Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde

Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde
The Arubanese Guilde of Girl Guides
LocationSero Preto #10-D, San Nicolas
CountryAruba
FoundedJune 12, 1941
Membership326
AffiliationWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde (APG, The Aruban Guild of Girl Guides) is the national Guiding organization of Aruba. It serves 326 members (as of 2017). Founded in 1941, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1993 and a full member in 2017.[1]

Program sections

The association is divided in four sections according to age:

  • Beyisimas - ages 5 to 7 - Pink shirt
  • Brownie - ages 7 to 11 - yellow shirt
  • Guide - ages 11 to 17 - light blue shirt
  • Pioneers - ages 17 to 21

The Girl Scout Motto is Wees Bereid, Be Prepared in Papiamento and Dutch.

Emblem

The badge of Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde 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 points of the Girl Scout law on a Trefoil for Girl Scouting/Guiding.

See also

References

  1. ^ WAGGGS.org: Aruba


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