| Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde | |||
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The Arubanese Guilde of Girl Guides |
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| Location | Sero Preto #10-D, San Nicolas | ||
| Country | Aruba | ||
| Founded | June 12, 1941 | ||
| Membership | 185 | ||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde (APG, The Aruban Guild of Girl Guides) is the national Guiding organization of Aruba. It serves 185 members (as of 2003). Founded in 1941, the girls-only organization became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1993.
The association is divided in three sections according to age:
The Girl Scout Motto is Wees Bereid, Be Prepared in Papiamento and Dutch.
The badge of Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde is based on the badge of the former Dutch Girl Scouts organisation, Het Nederlands Padvindsters Gilde. The badge consists of a ten point star for the ten lines in the Girl Scouts law on a Trefoil for Girl Scouting/Guiding