History
Although there were Lone Guides in the years following 1912, the first functioning units were formed in 1930 as an overseas branch of the British Guide Association. In 1960, after the independence of Cyprus, the Girl Guides Association of Cyprus was established.
In 1962, the new association was admitted to WAGGGS as an associate member. It became a full member in 1978.
The association hosted the 6th European Scout and Guide Conference in 1989, cooperating with the Cyprus Scouts Association.
The Cypriot Guides have an active partnership with the Association of Belarusian Guides. They trained Belarusian leaders prior to its admission to WAGGGS in 1996 and are still supporting the development of the Belarusian Guides.
Read more about this topic: Girl Guides Association Of Cyprus
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“A great proportion of the inhabitants of the Cape are always thus abroad about their teaming on some ocean highway or other, and the history of one of their ordinary trips would cast the Argonautic expedition into the shade.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and accursed principle of action—that the end will sanction any means.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)