Why is Feb 22nd World Thinking Day observed?
Every year on february 22, the World Organization of girl Guides and girl Scouts (WAGGGS) observes World Thinking Day. The goal of the day is to collect money for the 10 million girl scouts and guides who are spread across 150 different countries while also celebrating sisterhood, solidarity, and women's empowerment. On World Thinking Day, female scouts are also encouraged to build enduring bonds with one another that prioritise loyalty and respect.
World Thinking Day allows women and girls a bigger stage and opportunity to express their viewpoints, discuss issues that matter to them, and offer solutions on a global level. Through this day, scouts have the opportunity to mentor and bond with other girl scouts.
Young girls have the chance to promote subjects that are important to them and spread their message around the world. One of the most important things that girl scouts and girl guides do is raise money for the progress of young girls all over the world.
History:
At the fourth female scout international conference in 1926, the need for World Thinking Day was brought up. It was decided at the meeting to designate february 22 as Thinking Day. On february 22, both Lord Baden-Powell, the man behind the Boy Scouts of America, and his wife Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the first head guide of the organisation, were born.
Delegates emphasised that while gifts are traditionally given on birthdays at the 7th World Conference, held in Bucze, Poland, six years later, that girls may express their thanks by providing gifts to the international Movement by making donations on Thinking Day.
