Scouting Antiano

Scouting Antiano
Antillean Scouting
Headquarters	Arowakenweg 41 A, Willemstad, Curaçao
Country	Netherlands Antilles
Founded	1930 / 1997
Membership	1,600

Scouting Antiano (Papiamento: Antillean Scouting) is the national Scouting organization of the former 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 Full Member of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement .

badge used jointly by Scouts on Dutch and French part of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin

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 15, 2000 Aruba got its own organisation, Scouting Aruba.

Scouting Antiano primarily follows the Dutch system of Scouting.

The Scout Motto is Ser Prepara, Be Prepared in Papiamento, and Wees Paraat in Dutch.

Scouting Antiano share their headquarters with the "Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen" and other Netherlands Antillean youth organisations.

See 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

• Curacao Youth Center Foundation (Dutch)