(Dumaguete City, October 1, 2010) --- The Girl Scouts of the Philippines Negros Oriental-Siquijor Council recently concluded its 28th Encampment held from September 23 to 26 at Camp Lily Gamo, Sibulan, this province.
Around 1,775 girl scouts from Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces participated in the encampment which bannered the theme “Girls Worldwide Say, Empowering Girls Will Change the World.”
GSP local Council Executive Officer Rosario Rosales explained that the encampment theme’s message stressed that the change will start within the girl. “You cannot expect the world to change if you yourself cannot change,” she said.
Rosales said the camp aims to empower girls “so that they will start the change and another thing is, the youth, is easy to mold and nurture.”
The encampment was highlighted by the launching of the 60th anniversary of the council marked by the girl scouts forming the number 60 as they marched.
The GSP local council was chartered on February 21, 1951 under its first council president, Mrs. Genoveva Bernardez.
The council’s current president is Dr. Profetiza S. Lim.
Rosales said the four sub-camps were named after the four world centers of the World Association of Girl Guide and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), namely: Cabaña (Mexico), Shalet(Switzerland), Sanggam(India), and Pax Lodge (London) which held their act of commitment and were in line with the number 60.
She added that their programs are geared to make girl scouts follow what is in the mission-vision statement of the organization as she pointed it out one after the other: “patriotic, pro-active, dynamic, and God loving.”
In assessing the camp’s outcome, Rosales described it as “very successful, memorable and fruitful as the scout did not only learn about leadership but also with enhancing their potentials like in the side of arts and crafts from the camp.” (PIA/Klein Emperado for PIA Negros Oriental)
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