Scouts of Namibia
{{Short description|National Scouting organization of Namibia}}
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| headquarters =2 Parsival Street
| location =Windhoek
| country =Namibia
| f-date = 1917/1990
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| members = 2,845
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| chiefscout =Jim Kastelic
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| affiliation =World Organization of the Scout Movement
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The Scouts of Namibia is the national Scouting organization of Namibia. It serves 2,845 Scouts (as of 2011).{{cite web|title=Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010|url=http://scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf|publisher=World Organization of the Scout Movement|accessdate=2011-01-13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508035838/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/22261/199900/file/Census.pdf|archivedate=8 May 2012}}
Scouting was founded in South West Africa in 1917 and until 1990, Scouting was serviced by the South West Africa Division of the 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 KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark.
Program
=Program sections=
The association is divided in three sections:{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/scoutsnamibia/ |title=Principles |publisher=Scouts of Namibia |accessdate=2008-02-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729001910/http://geocities.com/scoutsnamibia/|archivedate=2009-07-29}}
The Rover section was introduced in 2006.{{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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403045830/http://www.scout.org/es/around_the_world/africa/information_events/news/rover_section_is_created_in_namibia |archivedate=2007-04-03 }}
=Scout Promise=
=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.
Emblem
File:South-West Africa Division (Boy Scouts of South Africa).png
The membership badge of the Scouts of Namibia incorporates the national colours 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 Boy Scouts of South Africa until 1990.