The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica
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Headquarters2 Waterloo Road
Kingston 10
Kingston 10
CountryJamaica
FoundedJuly 17, 1915[citation needed]
Membership5,903
| The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica | |||
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| Headquarters | 2 Waterloo Road Kingston 10 | ||
| Country | Jamaica | ||
| Founded | July 17, 1915[citation needed] | ||
| Membership | 5,903 | ||
| President | Doreen Clemetson | ||
| Chief Commissioner | Jean Kenny | ||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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| Website https://web.archive.org/web/20130711100152/http://ggaj.org/ | |||
The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica (GGAJ) is the Guiding organisation of Jamaica. It served 5,903 members (as of 2006).[1] Founded in 1915, the girls-only organisation became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1963 and a full member in 1966.
Girl Guiding was introduced to Jamaica by Miss Clare Messias in 1915. After Jamaica's independence in 1962, the Jamaican Girl Guides remained a branch of the United Kingdom's Guide Association until July 17, 1967, when the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica was incorporated.[2]
A scission of the association led to the formation of the Girl Scouts of Jamaica in 2008.