Surinaamse_Padvindsters_Raad

Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad

Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad

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The Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad (Surinamese Girls Guides' Council) is the national Guiding organization of Suriname. 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 in 1972.

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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 is Weest Paraat, Be Prepared in Dutch.

Emblems

Badge of Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde
  • 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 for Girl Scouting/Guiding
Badge of Gidsen Suriname
  • 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 for Roman Catholic Scouting/Guiding.

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References

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    NIBA Suri Magazine nr.34
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