Boy Scouts van Suriname

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headquarters =Weidestraat 67-69
location =Paramaibo
country =Suriname
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f-date =1972
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members =2,601
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chiefscout =Ronald Venetiaan
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affiliation =World Organization of the Scout Movement

Boy Scouts van Suriname is the national Scouting organization of Suriname. Scouting in Suriname started in 1924 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1968. The coeducational association has 2,601 members (as of 2004).

History

Scouting in Suriname started on July 29 1924, when the Surinamese district of the Vereeniging de Nederlandsche Padvinders (NPV) was officially founded in the Thalia theatre in Paramaribo. On this occasion, 107 boys made their Scout Promise.

In 1938, the Dutch Scout movement was split after a decision of the Roman Catholic episcopate into the interreligious NPV and the "Katholieke Verkenners" (KV). Scouting in Suriname had to follow this despite all protests, so the "Katholieke Verkenners Suriname" (KVS) were founded out of the Catholic members of the groups. Logo of the KVS was the same as the KV a Fleur-de-lis, for Boy Scouts on a cross potent for catholic Scouts.

During World War II, the Surinamese Scouts had to stand alone, since Scouting was banned in the German occupied Netherlands. So, after the war, the Suriname district of NPV decided to found an own, nearly independent association, the "Surinaamse Padvinders Vereniging" (SPV), which was incorporated in 1964. SPV and KVS worked close together and received recognition by WOSM in 1968, seven years before the independence of Suriname. After four years of cooperation both association merged and formed the "Boy Scouts van Suriname" on April 23 1972.

In 1974, the new association hosted the "5th Caribbean Jamboree".

Program

The association is divided in three age-groups:
* Cub Scouts (ages 7 to 12)
* Scouts (ages 12 to 18)
* Rover Scouts (ages 18 to 24)

The Scout Motto is "Weest Paraat", "Be Prepared" in Dutch, and "Weest Pareet" in Sranan Tongo.

ee also

* Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad

References

* World Scout Bureau (1979), "Scouting 'Round the World". 1979 edition. ISBN 2-88052-001-0
* World Organization of the Scout Movement (1990), "Scouting 'Round the World". 1990 edition. ISBN 2-88052-001-0

External links

* [http://www.kelpin.nl/fred/padvinderskroniek.htm History of Scouting in Suriname] nl icon