The UPS Foundation

Guides at Our Cabaña In June 2004, The UPS Foundation and WAGGGS began a partnership to develop, or in some cases expand, volunteer opportunities or promote knowledge sharing of three of its member organizations – Guías de Mexico, Girl Guides of Malaysia and Hong Kong Girl Guides. 

Later the programme was expanded to Brazil and South Africa. The aim was to provide opportunities inherent in Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting to a diverse group of girls and young women who otherwise might not be able to access educational and leadership programmes.

UPS provided the World Bureau of WAGGGS a three-year grant to: increase awareness and engagement in volunteering; increase capacity to recruit, train and manage volunteers to enhance or expand services; and create a successful model that can be replicated in other countries.

Together, UPS and WAGGGS have achieved significant results. This includes growing the number of new members by the tens of thousands in Mexico and Malaysia, providing volunteer trainings and supporting more than 160 new service projects in the focus countries including reforestation, recycling initiatives, bringing Guiding to children’s homes and even looking after a national forestry park in Mexico.

In Mexico, South Africa and Brazil the UPS-WAGGGS programme has enabled the associations to reach out to new members in lower income and previously disadvantaged groups of girls and young women, enabling more girls and women to benefit from Guiding.

Founded in 1951 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, The UPS Foundation identifies specific areas where its support will clearly impact social issues. The UPS Foundation’s major initiatives currently include programs that support increased global volunteerism, literacy and hunger relief. In 2005, The UPS Foundation donated $43.8 million to charitable organizations worldwide.

Visit www.community.ups.com/UPS+Foundation for more information about UPS’s community involvement