Javaansche Padvinders Organisatie
Javaansche Padvinders Organisatie was a Scouting organization in the Dutch East Indies. This first Indonesian Scouting organization was established on the initiative of Sri [Paduka Mangkunagara VII] in 1916.
Scouting came to Indonesia in 1912, as branch of the Nederlandsche Padvinders Organisatie (NPO, Netherlands [Pathfinder Organisation)], the first Scouting and [Guiding in the Netherlands|Dutch Scouting organization]. After 1916 it was called the Vereeniging Nederlandsch Indische Padvinders. As the Dutch East Indies, Indonesia had been a branch of the Netherlands Scout Association, yet Scouting was very popular, and had achieved great numbers and standards.