The second edition of the MHM Debate (Battle of the Bold 2026) was organised on 28th May 2026 at the Association’s National Training Centre in Achimota, Accra. Held as part of the commemoration of Menstrual Hygiene Month, the event brought together young debaters from Eagle International School, Accra…
Theme: Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders for Africa’s Future15th – 19th April 2026 Sixty (60) participants from Nigeria, Togo, Benin, including eleven (11) young women from the Ghana Girl Guides Association, gathered in Nigeria at Don Bosco Center, from Wednesday, 15th April to Sunday, 19th April 2026, with one shared…
We are excited to announce the release of our 2026 Activity Calender, a guide designed to support leaders, coordinators, and young members in delivering impactful, engaging, and structured programmes throughout the year. This year’s pack has been thoughtfully developed to align with our mission of empowering girls and…
On Thursday, 4th September 2025, Ghana Girl Guides Association joined the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to officially launch the 2025 Cancer Awareness Campaign at the SNAS Conference Room, Atomic, Accra. The event brought together health professionals, civil society, and other partners to raise awareness of the alarming…
It was a scientific day today!!! GGGA hosted a dynamic unit of 20 Girl Guides from Achimota School Basic 2 to mark the international day of women and girls in science themed ‘My Science Inspiration Story’ The moderator of the event Miss Maasilina Naa Merley Laryea (a young…
The vibrant spirit of celebration filled the air at the National Training Centre (Kusafiri) on February 24, 2024, as we hosted the World Thinking Day 2024 Climax Funfair. Welcoming over one thousand eight hundred students from over twenty-six schools in and out of Accra, the event served as…
Ghana Girl Guides Association has announced a new Youth Exchange South to South (YESS) Country Coordinator. In a moment filled with anticipation, the Chief Commissioner, Mrs. Zakiya Abdul Wahab officially introduced Mrs. Stephanie Naa-Dei Ayariga as the new YESS Country Coordinator for the association. The meeting took place…
In a momentous occasion of camaraderie and international collaboration, the Ghana Girl Guides Association had the distinct honor of hosting the Deputy High Commissioner of Zimbabwe to Ghana, Svodai Victoria Muzenda, on Monday, 19th February, 2024. The esteemed diplomat’s visit to the National Training Centre (Kusafiri) was met…
In a vibrant celebration of unity, innovation, and environmental stewardship, the Kusafiri World Centre proudly hosted a dynamic Virtual Rally on 17th February, 2024, to commemorate World Thinking Day 2024. Amidst the challenges of a rapidly changing world, this year’s theme, “Our World, Our Thriving Future,” served as…
In a touching demonstration of solidarity and compassion, the Youth Division of the Ghana Girl Guides Association extended a helping hand to the resilient residents of Mepe, a community in the Volta Region that was severely affected by the Akosombo Dam Spillage in September 2023. On February 10,…
In a dedicated effort to strengthen leadership and enhance the Girl Guides movement, the Association convened an enriching Adult Leaders Training on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Held at the Joyce-Dorothy Hall within the National Training Centre (Kusafiri), the training brought together approximately forty-six passionate individuals, comprising both existing…
On January 5, 2024, the Ghana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) embarked on a journey of professional development and growth with a comprehensive Staff Training and Assessment session. Held at the National Headquarters, the training brought together all staff members of the association for a day dedicated to honing…
In a remarkable celebration of diversity and cultural exchange, the Ghana Girl Guides Association hosted a Welcome Party on January 27, 2024. The event marked the joyous reception of six participants (five volunteers and a professional) from the Youth Exchange South to South (YESS) Programme. Mayamiko Zulu from…
The Ghana Girl Guides Association last Saturday, 27th January, 2024 organized a transformative National Volunteers Training at the National Training Centre (Kusafiri). This event, aimed at equipping volunteers with the tools to embrace and thrive in their roles, witnessed the gathering of passionate individuals committed to the noble…
Last Friday, 19th January, 2024 in a vibrant ceremony, the Ghana Girl Guides Association added a touch of inspiration to Mary Mount International School as the National Trainer, Mrs. Stephanie Ayariga took center stage to conduct a significant enrollment of sixty new members into the association. Present…
We marked a historic milestone in our journey, celebrating an incredible 102 years since the inception of Ghana Girl Guides Association in 1921. As the final culmination of the centenary celebrations, a Centenary Thanksgiving Event was held on December 9th at the National Training Centre/Kusafiri World Centre in…
The YESS Girls Movement-Ghana, on December 1st, 2023 marked World HIV/AIDS Day with a remarkable event in Chorkor, Accra. This initiative, held in partnership with Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) and Women of Dignity Alliance (WODA), aimed to raise awareness and provide critical health concerns on HIV/AIDS…
The spirit of innovation and empowerment took center stage on the 22nd of November, 2023, as a significant event unfolded at the Ghana Girl Guides Association. The occasion marked the official opening of the ATC Ghana Digital Communities ICT Centre—a transformative step towards empowering girls in the fields…
On 3rd November, 2023, a remarkable event unfolded at our National Training Centre in Achimota-Accra, marking the International Day of the Girl Child. The fervent energy of empowerment was intense as the YESS Girls Movement, a project of the Ghana Girl Guides Association, orchestrated an enlightening ceremony under…
On 4th of November, 2023, the Ghana Girl Guides Association orchestrated an enriching National Volunteer Training at the National Training Centre, Achimota-Accra. This event, aimed at increasing the capacities of volunteers within the association, was a testament to the commitment of nurturing leadership, fostering collaboration, and empowering responsible…
The YESS Girls Movement-Ghana left an indelible mark on the Makola community on the 24th of October, 2023, by hosting a comprehensive free health screening event to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The event, held at the National Training Centre, was a resounding success, underscoring the…
Surf Smart 2.0 Generation Digital has been developed for worldwide use for girl–only or co–educational groups from the ages of 5 to 25 years. It provides a wide variety of activities that can be selected to respond to different contexts, learning needs and objectives. The Ghana Girl Guides…
The Ghana Girl Guides Association orchestrated a transformative adult leaders training session on 14th October, 2023, at the National Training Centre in Achimota. This insightful event provided new adult leaders with a comprehensive understanding of the essence of guiding, strategies for initiating and managing a Girl Guide unit…
With a target of bringing new volunteers onboard, the 2023 YESS Professionals (Florence Kwizera and Christa Nalumu) and the YESS task force (Enyonam Laurenda Awuitor) engaged young women from St. Agnes Vocational Training Center on 25th September, 2023, Akatsi Senior High Technical School on 26th September, 2023 and…
Young women from the Bayive and Akatsi communities in the Volta region of Ghana were thrilled to learn that girl guiding is an international organization, especially after meeting the 2023 YESS Professionals (Florence Kwizera and Christa Nalumu). This happened during the recruitment drive by the 2023 YESS Professionals…
Winter Experience, an international travel opportunity to the United Kingdom is an annual camping event held for Girl Guides in the world to visit and explore the culture of the Great Britain. This experience has impacted thousands of Girl Guides over the past 80 years in the development…
Ghana Girl Guides has enrolled a total of fourty-seven girls. The enrollment which was held at The Light Academy School, Adenta in accra was done by the National Training Coordinator, Mrs. Stephanie Naa Ayariga on September 13th, 2023. Out of the fourty-seven girls, 11 Huhuwa, 20 Ananse and…
Applications are now open to people interested in working as interns with the association as Communication Associates. Your roles are broadly grouped into content and messaging. They include developing communications to be delivered in email, online, print distribution, video, or other mediums and social media campaigns. Interested applicants…
Applications for the Youth Exchange South to South (YESS) Programme are open to members of the Ghana Girl Guides Association to be part of the journey of a lifetime. Kindly read the application requirements for volunteers and professionals below: Requirements for Volunteers: Should be a Ghanaian citizen Should…
As part of the Association’s aim to promote Menstrual Hygiene Management among women in Ghana, the Ghana Girl Guides Association has trained about seventy girls and young women in making reusable sanitary pads from locally sourced materials. Ashley Asante of SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College led the ‘Make…
Ghana Girl Guides Association has organized a farewell get-together for YESS Volunteers 2023. The event which was held at the Baa & Bean restaurant at East Legon on 19th July, 2023 was organized to say goodbye to three volunteers as they return to their mother associations come Friday,…
The YESS Participants 2023 to Ghana together with the Senior YESS Country Coordinator, Sylvia Nicole Eshun have donated some menstrual products to the association. The presentation which took place at the National Training Centre, Achimota – Accra on 19th July, 2023, would support the association to facilitate the…
Three young women from the SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College visited the National Training Centre to learn how to make reusable sanitary pads as part of their school community project facilitated by the National Training Commissioner, Mrs. Stephanie Naa Dei Ayariga. Ashley Asante, Alicia Asante, and their youngest sister…
The Ghana Girl Guides Association has organized a digital training program for YESS participants 2023. As facilitated by Peter Asante Addo, Deputy Chief of Media, SIA-Africa the training equipped the YESS participants to Ghana (three YESS volunteers and two professionals) in Photography, Videography, and Web Design. The training,…
Last Thursday, 25th May, 2023 was very fun as fifty-two guides from Greater Accra attended a camp dubbed “80 ways around the world” at the National Training Center. This was organized by the Association, young guides were taught so many skills to adapt to as they mature. Girls…
Maiden En Agape in collaboration with Ghana Girl Guides Association organized a walk to mark the Menstrual Hygiene Management Day on 28th May, 2023. The walk themed, “A Fundraising and Awareness Walk for Menstrual Hygiene Management” was organized on Saturday, 27th May, 2023. Participants converged at the Accra…
The YESS Participants have engaged schools and communities in the Western part of Ghana. A career bridger activity session at Kwabea Memorial Preparatory School was conducted where 67 girls were taken through stress buster and ice breaker activities. The young girls learned how to deal with stress and…
Kusafiri World Centre is one of the five World Centres of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Since 2012 Kusafiri has been ‘popping up’ using existing faciliting to bring World Centre experiences to the Africa Region. The Centre creates international experiences for members of…
Kusafiri means ‘TO JOURNEY’ in Swahili. It is one of the five world centres of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It is based in Africa but has no fixed location, instead it moves around existing locations in different African Countries. Kusafiri events are…
A one-day Adult Leader’s training for about fifty leaders of the leaders units in the MO. This training was tailored to build the capacity of the adult leaders and also to refresh their minds on facilitation skills to promote their guiding experience with their Guides. Career Bridger Journey…
On Sunday 9th April, 2023, Florence Kwizera, a young leader at Burundi Girl Guides Association who currently works with Ghana Girl Guides as a Volunteer Manager through Youth Exchange South to South (YESS) program was a guest on Beatz Africa show on 3FM 92.7 where she was sharing…
Eligibility An active Girl Guide age 18 – 25 A paid-up member of GGGA in good standing. Available for 6 months (January to July, 2023) Has never volunteered with the YESS Girls Movement in previous years (task force member). Computer literate. A team player. Able to relate well…
As part of the Association’s centenary celebrations, volta region climaxed theirs in a grand style. Several activities were organised which started from 15th – 18th December, 2022 and included a media briefing, clean-up exercise, float, and was climaxed with a pageant show known as Miss Guiding Volta where…
Nomination forms for the Centenary Climax Awards are now open. Kindly nominate your best-performing school, Girl Guide, Adult Leader or staff member for the event. Nominations can be done by self/another person. Please ensure that you have provided accurate information of the nominee to enable the awards team…
The Ghana Girl Guides Association is introducing a reading club known as the Guiding Light Reading Club. The Guiding Light Reading Club (GLRC) is an initiative as part of the eight-point program to inculcate the act of reading and also help boost speaking skills in young children. The…
Deadline: Monday 15th August, 2022 Eligibility An active Girl Guide age 26 – 35 A paid up member of GGGA in good standing. Available for a year (January to December, 2023) Computer literate. A team player. Able to relate well with everyone. Must possess a passport valid for…
The Ghana Girl Guides Training Centre at Achimota was a bustle of activities between 24th and 26th June, 2022 as the centre hosted 36 Girl Guides and their Adult leaders from the Mary Mount International School for a camp program named: Plastic Tide Turners. Plastic Tide Turners is…
The National Training Team of the Ghana Girl Guides Association has organized camps for Girl Guides and Ananse Guides from different Schools. The purpose of the camp was to take the girls through plastic tide management and to learn some crafts. Plastics have become a global challenge and…
The membership department of the Ghana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) has trained staff and leaders (volunteers) on how to effectively operate the new online membership system of the Association on its website. Spearheaded by the Membership Commissioner, Ms. Rose Yeboah and facilitated by Peter Asante Addo of SIA-Africa…
Harvard Undergraduate Partners for Action (HUPAA), working in partnership with the Ghana Girl Guides Association, is excited to launch Enabib in Ghana—a program created for students that provides the opportunity to develop and lead initiatives that address challenges to menstrual hygiene management (MHM). Menstrual hygiene management is a…
Ghana Girl Guides has introduced a new membership system to aid easy membership registration and to ensure regular dues payment. Starting from 19th January, 2022 all members (individuals and institutions) would be required to register, renew or upgrade their membership levels using the membership portal available on the…
Groups/Institutions can register their individual members. This can be done simply by navigating to the “Console Page” in the menu session after a successful login. Institutions get access to renew memberships for each member, pay dues, check membership statuses and levels of their members and also update their…
The Youth Exchange South to South (YESS) Girls Movement 2022 applications are open. We are accepting applications strictly online from now till Wednesday, 29th December, 2021 – 23:59 (GMT). Eligibility ❖ An active Girl Guide age 18 – 35 years. ❖ A paid up member of GGGA in…
As part of our Centenary Celebration, the Ghana Girl Guides Association is organizing a camp themed: “Connecting sisters through fun, culture and adventure”- AFRIJAM to celebrate 100 years of its inception and presence in Ghana. All Guides are kindly invited to attend the camp as a way of…
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Ghana Girl Guides Association is introducing a new feature which would allow its members to be a part of the website. This will enable members to register as an institution or individuals as any of the Guide Groups of the Ghana Girl Guides Association, renew their membership status,…
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The Ghana Girl Guides Association on Saturday, 14th November, 2020 held a free digital marketing training session for young ladies in the association of ages between fifteen and twenty-five years old. The training took place at the Ghana Girls Guides training center, Achimota which looked at empowering young…
The Ghana Girl Guides Association last Saturday, 31st October 2020 enrolled 6 adult and young leaders who passed their training and pre-enrollment test. The enrollment signifies that they are now full members of the Ghana Girl Guides Association and also of the World Association of Girl Guides and…
The national commissioners of the Ghana Girl Guides Association has officially welcomed all participants of the YESS programme back from their various host associations. This took place at the GGGA national training center last Friday, October 23, 2020. This event welcomed very hard working ladies who participated in…
The Chief Commissioner of the Ghana Girl Guides Association Mrs. Zakiya Abdul Wahab together with the Ghana Scouts Association has paid tribute to the former president, John Rawlings and family over mother’s death last Monday. A book of condolence was signed by the Chief Commissioner and a heartfelt…
Absa Bank Ghana has partnered with the Ghana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) to empower young women on how to make sound financial decisions. The GGGA “Be Inspired” weekly sessions, a platform to engage members of the Association, was designed to support members with relevant insights on developmental and…
‘STOP THE VIOLENCE’ is the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts global flagship campaign to end violence against girls and women. Since launching in 2011, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world have been tackling violence against women and girls in their communities through advocacy,…
Free Being Me is a WAGGGS and Dove partnership programme uniquely to empower a generation with the body confidence and freedom to be themselves. A one-of-a-kind programme! Through fun and interactive activities, children and young people learn that body confidence and self-esteem come from valuing their bodies, standing…
The Youth Exchange South to South (YESS) Girls Movement is a WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) International Exchange offer supported and funded by Norec (Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation). The Programme started in the Africa Region in 2015 and has to date facilitated 251…
WAGGGS and the Dove Self Esteem Project have been in global partnership since 2013, bringing the Free Being Me body confidence activities to over 3.5 million girls and boys by the end of 2016. WAGGGS and Dove created Action on Body confidence in response to feedback, asking for…