and tan or brown pants. The programme is based on a specially written story called Les aventures de Cartouche et Namor (The Adventures of Cartouche and Namor). Castor Promise: Je m'engage à faire des efforts pour jouer avec et comme les autres. (I promise to do my best to play with and like others) Castor Motto: Effort (Effort) The new Beaver receives his neckerchief and uniform at a promise ceremony where the Beaver, generally, must demonstrate that he has joined the unit. From that moment, the new Beavers have entered the Beaver programme. Beavers collect individual badges following a four-step programme: Source (spring) which is for objective integration Ruisseau (stream) which is for objective participation Cascades (waterfall) which is for objective initiative Étang (pond) which is for objective sharing They can also collect two technique badges which are called buchettes (splint): Security and Environnement. When they climb to Cubs, they receive a badge called "Castor découvreur" (discovering beaver). Baden-Powell Service Association In the Baden-Powell Service Association in Canada, the corresponding section for this age group is called Otters. Ireland Japan Beaver Scouts (Japanese: ビーバースカウト) started in Japan in 1986. Like all of the Scout Association of Japan units, Beavers have been coed since 1995. Beavers are the youngest age group in Scouting Japan, a two year programme that covers 1st and 2nd grades. Mexico In Asociación de Scouts de México, A.C. there was a Beaver Section, but it has been closed down. However, there are many beaver groups or "castores" in Spanish working unofficially in parallel. New Zealand Scouts New Zealand has a programme called Keas for this age group. A kea is a New Zealand parrot. South Africa In 2019, Scouts South Africa launched a Meerkats programme for children age 5 and 6. The motto "Stand Tall" is based on the upright posture of a meerkat standing guard near its burrow. Switzerland Various troops in Switzerland also have Beavers (in some Cantons also called Fünkli, Füchse or Murmeli), but they are not officially recognised by the Swiss Guide and Scout Movement. They usually only wear the troop's neckerchief but have no uniform. United Kingdom The Scout Association The Scout Association officially recognised Beavers in 1986, but there had been a fully fledged Beaver section in Northern Ireland since 1966, plus informal colonies in other parts of the UK country for many years prior to 1986. The programme is run