World centers
The founder of Girls Guides, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, and the World Chief Guide, Lady Olave Baden-Powell were born in the country where the Pax Lodge World Centre is located. This currency is used here.
British pound
Our Guiding sisters in the United States have a similar organization to Girl Guides of Canada called Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA). Like us, Girl Scouts also sell cookies. This is the currency they use to sell their boxes.
The US dollar
These are the names of the five coins used in Canada.
Nickel, dime, quarter, loonie and toonie.
Our Chalet in Adelboden, Switzerland was the first World Centre of the World Association of Girls Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). This centre is surrounded by beautiful mountains and is known for its hiking trails. If your unit went on an international trip to visit Our Chalet, you would need this currency to buy some of Switzerland’s famous chocolates.
Swiss Franc
WAGGGS World Conferences happen every three years and are an important opportunity for setting policies and for developing new programs. The 35th World Conference was held in Hong Kong in July 2014. If you attended that conference, this is the currency you’d have needed to have on hand.
The Hong Kong dollar
True or False? A famous Canadian woman is found on the $50.00 bill.
False! She's on the 10$ bill
Emma bought a sari at the local market close to the Sangam World Centre and wore it later that week to visit the Taj Mahal. She used this currency to pay to enter the Taj Mahal.
Indian Rupee
Imagine that your mother and grandmother were both Pathfinders before you and love their memories of being in Guiding. Now, as a family, you are travelling to Switzerland to Our Chalet for a family stay. From Our Chalet, you will then go to Germany for a three-day hiking trip. This is the currency you’ll need in Germany.
The euro
True or False? In Canada we have $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $50.00, $100.00 bills.
True
Imagine that your unit decided to take a trip down south. While staying at one of WAGGGS’ World Centres, your unit ate tacos and fajitas regularly and practiced speaking Spanish while helping out at a local school. This is the name of the World Centre, the country it’s in, and the currency they use there.
Our cabaña where they use the Mexican peso
You receive a handwritten letter from your Guiding pen pal in Oman! What type of currency did she use to pay for the postage?
Omani rial
Identify one coin no longer used in Canada.
Penny or fifty cent coin
Kusafiri is the only World Centre that changes locations for every event or program. When Kusafiri set up in Rwanda, visitors would have had to use this currency.
Rwandan Franc
When you “Twin” with another Guiding organization in the world, you write letters and send videos to get to know each other. The Twinning 2020 partner for Alberta, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories is Guyana. If Guyanese Guiders were mailing SWAPS and needed to buy postage, this is the currency they’d use to pay for
stamps.
Guyanese dollar
Identify three Canadian bills that are no longer used in Canada.
Possible Answers: What is the $1.00, $2.00, $25.00, $500.00, and $1,000.00 bill?