Africa

WAGGGS Africa Region supports 32 national Girl Guide and Girl Scouts organizations throughout the continent

The WAGGGS Africa Region works to grow Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting and empower girls and young women to be leaders.

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WAGGGS is big in Africa!

The WAGGGS Africa Region represents 32 Member Organizations and a membership of 876,129 girls and young women.

Meet our members

Our Member Organizations work with young people on a range of topics including girls’ rights, education, environmental issues and many more through non-formal education, leadership and advocacy programmes.

What's happening in the region...

From a Girl Guide to a change-maker

Valentine believes that commitment is everything and that true leadership means leading by example. As a Girl Guide, she fights for better nutrition and the empowerment of adolescent girls and women.

Najma gets school meals on the agenda

17 year old Najma Mohamed is a Girl Powered Nutrition Advocacy Champion in Tanzania. She joined the girl scouts movement (WAGGGS) when she was 8 years old. Encouraged by her parents, she started developing leadership skills at an early age.

Body confidence photo shoot

Group Leader Segomotso and her guiding group, The Kgato Girl Guides Unit, took part in the Action on Body Confidence programme by holding activities including a swim suit photoshoot to celebrate body diversity.

Stop The Violence Uganda

Faith, Joan and Melda are three young leaders taking part in the Girls as Drivers of Change programme, which brings 22 WAGGGS young leaders and 22 of Save The Children’s young facilitators together to learn about ways to tackle gender based violence.

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