The third Africa Regional Gathering took place in Lusaka, Zambia from 24th – 28th August 2010. The opening ceremony was a lively event with a group of youngsters from the local Girl Guides.

ISGF Info is the E-Newsletter for key persons within our organisation. It provides information on various subjects and this issue includes: 

1. The Story of the First Girl Guide launched
2. ISGF goes social on the web
3. New ISGF leaflet
4. World Conference 2008 recommendation nr.4
5. Adding an event on the website
6. Published items website 4 June – 19 August 2010

 To read the newsletter you may either open it as text file or as PDF document

 ISGF Info August 2010 text (67.5 kB)

 ISGF Info August 2010 (150.31 kB)

One of the headlines in ISGF Action Plan 2008-2011 was “be part of the family”.

Families are communicating and inviting the members to events, camps, meetings, gatherings etc. Therefore we will encourage you to announce your event on ISGF website. However, we only publish events that are open to all our members worldwide.

What we need is the name of your event, where it will be held, who is the organizer with a possible link to your website or contact address. We have the right not to include posting if we do not think it is relevant to our members.

Send your information to ISGF World Bureau This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Recommendation nr 4. That the World Committee, in the future way of work, seeks the practical help and sponsorship of the member organisations in fostering its aims.

Rationale: As has been pointed out, ISGF is more than the World Committee but better use could be made of Member Organisations, co-opting their help in projects, in development, in translations, in facilitating and a host of other activities.

The ISGF World Committee (WCom) has asked several times for help especially for the Communication & PR Team. We have been so lucky to have volunteers as webmaster, contentmanager, graphic designers and more members that are simply ready to support the web-team.

The ISGF leaflet we published in August 2003 and its reprint in June 2006 in English/French is sold out and outdated. If you find some of these old leaflets please don’t use them.

The text and the photos of the new ISGF leaflet have been adjusted to the present situation in ISGF. It is focusing on what benefits there are of being a member of ISGF.

Facebook and Twitter are two of the most used and useful internet Social Networking tools. Facebook is a social networking website with more than 500 million active users. And for years also ISGF is using it to network our members and I believe also friends of Adult Scouting and Guiding. Currently, in August 2010, we have 2.359 members.

You are warmly invited to join us. Register on Facebook http://www.facebook.com, sign in, type »ISGF« in Search field, join the conversations and share your ideas, photos, videos, useful links.

The World Bureau received an e-mail with the following text:

A few years ago I had an article, "Searching for Az", published in World Gazette Mondiale.  As a result I received a number of helpful emails about Agnes Baden-Powell.  I should like the writers of these emails, and all others who are interested, to know that my biography, "The First Girl Guide", has just been published.

The author of this new book is ISGF member Helen D. Gardner, United Kingdom. This hardcover book can be ordered via this link  in the United Kingdom.

Product details

Hardcover: 128 pages

Publisher: Amberley Publishing (30 July 2010)

Language English

ISBN-10: 1445600102

ISBN-13: 978-1445600109

Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 2 cm

Price: £ 14.00

As mentioned in the Chairman’s letter published in the Newsletter ISGF Info of June 2010, ISGF offered a young woman from Peru a grant out of the Rieck Müller Ceschi Funds. Milagros Gutierrez from Peru will travel to the United Kingdom to attend the Young Women’s World Forum in October 2010 in London.

ISGF financially supported the Girl Guides Association of Thailand training as well as to have Ms. Jeyadhevi Subramaniam from the Asia Pacific Resource Pool conducted the training for 31 trainers from all over Thailand. The training took place from 21-25 April 2010.

The 42^nd Forum in Grossarl, Austria, took place from 19th - 26 June, 2010 and the first time it was held in summer. During the week we got new friends and a lot of new experiences. Each day you could participate in various hikes but there was also the opportunity to make your own hikes and trips around the area.