The Asociación Nacional de Guías Scouts del Ecuador (ANGSE; National Girl Guide Association of Ecuador) is the national Guiding organization of Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

. It serves 225 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1919, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...

 in 1966.

Program

The association is divided in four branches according to age:

• Alitas - ages 7 to 10
• Juniors - ages 11 to 13
• Cadetes - ages 14 to 16
• Guías Mayores - ages 16 to 18

Emblem

The membership badge of the Asociación Nacional de Guías Scouts del Ecuador incorporates the Mitad del Mundo

Mitad del Mundo

The Mitad del Mundo is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located in the San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, north of the center of Quito....

 monument delineating the equator

Equator

An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....

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See also

• Asociación de Scouts del Ecuador
  Asociación de Scouts del Ecuador
  The Asociación de Scouts del Ecuador, the national Scouting organization of Ecuador, was founded in 1920, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922...