Guiding in Brazil began in Rio de Janeiro in 1919, following a letter from Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, to open the Movement. The first 11 Guides (Bandeirantes) made their Promise on August 13, 1919 which is celebrated as the foundation day of the Federação de Bandeirantes do Brasil.
According to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) web site, Girl Guiding was introduced in France in 1921.
Lady scouts In other countries, they are known as Guides or Girl Guides. The international organization is called the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
Each World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) member country/organization sets their own guidelines for money earning projects for their members, so it is possible that Brazilian Girl Guides do not sell cookies. No information about cookie sales is available on the "Federação de Bandeirantes do Brasil" (Federation of Guides of Brazil) web site.
According to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) web site, Girl Guiding was introduced in France in 1921.
Due to the fact that there are no Girl Guides or Girl Scouts in the People's Republic of China, the answer is no, Girl Guides or Girl Scouts do not sell cookies there.
Although groups of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides existed before 1910, the first formally founded group, Girl Guides of the United Kingdom, was established in 1910.
At the time when Boy Scouts and Scouting were getting their start from Robert Baden-Powell, girls became interested in what the boys were doing and said they wanted to be Boy Scouts. Robert Baden-Powell thought that girls should have their own organization, so he asked his sister to help start Girl Guides. The organization is known as Girl Guides in some places and Girl Scouts in others.
There are Girl Guides in the Netherlands (Holland). Scouting Nederland (SN) is a combined organization for Girl Guides and Boy Scouts in the Netherlands.
Depending on the organization, the terms Girl Guides or Girl Scouts are used for member organizations of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). In the US, Juliette Gordon Low originally named the organization American Girl Guides. In 1913, the organization was renamed Girl Scouts of America and, in 1915, it was changed to Girl Scouts, Inc. Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) was chartered by the U.S. Congress on March 16, 1950.
(2011) According to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) web site, there are over 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 145 countries around the world. There are 3.2 million members of Girl Scouts of the United States (GSUSA).
When first starting Girl Guides/Girl Scouts in America in 1912, Juliette Gordon Low called the first troops American Girl Guides. A year later, the name was changed to Girl Scouts and, in 1915, the organization was incorporated as Girl Scouts, Inc.
Boy Scouts and Girl Guides/Girl Scouts are run by various non-profit/non-governmental (NGO) organizations, depending on their location.