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World Thinking Day : Observed On Feb 22
- World Thinking Day is celebrated each year by the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts across the world on the 22nd February.
- The aim of Thinking Day is to bring together young people from across the world; nearly 150 countries choose to take part in the celebrations to celebrate international fun and friendship, as well as to help raise money and focus on the year’s global theme.
- 2021 Theme of World Thinking Day is: “Peacebuilding”
Importance Of The Day :
- Thinking Day offers the Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting community the opportunity to think about others and focus on the wider issues impacting those within the Guiding and Scouting movement.
History :
- Thinking Day originated from a desire by the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to dedicate a day to thinking about and appreciating the global spread of these movements.
- The observance of Thinking Day has been celebrated every year since 1926, and began over 90 years ago.
- The day began when the delegates from the Guide and Girl Scout organizations from across the globe attended the 4th world conference where it was decided that the day would be created and would be held on Lord Baden-Powell’s birthday, the founder of the Girl Scout and Guide movements.
