Plast.org.au
Title
Plast Australia - Home Page
Description
Age-groups
Basically, the Ukrainian scouting — Plast is organized into four age-groups: the Cub-Scouts ("novaky", 6 to 12 years of age), the Scouts ("yunaky", 12 to 18 years), the Rover Scouts ("starshi Plastuny" 18 to 30), and the Senior Scouts (Scouters and other former Scouts, age over 30).
The Cub-Scouts are organized into separate "hnizda" (nests) of boys and girls in each area. In some larger regional councils, there, additionally, exist "Ptasheniata" (little birds) for very small children, under the age of 6. They have separate camps, where they camp together with their mothers. This "head start" program was found to be very helpful.
The regular Scouts are organized into troops; 3 to 6 troops constitute a "kurin"—a company. Again, separate units of boys and girls are usually present in a given locale.
