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The Voortrekkers is an Afrikaner youth organisation, founded in South Africa in 1931, for Afrikaner boys and girls. It tries to develop resilience, service, leadership and a good character through team meetings, skills development and camping in nature, with the opportunity for whole families to get involved.
Maria Elizabeth Rothmann, penname M.E.R. (28 August 1875 – 7 September 1975) was an Afrikaans writer, and co-founder of the Voortrekkers youth movement. [1] [2] Her unique contribution to Afrikaans literature was an ethical didactic, cultural historic review of a bygone Afrikaans society. [3]
South Africa's Voortrekkers are an Afrikaner youth movement founded in 1931 as some Afrikaners found it difficult to participate in a movement founded by their Boer War opponent, Lord Baden-Powell. In 2003 Navigators USA was formed to enable people to take part in Scouting-like activities which was open to all children and communities.
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The following is a list of youth organizations. A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise.
Jansen was the youngest of six children, a daughter of Samuel Henri Pellissier (1850 - 1921) and a granddaughter of Rev. Jean Pellissier, a French missionary who arrived in South Africa in 1831 and took over the London Missionary Society's mission station at Bethulie in the southern Free State on behalf of the French Missionary Society after Rev. Clark abandoned the work in July 1833 as hopeless.
Voortrekkers were Dutch-speaking settlers in South Africa who migrated eastward as part of the Great Trek. Voortrekkers may also refer to: Voortrekker (yacht), a racing yacht; Voortrekkers (youth organisation), a youth organisation; Voortrekker High School (disambiguation) "The Voortrekkers", a short story in The Dark Between the Stars by Poul ...
The Voortrekkers has never been part of the Scouts, although the idea for the organisation originated because of them. The Voortrekkers is also a place where the Afrikaner youth of today can freely express their views and experience a wide variety of things. It is a place where you can feel safe. Maryke van den Berg, Transvaalse Gebiedsjeugraad ...