Boy Scouts van Suriname 3960047 194133256 2008-02-26T08:56:10Z Jergen 181716 update {{Infobox WorldScouting | name =Boy Scouts van Suriname | image =Suriname BSS.svg | image-size =140px | caption =Boy Scouts of Suriname | type =organization | owner = | age = | headquarters =Weidestraat 67-69 | location =Paramaibo | country =Suriname | lat_degrees = | lat_minutes = | lat_seconds = | lat_direction = | long_degrees = | long_minutes = | long_seconds = | long_direction = | f-date =1972 | defunct = | founder = | award-for = | members =2,601 | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout =[[Ronald Venetiaan]] | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website = | 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 [[Scouting Nederland|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 [[Scouting in the Netherlands|Dutch Scout movement]] was split after a decision of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[episcopate]] into the interreligious NPV and the ''Katholieke Verkenners''. 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. [[Image:SurinameScout.jpg|thumb|Emblem of the Katholieke Verkenners Suriname]] 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 language|Dutch]], and ''Weest Pareet'' in [[Sranan Tongo]]. ==See 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}} {{-}} {{InteramericanScout}} [[Category:WOSM member organizations]] [[Category:Scouting in Suriname]]