The first World Camp was held at Foxlease in 1924, from July 16 to 24, at the same time as the Third International Conference. Olave Baden-Powell and Olivia Burges formulated the idea in September 1923, during the latter's stay at Pax Hill. The original invitation was for six Guides and one Guider from each country where there were Guides. However, this was modified to accommodate those who were willing and able to send more. In total 1100 girls and women attended, 600 of which were from overseas. Forty countries were represented.
As Olave Baden-Powell wrote in 1923: "Some two years ago it was suggested that the Girl Guides Association should hold a big gathering similar in character to the great International Jamboree held by the Boy Scouts in 1920. This plan did not materialise owing to the undesirability of having great numbers of girls brought together en masse before the public eye" So instead of an event for the public, the proposal was that "Guides and Guiders from all parts of the world will like to meet together for a friendly gathering, to get to know one another and to see and to learn how the work of the great sisterhood is progressing in different lands."[2]
Camp Edith Macy, 1926Edit
The second World Camp was held at Camp Edith Macy in May 1926 in Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States, at the same time as the Fourth International Conference.
Pax Ting, 1939Edit
Pax Ting, 1939
Pax Ting was the first World Camp held after the formation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1930. The camp was held in Gödöllő, Hungary from 25 July to 7 August 1939, and attended by some 5,800 Girl Guides from around the world.
For the 75th anniversary of this first world camp another was held at Foxlease. It had the motto Peace, Vision, Power. It was attended by over 4,000 participants with every WAGGGS Region represented.[citation needed]
^ abGosling, Mike. "1957 World Camps" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^"Leslie's Guiding History Site". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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