Suggested World Thinking day activities
girl Scout daisy activities
discover Connect Take action
Girls understand themselves and their Girls care about, inspire, and team Girls act to make the world a
values, and use their knowledge and with others locally and globally. better place.
skills to explore the world.
1. suggest that girls think of a time when 1. arrange to visit a local farm or farmer’s 1. Plant vegetables and/or herbs indoors or they were very hungry. market to find out what the farmers pro outside with your group. Visit
ask them questions market to find out what the farmers pro outside with your group. Visit
such as: how did you feel? did you cry? duce and where they sell it. www.kidsgardening.org for suggestions.
Were you angry or scared? how did you
2. Visit www.panwapa.com to see how chil 2. Visit a community garden and offer to
feel once you were not hungry anymore?
dren in other countries live, and for ways to help weed, plant, or cleanup.
Why do you think some people don’t have
fight hunger and poverty. or email
enough to eat?
globalgirlscouting@girlscouts.org for a
2. ask your local librarian for age Panwapa kit.
appropriate books on hunger and poverty,
such as Fly Away Home by eve Bunting,
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression
by kate lied, and A Castle on Viola Street by dyanne disalvoryan.
invite the girls to
choose the book they want to talk about.
girl Scout Brownie activities
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Girls understand themselves and their Girls care about, inspire, and team Girls act to make the world a
values, and use their knowledge and with others locally and globally. better place.
skills to explore the world.
1. if your stomach is growling, you might 1. design a slogan about ending global 1. Visit a local food bank to learn how hun
say, “i’m starving.” But are you really starv hunger and poverty. Wear it on a decorative ger and poverty affects your community.
ing? Talk about what it means to be just button or a sticker. Find out what food items the food bank
hungry and what it means to be starving. needs and collect them.
2. can you plan a healthy meal for a family
2. share ideas about fighting hunger. Which of six for less than $10? Visit a local grocery 2. invite each girl to add a favorite family
of these ideas could you take action on? store to check the prices. are you able to recipe to a group cookbook. Talk about
stay within your budget of $10? share what what countries are represented and what
you learn with others. special foods are prepared for holidays.
share your group cookbook with other
girl scouts.
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girl Scout Junior activities
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Girls understand themselves and their Girls care about, inspire, and team Girls act to make the world a
values, and use their knowledge and with others locally and globally. better place.
skills to explore the world.
1. check to see if your library or school has 1. name some healthy foods and talk about 1. learn about your school’s lunch
the book Hungry Planet: What the World why a nutritious diet is important. Plan and program. interview cafeteria staff to find
Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith d’aluisio. cook a healthy meal with your group. out how they put together the menu and
how do countries compare? any surprises? what they need to consider in preparing the
2. invite a returned Peace corps volunteer
meals.
2. Play the hunger game at to speak about her or his experiences living
www.foodforce.com. you can also watch in a developing country (www.peacecorps. 2. organize an art show at your school or
videos and learn why hunger is a serious gov/wws/speakersmatch). Find out how community center. display pictures, paint
global issue and find out ways you can help poverty in your community compares with ings, photographs, or a mural showing how
in your community. what the Peace corps volunteer has experi poverty and hunger affects people around
enced abroad. the world.
girl Scout Cadette activities
discover Connect Take action
Girls understand themselves and Girls care about, inspire, and team Girls act to make the world a
their values, and use their knowledge with others locally and globally. better place.
and skills to explore the world.
1. discuss what factors contribute to global 1. identify a woman who has worked to 1. organize a hunger banquet for younger
poverty and hunger. how would your life combat global poverty and hunger. What girl scouts.*
be different if you had to live on only $2 a has she done and why was she successful?
2. Write an article for your school or local
day, like 40 percent of people around the share with your group.
newspaper about how hunger and poverty
world? how would you live? Where would
2. invite a guest speaker from an organiza affects people in your community.
you get food? What else would you need to
tion that is working to alleviate hunger in
consider?
the united states or internationally. (see
2. did you know that the majority (60%) hunger & Poverty resources.) Prepare
of the world’s one billion poorest people questions in advance and rehearse asking
are women and girls? Visit them.
www.care.org/getinvolved to learn more
about how poverty affects women and
girls in countries around the world. how
can girls be leaders in the fight against
global poverty?
*www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/hostahungerbanquet
girl Scout Senior activities
discover Connect Take action
Girls understand themselves and Girls care about, inspire, and team Girls act to make the world a
their values, and use their knowledge with others locally and globally. better place.
and skills to explore the world.
1. learn how girls in the united states can 1. host a film screening with a movie that 1. create a video about your concerns re
help girls around the world lift themselves addresses poverty. afterwards, discuss how garding world poverty and what you believe
and their communities out of poverty poverty affected the characters and ways to can be done to fight it. Post the video on
www.care.org/getinvolved. read articles take action to resolve the problems. www.dosomething.org.
and watch videos about the importance
2. Partner with local organizations working 2. research ways to end food waste in your
of girls’ leadership, and discover ways to
to alleviate hunger and poverty. arrange to community. encourage local food stores
share what you have learned.
visit and find out how you can help. and restaurant owners to compost and/
or donate excess food to food banks and
2. Find out what fair trade means and how
shelters.
it impacts women and children around the
world.
girl Scout ambassador activities
discover Connect Take action
Girls understand themselves and Girls care about, inspire, and team Girls act to make the world a
their values, and use their knowledge with others locally and globally. better place.
and skills to explore the world.
1. research how hunger affects learning. 1. Meet with a local official to find out what 1. create a video or prepare a presentation
What are possible solutions? programs are available in your community to inform others about hunger and poverty,
to alleviate hunger and poverty. locally and globally. see if your school or
2. Track stories regarding worldwide hunger
community radio or television station
and poverty in the news for one week. What 2. Join uniceF’s Voices of youth
will host.
are international leaders saying and doing www.unicef.org/voy to share your thoughts
about the issues? What more could they do? with youth around the world on what can 2. organize a hunger banquet in your
be done to address global poverty and community. To find out how, visit
hunger. www.hungerbanquet.org.
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