The Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad (''Surinamese Girls Guides' Council'') is the national
Guiding organization of
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
. It serves 502 members (as of 2003). 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 1972.
The Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad is an umbrella federation consisting of two independent member organizations:
* ''Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde'', founded May 1947
* ''Gidsen Suriname'', founded August 1948
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 ''Weest Paraat'', ''Be Prepared'' in
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
.
Emblems
*The badge of the ''Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde'' is based on the badge of the interreligious 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 rin ...
for Girl Scouting/Guiding
*The badge of the ''Gidsen Suriname'' is based on the badge of the former Dutch Roman Catholic Girl Guides organisation, ''
Nederlandse Gidsen''. The badge consists of a Trefoil for Girl Scouting/Guiding on a
Cross potent
A cross potent (plural: crosses potent), also known as a crutch cross, is a form of heraldic cross with crossbars at the four ends. In French, it is known as '' croix potencée'', in German as a ''Kruckenkreuz'', all translating to "crutch cross" ...
for Roman Catholic Scouting/Guiding.
See also
*
Boy Scouts van Suriname
Boy Scouts van Suriname is the national Scouting organization of Suriname. Scouting in Suriname officially started in 1924 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1968. The coeducational association has 2,601 ...
External links
History of Scouting and Guiding in Suriname(Dutch)
References
{{WAGGGS, western
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Suriname
Youth organizations established in 1947
1947 establishments in Suriname