Girl Guides In Chiang Mai?

[YorkshireLass]

Our family are moving to Chiang Mai from the UK at the beginning of January 2006. Our daughter engages in loads of activities here in the UK which I know she will miss terribly when we move there. Does anyone know if there is a Girl Guide Association meetings in Chiang Mai that she could attend? If not are there any other activities available for a very active 8 year old??

Thanks!!

[Guest endure]

She has a whole new culture to explore. I suspect that the Girl Guides may drop off the radar for the next few years.

[Ajarn]

Chiang Mai, and the rest of Thailand, has a huge Girl/Boy Guides system in place in schools. Don't have any details except that it is State-sponsored....

[cmsally]

Girl Guides Assoc. has an "office"; actually a huge building behind Regina Coeli School. Take the soi beside Bon Cafe on Changklan Rd. They have a swimming pool and sell all the girl guide uniforms etc. Not quite sure what else they do there but I think visiting girl guide groups stay there. Most activities happen in the schools which run the girl guide programs.

[earlofwindermere]

My neighbour has kids in Scouts and Girl Guides. I'm away this week but I'll try to ask them next week for you.

[YorkshireLass]

Thanks for the advice!!!! My daughter will be going to the Prem Center School which I guess from what you have said, she should have a range of after school activities. Would really appreciate the information from your neighbour though EarlofWindermere... thats very kind of you.

[astral]

There is no independant Girl Guide or Boy Scout organisation in Thailand.

It is all government run.

Every child in school has to be a Brownie/Guide or Cub/Scout.

There is no choice about it.

It is all handled by the teachers, and unless your children go to private

school, there is not a great deal of enthusiasm about the way it is run.

[Jai Dee]

Further to the subject of Girl Guides in Thailand, my sister-in-law back in Australia has a daughter who is a Guide and she would like to trade some Australian badges/patches for some Thai ones.

If anyone is interested, please PM me.