Vereeniging Nederlandsch Indische Padvinders (NIPV) ( en, Association of Dutch Indies Pathfinders) was the national Scouting organization in the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
(now
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
). This was founded in 1916 and had a boys and girls branch.
Scouting came to Indonesia in 1912, as branch of the
Nederlandsche Padvinders Organisatie (NPO, Netherlands Pathfinder Organisation), the first
Dutch Scouting organization. The NPO was open to both boys and girls. In 1916 in the Netherlands the "Nederlandsche Padvinders Organisatie" and the "Nederlandsche Padvinders Bond" (NPB) merged to form "De Nederlandsche Padvinders" (NPV). The NPV was boys only. De Dutch East Indies branch remamed to the ''Vereeniging Nederlandsch Indische Padvinders'' (NIPV, Association of Dutch Indies Pathfinders), but stayed open for boys and girls.
As the Dutch East Indies, Indonesia had been a branch of the Netherlands Scout Association, yet Scouting was very popular, and had achieved great numbers and standards.
Piet Kroonenbergs Padvinderskroniek
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File:Meisjesgilde NIPV.png, Logo Meisjesgilde NIPV, Girl Scouts
File:Padvindersbond NIPV.png, Logo Padvindersbond NIPV, Boy Scouts
Organisation
The NIPV consisted of two parts, the "Padvindersbond" (Scouts' Union) for the boys and the "Meisjesgilde" (Girls' Guild) for the girls. A number of organisations were affiliated to NIPV, in 1934:
* Pandu Indonesia, before 1930 "Jong Indonesische Padvinders-Organisatie" (JIPO, Young Indonesian Scout Organisation)
* The Chinese Scout Unions
**Shiong Tih Hui
**Chung Hsioh
**Hua Chao
* Indo Europeesch Verbond
The Indo Europeesch Verbond (IEV) or Indo European Alliance was a social movement and political organisation founded in 1919 by the Indo-European (Eurasian) community of the Dutch East Indies that fought for race equality and political say in ...
(IEV, Indo-European Union)
* Stichting Jong Holland (Young Holland Foundation)
* Katholieke Padvindersbonden (KPB, Catholic Scout Unions)
See also
* Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia
The Pramuka Movement of Indonesia ( id, Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia), officially the Praja Muda Karana Scouting Movement ( id, Gerakan Kepanduan Praja Muda Karana), is the national scouting organization of Indonesia.
Scouting was founded in the ...
, the modern scouting organization in Indonesia
References
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Further reading
* ''Scouting 'Round the World'', John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959
External links
Pine Tree Web
Official Homepage of Scouting Nederland
A brief history of Scouting Nederland
Dutch Scoutwiki
Scouting in Indonesia
Scouting and Guiding in the Netherlands
Youth organizations established in 1916