History
Guiding within the YWCA was started in 1920, Scouting in the YMCA in 1945. In 2003 both organizations merged; for the first years after the merger, the association run both former programs and the units were free to decide if the followed the Guide or the Scout scheme. In 2007, a new organizational structure as well as new program were decided.
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