Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder
Christian Guide and Scout Association
The Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder unites protestant girls and boys, is open to other denominations or people with no denomination. More than 47 000 children and young people belong to our groups all over Germany, approximately 5000 mainly young people are committed to do volunteer work as group leaders. The young group leaders bear the different interests and needs of the different age levels in mind: children’s level, girl scouts and boy scouts level, ranger and rover level.
Apart from hikes and camps at home and abroad socio-political commitment, protection of nature and environment, The Gospel as guideline, education towards tolerance and democracy form the basis of the scouting work within the VCP.
Live democracy: to plan and put the plan into practise together with others, to have one’s own opinion, but also to accept different one’s, to be open to new ideas, to respect other people and their ways of living and to experience them as enrichment.
Members on all levels show their commitment: such as to renature a small stream, to refurbish a children’s playground locally, to collect money for the new building of a children’s home in Rumania, to organise games for refugee children, the actual construction work for a youth club in Bethlehem or building schools in Africa in co-operation with UNICEF.
It is a tradition and a point of honour for the VCP to work during the Church Days. Every two years thousands of VCP members wear on top of their blue scarf a second one the “helpers’ scarf of the Church Days” which identifies them as voluntary helpers at the Protestant Church Days.
The federal camp: Every for years 4000 to 5000 VCP boy and girl scouts get together with their guests from all over the world following a certain motto or a special topic of the federal camp. During the federal camp “100 PRO” young people realised more than one hundred projects for peace – ranging from the refurbishment of a local youth club to historic studies.
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