Scouting Antiano

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

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Scouting Antiano (Papiamento: Antillean Scouting) is the national Scouting organization of the Dutch Caribbean. 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 Associate 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, through the connecting history.

The Scout Motto is Sea Prepara, Be Prepared in Papiamento, and Weest Paraat in Dutch.

Scouting Antiano share their headquarters with the "Asosiashon di Guia PNA" and other Dutch Caribbean youth organisations.

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Members of the Interamerican Scout Region

Full members: Argentina | Aruba | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Bolivia | Brazil | Canada | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Curacao | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Dutch Caribbean | Ecuador | El Salvador | Grenada | Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Jamaica | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago | United States | Uruguay | Venezuela
Associate members:
Countries without Scouting: Cuba