WAGGGS Regions Challenge
For each hemisphere, earn a portion of this 5 part crest. The appropriate part can be ordered from the Alberta Provincial Office just like all other Alberta Challenge Crests.
Program ideas can be found on the supplement pages found on the Alberta Provincial website with the challenge.
Sparks/Brownies:
Do 3 of the following:
For each Region
- On a map of the world, colour the countries belonging to that region.
- Learn the promise for 1 other country in that region. Learn what your age level is called in that country and 5 interesting facts about that country.
- Find out when they became a member country of WAGGGS and one WAGGGS project they are supporting or are the recipients of
- Find a new and creative way to support the CWFF which is committed to helping through WAGGGS projects, the goal is $5 per registered member in your unit.
- Learn a new game, do a craft and make a new recipe from a country in that region (see supplement for ideas or use your own).
Guides/Pathfinders/Rangers:
Do 3 of the following:
For each region
- Match the following countries to their WAGGGS Region.
- Learn the promise and law for 3 different countries in that region. Learn what your age level is called in those countries and 5 interesting facts about those countries.
- Find out when they became a member country and one WAGGGS project they are supporting or are the recipients of
- Find a new and creative way to support the CWFF which is committed to helping through WAGGGS projects, the goal is $5 per registered member of your unit.
- Compare the cost of a meal, average wage, clothes, schooling in 1 country in that region and Canada.
- Learn a new game, do a craft and make a new recipe from a country in that region (see supplement for ideas).
The WAGGGS website , under Our World tab has great information about member countries.
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Western Hemisphere:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Nicaragua
- Panama, Republic of
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts & Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
- Surinam
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Europe Region
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- San Marino
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Asia Pacific
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Hong Kong
- India
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Korea
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Tonga
Africa
- Benin, People's Republic of
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central Africa Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic
- Gambia, The
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Arab Region
- Bahrain
- Egypt, Arab Republic of
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Oman, Sultanate of
- Qatar
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen Republic
Program Tie-ins
Sparks:
- The World Around Me Keeper
- Diversity meeting
- Birthdays Around the World
- WAGGGS Crafts
- Brownies and Beyond
- Thinking Day and Guide-Scout Week
Brownies:
- Key to My Community
- Celebrations
- Crafts
- Key to Girl Guides
- Guiding Throughout the World
- CWFF
- Thinking Day and Guide-Scout Week
- World Centres Tour
Guides:
- You in Guiding
- Learn about WAGGGS #1, #2, #3, #5, #6
- World Guiding
Pathfinders:
- A World to Discover
- Going Global
- Girl Guides International
- What’s Up Around the World
Rangers:
- Celebrate Guiding
- #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10
- Global and Awareness
- #21
[1] WAGGGS Regions Challenge – introduced by the International Committee, September 2011