The Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad (Surinamese Girls Guides' Council) is the national Guiding

Girl Guides

A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...

 organization of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

. It serves 502 members (as of 2003). The girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...

 in 1972.

The Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad is an umbrella federation consisting of two independent member organizations:

• Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde, founded May 1947
• Gidsen Suriname, founded August 1948

The Girl Scout Motto is Weest Paraat, Be Prepared in Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

, and Weest Pareet in Sranan Tongo

Sranan Tongo

Sranan is a creole language spoken as a lingua franca by approximately 300,000 people in Suriname...

.

Emblems

• The badge of the Surinaamse Padvindsters Gilde is based on the badge of the interreligious former Dutch Girl Scouts organisation, Het Nederlands Padvindsters Gilde
  Scouting Nederland
  Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with...
  
  . The badge consists of a ten point star for the ten lines in the Girl Scouts law
  Scout Law
  Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law...
  
   on a Trefoil
  Trefoil
  Trefoil is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings used in architecture and Christian symbolism...
  
   for Girl Scouting/Guiding

• The badge of the Gidsen Suriname is based on the badge of the former Dutch Roman Catholic Girl Guides organisation, Nederlandse Gidsen
  Scouting Nederland
  Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with...
  
  . The badge consists of a Trefoil for Girl Scouting/Guiding on a Cross potent
  Cross potent
  A cross potent, also known as a crutch cross, is a form of heraldic cross with crossbars or "crutches" at the four ends. In German, it is known as a Krückenkreuz or a Kruckenkreuz...
  
  for Roman Catholic Scouting/Guiding.

External links

• History of Scouting and Guiding in Suriname (Dutch)