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The Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen (''Girl Guides Association of the Netherlands Antilles'') is the national Guiding organization of the former
Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...
. It serves 461 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1930, 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 1978 and full member in 1981. It serves 461 members in 11 Guide groups, 10 Guide groups on Curaçao, 1 on Bonaire, none on Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius.


Program and ideals

The association is divided in four sections according to age; *Elvita - ages 4 to 7 *Kabouter - ages 8 to 10 *Guia Menor - ages 11 to 14 *Guia Mayor - ages 15 to 18 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 ...
is ''Sea Prepara'', ''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 ''Weest Paraat'' in Dutch. The badge of the ''Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen'' 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 lines in the Girl Scouts 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 ring ...
for Girl Scouting/Guiding. Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen share their headquarters with Scouting Antiano and other former Netherlands Antillean youth organisations.


See also

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Scouting in Guadeloupe et Saint Martin Scouting is active on Guadeloupe and on Saint Martin, connected administratively in the Territoire de Guadeloupe et Saint Martin of the Scouts et Guides de France. The Scouts of the islands participate in many Caribbean regional Scout camps, ja ...
(French Scouting on the divided island of
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the nort ...
) *
Scouting Antiano Scouting Antiano (Papiamento: ''Antillean Scouting'') is the national Scouting organization of the former Netherlands Antilles. It serves 1,600 members in 25 Scout groups, 21 Scout groups on Curaçao, two on Sint Maarten, two on Bonaire, none on S ...


Sources


External links


Official homepage

Curacao Youth Center Foundation
(Dutch) World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations Scouting and Guiding in the Netherlands Antilles Youth organizations established in 1930 {{NetherlandsAntilles-stub