Scouting Antiano

Infobox WorldScouting
name = Scouting Antiano


image-size = 104px
caption = Antillean Scouting
country = Netherlands Antilles
headquarters = Arowakenweg 41 A, Willemstad, Curaçao
f-date = 1930 / 1997
members = 1,600
website = [http://www.scoutingantiano.org/ www.scoutingantiano.org]

Scouting Antiano (Papiamento: "Antillean Scouting") is the national Scouting organization of the Netherlands Antilles. It serves 1.600 members in 25 Scout groups, 21 Scout groups on Curaçao, 2 on Sint Maarten, 2 on Bonaire, none on Saba and Sint Eustatius. Scouting Antiano is an Associate Member of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

In 1997 the two Scout associations, "Antilliaanse Padvinders Vereniging" (APV, Antillean Scout Association) , and the "Katholieke Verkenners Nederlandse Antillen" (KVNA, the Catholic Scouts of the Netherlands Antilles) merged. On April 15th, 2000 Aruba got its own organisation, Scouting Aruba.

"Scouting Antiano" follows mainly the Dutch system of Scouting.

The Scout Motto is "Sea Prepara", "Be Prepared" in Papiamento, and "Weest Paraat" in Dutch.

ee also

* Scouting in Guadeloupe et Saint Martin (French Scouting on the divided island of Sint Maarten)
* Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen (Girl Scouts)

External links

* [http://www.scoutingantiano.org/ Official Homepage] (Papiamento/English)