Type: | organization |
Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen | |
Headquarters: | Arowakenweg 41 A, Willemstad, Curaçao |
Country: | Netherlands Antilles |
Chiefscouttitle: | Voorzitter |
Chiefscout: | Mevr. Kyra Romer |
F-Date: | May 30, 1930 |
Members: | 461 |
Website: | http://pnagirls.tripod.com |
Gender: | female |
Pattern Head: | barehead |
Skintone: | D |
Pattern Body: | blouse short sleeves |
Color Body: | FFFFFF |
Pattern Legs: | trousers |
Color Legs: | 000000 |
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.
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]
The association is divided in four sections according to age;
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.