Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde
| Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde | |||
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 The Arubanese Guilde of Girl Guides | |||
| Location | Sero Preto #10-D, San Nicolas | ||
| Country | Aruba | ||
| Founded | June 12, 1941 | ||
| Membership | 326 | ||
| Affiliation | World 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.
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