Scouts of Namibia
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| headquarters =2 Parsival Street
| location =Windhoek
| country =Namibia
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| f-date = 1917/1990
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| members = 728
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| chiefscout =Nujoma Thomas Amutenya
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| website =[http://www.geocities.com/scoutsnamibia/HomePage.html Home page]
| affiliation =[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]]
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The '''Scouts of Namibia''' is the national [[Scouting]] organization of [[Namibia]]. It serves 728 Scouts (as of 2008).<ref name="WOSM-TR_05-08">{{cite web |title=Triennial Report 2005-2008 |url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/11615/94838/file/Triennial_Report_EN.pdf |publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement |accessdate=2008-07-13}}</ref>
Scouting was founded in [[South West Africa]] in 1917 and until 1990, Scouting was serviced by the South-West Africa Division of the [[South African Scout Association|Boy Scouts of South Africa]]. Namibia became a member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in 1990.
The coeducational ''Scouts of Namibia'' are actively supported by the [[Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere|KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark]].
==Program==
===Program sections===
The association is divided in three sections:<ref name="Principles">{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/scoutsnamibia/ |title=Principles |publisher=Scouts of Namibia |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref>
* [[Cub Scout]]s
* [[Boy Scout|Scouts]]
* [[Rover Scout|Rovers]] - ages 18 to 26
The Rover section was introduced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scout.org/es/around_the_world/africa/information_events/news/rover_section_is_created_in_namibia |title=Rover Section is created in Namibia |publisher=[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] |accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref>
===[[Scout Promise]]===
On my honour I promise that I will do my best:<br />
To do my duty to God, and my Country;<br />
To help other people at all times;<br />
To obey the Scout Law.<ref name="Principles"/>
===[[Scout Law]]===
# A Scout's honour is to be trusted.
# A Scout is loyal.
# A Scout's duty is to be useful and to help others.
# A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout.
# A Scout is courteous.
# A Scout is a friend of nature.
# A Scout is obedient.
# A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties.
# A Scout is thrifty.
# A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.<ref name="Principles"/>
== Emblem ==
[[Image:SWA.jpg|thumb|Historic membership badge of the South-West Africa Division]]
The membership badge of the Scouts of Namibia incorporates the national colors of the [[flag of Namibia]], using the same basic pattern as the historic membership badge used by the ''South-West Africa Division'', which was part of the [[South African Scout Association|Boy Scouts of South Africa]] until 1990.
== Other Scouting organizations ==
[[The Girl Guides Association of Namibia]] is the national member of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], serving 1,124 members.
The ''Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Namibia'' (German Scout Association of Namibia, formerly ''Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrikas'', the German Scout Association of South-West Africa) is a small association open mainly to boys and girls of [[German Namibians|German descent]]. The first [[Germans|German]] oriented Scouting organization was founded in 1928, but was twice forbidden by the [[South African]] administration until [[World War II]]. The actual association was founded after World War II. In 2007, there were about ten groups across the country.
==References==
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==See also==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.geocities.com/scoutsnamibia/HomePage.html Scouts of Namibia home page]
* [http://www2.spejdernet.dk/namibia/index.html Oupundi-project of the Danish KFUM-Spejderne]
* [http://ingeb.org/Lieder/hartwiek.html The song of the Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrikas]
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