The Scouts of Namibia is the national

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organization of

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. It serves 2,845 Scouts (as of 2011). Scouting was founded in South West Africa in 1917 and until 1990, Scouting was serviced by the South West Africa Division of the

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. Namibia became a member of the

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in 1990. The coeducational ''Scouts of Namibia'' are actively supported by the

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Program

Program sections

The association is divided in three sections: *

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- ages 7 to 12 * Scouts - ages 12 to 18 * Rovers - ages 18 to 26 The Rover section was introduced in 2006.

Scout Promise

On my honour I promise that I will do my best:
To do my duty to God, and my Country;
To help other people at all times;
To obey the Scout Law.

Scout Law

# A Scout's honour is to be trusted. # A Scout is loyal. # A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others. # A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout. # A Scout is courteous. # A Scout is a friend of nature. # A Scout is obedient. # A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties. # A Scout is thrifty. # A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.

Emblem

The membership badge of the Scouts of Namibia incorporates the national colours of the

flag of Namibia The flag of Namibia was adopted on 21 March 1990 upon independence from South Africa. Design The National Symbols Sub-Committee received 870 entries for the national flag. Six designs were short-listed; this was reduced to three, those of thr ...

, using the same basic pattern as the historic membership badge used by the ''South West Africa Division'', which was part of the

until 1990.

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