Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde (APG, ''The Aruban Guild of Girl Guides'') is the national Guiding organization of

Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...

. It serves 326 members (as of 2017). Founded in 1941, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...

in 1993 and a full member in 2017.WAGGGS.org: Aruba
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Program sections

The association is divided in four sections according to age: * Beyisimas - ages 5 to 7 - Pink shirt * Brownie - ages 7 to 11 - yellow shirt * Guide - ages 11 to 17 - light blue shirt * Pioneers - ages 17 to 21 The Girl

Scout Motto The Scout Motto of the Scout movement is, in English, "Be Prepared", with most international branches of the group using a close translation of that phrase. These mottoes have been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. Most of t ...

is ''Wees Bereid'', ''Be Prepared'' in

Papiamento Papiamento () or Papiamentu (; nl, Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), with official status in Arub ...

and Dutch.

Emblem

The badge of ''Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde'' is based on the badge of the former Dutch Girl Scouts organisation, '' Het Nederlands Padvindsters Gilde''. The badge consists of a ten-point star for the ten points of the Girl Scout law on a

Trefoil A trefoil () is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture and Christian symbolism, among other areas. The term is also applied to other symbols with a threefold shape. A similar shape with four rin ...

for Girl Scouting/Guiding.

Program sections

Emblem

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