, which they also brought along. All up, Miranda District will have over $200 for the Thinking Day fund.

Panama

Girl Guides from Colón city, Panama, donated their annual Thinking Day fare (their age in cents) in a water fountain and made some reflections about water. They also organized some fun activities with Guides and Guiders of differents groups in the area.

Lebanon

The Lebanese Girls Guides leaders celebrated World Thinking Day during their training camp in February. Around 140 leaders attended a presentation explaining the major causes for water pollution and what are the best ways to avoid it. At the end of this session, the leaders designed posters to raise awareness of water pollution.

Malaysia

Teacher trainees Cadet Guides in Penang, Malaysia, showed their creative abilities in composing and singing songs about water, listened to the Thinking Day message by the Chief Commissioner and participated in a telematch. Each of them was given a bookmark with reminders to conserve water.

Virginia, USA

In Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA, each troop researched and set up a display to teach about a different country. They learned about Italy, Oman, Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Thailand

The International Division of the Girl Guides Association of Thailand visited the Farm Chokchai. They made a list of 22 ways they saw water being used during the visit:

1.   Irrigation - watering crops,  sunflowers, dragon fruit
2.   Washing hands in the toilets and at the petting zoo
3.   Drinking water for cows, horses,     sheep, dogs and other animals
4.   Selling drinking water at the kiosk
5.   Water goes in a car/truck radiators
6.   Ice in the chocolate milk
7.   Ice to keep ice cream cold
8.   Hippo was sitting in water - his habitat
9.   Ornamental garden
10.  Wash the animals
11.  Wash away cow waste in the milking area
12.  To clean off germs and bacteria when they went to the ice cream     workshop
13.  To clean the Tour Bus
14.  To make the ice cream
15.  To clean up the floor after and before milking
16.  To clean the cows before milking
17.  To clean whatever mess the ice cream mixer makes
18.  Duck pond
19.  Waterfall
20.  Washing hands after making ice cream
21.  Cleaning shoes before entering ice cream processing plant
22.  Flushing toilets

Mexico (Chihuahua district)

Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in the Chihuahua district, Mexico, prepared an exhibition at Plaza del Sol on water’s importance to health and on the issues of access to water conservation.

Kenya

Kenya held Thinking Day activities in most major towns. The theme was ’Think and make pace’ due to the difficult situation the country is in following the presidential elections.


Girl Guides and Brownies presented a peace song at the Thinking Day service in Nairobi








Girl Guides and Brownies in Kitale (about 450 km north west of Nairobi) distribute food and clothing collected from their schools to internally displaced people








Girl Guides and Brownies present a peace song at the Kitale internally displaced people’s camp

Nicaragua

In Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Guiders and Guides have set out to rescue a river. Besides learning about conserving and protecting their natural resources, they are working for the benefit of the entire community of this town located in the coffee region of the northern highlands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras

The Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guía de Honduras celebrated World Thinking Day in Tegucigalpa last 23 February with displays on how to conserve water and also information about the water projects they have been carrying in the last months.

UK

1st Falfield and Stone Brownies raised £30 for World Thinking Day taking part in Penny a flush.

Pennsylvania, USA

The five Girl Scout troops at Glenwood Elementary School in Media, Pennsylvania (USA) celebrated Thinking Day with an international event. Each troop represented a country with a cultural display, craft or song, food and a SWAP.

Girls received passports and got it stamped at each country they "visited." In conjunction with this year’s environmental theme, participants also made a non-toxic cleaner and brainstormed ways to protect and conserve water.