World Thinking Day in 2014 is 22nd February : Themes

World thinking day

World Thinking Day in 2014 is 22nd February : Themes

World Thinking Day is a noble cause celebrated by girl guides & girl scouts throughout the world on February 22 in 2014, with support and coordination from all over the world. On this day, the girl guides & girl scouts “think” about their brothers (and sisters) throughout the world.

New York: February 22nd is the birth date of Scouting and Guiding founderRobert Baden-Powelland ofOlave Baden-Powell, his wife and World Chief Guide and this date is celebrated by girls guides & girls scouts as World Thinking Day. On this day, they think of the brothers (and sisters) in the whole of world and this is the actual meaning of guiding and its global impact.

At the 4th Girl Guide/Girl Scout International Conference, the delegated highlighted the need for a special international day when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts would “think” about the worldwide spread of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting, and of all the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world, giving them, their “sisters,” thanks and appreciation. Subsequently the name was changed from “Thinking Day” to “World Thinking Day”, in order to emphasize the global aspect of this special day. To further strengthen the movement of the World Thinking Day, World Thinking Day Fund was also created.

Themes:

  • 2012: “Environment”: UN Millennium Development Goal 7: Girls worldwide say “We can save our planet”.
  • 2013: UN Millennium Development Goal 4: “Reduce child mortality” and UN Millennium Development Goal 5:”Improve maternal health”
  • 2014: UN Millennium Development Goal 2: “Providing universal access to primary education”
  • 2015: UN Millennium Development Goal 8: “Developing partnerships for global development”

Celebration world-wide:

  • Rangers fromMona Burgin‘s Unit inAuckland set off before dawn and they climb to the top ofMount Eden. There they set up their little campfire and a flag-staff, and as the sun rises over the sea they raise the Guide World Flag, they sing the World Song, and they speak of some of the people and the countries they are Thinking about - and so they start “The Big Think” which then travels all the way round the world.
  • One tradition is that every Scout or Guide, ex-Scout or ex-Guide, places a candle in their window that night at dusk - “This is my little Guiding Light, I’m going to let it shine.”
  • It is also a tradition to send letters or postcards to other Scout and Guides before Thinking Day.