Scouts of Namibia 3323028 225765522 2008-07-15T08:36:25Z Jergen 181716 update {{Infobox WorldScouting | name = Scouts of Namibia | image =ScoutsOfNamibia.jpg | image-size =140px | caption = | type = | owner = | age = | headquarters =2 Parsival Street | location =Windhoek | country =Namibia | lat_degrees = | lat_minutes = | lat_seconds = | lat_direction = | long_degrees = | long_minutes = | long_seconds = | long_direction = | f-date = 1917/1990 | defunct = | founder = | award-for = | members = 728 | chiefscouttitle = | chiefscout =Nujoma Thomas Amutenya | chiefscouttitle2 = | chiefscout2 = | chiefscouttitle3 = | chiefscout3 = | website =[http://www.geocities.com/scoutsnamibia/HomePage.html Home page] | affiliation =[[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] }} 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== {{reflist}} ==See also== {{portal|Scouting|Scout logo2.svg}} * == 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] {{AfricaScout}} [[Category:WOSM member organizations]] [[Category:Scouting in Namibia]]