Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen

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Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen
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Girl Guides Association of the Netherlands Antilles
HeadquartersArowakenweg 41 A, Willemstad, Curaçao
CountryNetherlands Antilles
FoundedMay 30, 1930
Membership461
VoorzitterMevr.[ clarification needed ] Kyra Romer
Affiliation World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Website
http://pnagirls.tripod.com
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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. 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 in 1978 and full member in 1981.

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It serves 461 members in 11 Guide groups, 10 Guide groups on Curaçao, 1 on Bonaire, none on Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius. [1]

Girl Scouts in Curacao, 1947 Collectie NMvWereldculturen, TM-10021662, Repronegatief 'Een groep padvindsters', fotograaf niet bekend, 1947.jpg
Girl Scouts in Curaçao, 1947

Program and ideals

The association is divided in four sections according to age; [1]

The Girl Scout Motto is Sea Prepara, Be Prepared in Papiamento, 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 for Girl Scouting/Guiding.

Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen share their headquarters with Scouting Antiano and other former Netherlands Antillean youth organisations.

See also

Sources

  1. 1 2 "Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen". Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2010-08-05.


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