Basic Course for Flock Leaders
Self Learning Module No. 5
Guide Promise and Guide Law The Guide Promise and Law form the foundation of Guiding. These two present a high ideal for us yet it is practicable and within our reach. In this module, you will be able to understand the fundamental method (Promise and Law) through which Guiding contributes to the development of young people. Objectives At the end of this Module, you should be able to: 1. State the Guide Promise and Law. 2. Explain the meaning of Guide Promise and Law.
Thought for Reflection I honestly believe that any Guide who carries out the whole Guide Law in her daily work and play, not only while she is a girl but afterwards also, when she is a woman, is bound to make a success of her life. - Baden-Powell
The principles and practice of the Guide Movement are based upon the Guide Promise and Guide Law. The words and concepts are simple and set out the commitment in a way that a young person might say it naturally. They are together a code of living placed before every member of the Movement. Every person, is asked to make or renew the Guide Promise as an outward expression of his intention to try to live upto the principles and ideals of the Movement. It is important to realise that the implications of the Guide Promise and Law – although they are expressed in the terms a girl can understand, they are applicable to adult leaders no less than to those they lead.