Zaida Joaquin
Scout Association of Guyana (SAG) Chief Commissioner Zaida Joaquin was last Friday elected as a member of the Inter-American Scout Committee (ISC) of the World Scout Bureau, Inter-American region.
Joaquin was Guyana’s first female chief commissioner and now the first SAG member to be elected to the World Scout Bureau.
The Inter-American Scout Region is composed of all the national scout associations that are recognised by the world organisation of the scout movement located in North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
The ISC is the body that manages and administers the Inter-American Scout Organisation on the basis of objectives, policies and action lines established by the conference. Its purpose is to approve the regional plan; act as an advisory body of the World Scout Committee in matters relating to the Inter-American region; encourage, promote and support the global, regional and sub-regional events carried out in the region; and act on behalf of the Inter-American Scout Conference, among its sessions.
The committee is composed of 10 elected members in a way that no more than one member of the same national scout organisation is allowed. These members exercise their function on a voluntary manner, for six years, renewing five of them at the conference when it meets every three years.
Joaquin joined the SAG in 1994 as an assistant cub scout leader. She has served as the group scout leader for St Margaret’s Scout Group.
She also served the SAG as national treasurer, district commissioner, international commissioner, and national training commissioner.
Currently, she holds the position of chief commissioner and is president of the Caribbean Steering Committee. She has participated in various Inter-American and World Scout conferences and in the World Scout Jamboree 2007.
She has participated in eight Caribbean scout conferences, Caribbean cuborees and jamborees, representing Guyana and the region honourably.
