Our Volunteers

In Kinderdijk, over 250 volunteers do an outstanding job every single day. Voluntary millers, hosts and hostesses, guides, cashiers, skippers, maintenance and shop volunteers; all local people, with regional knowledge. They are the backbone of this World Heritage. We are as proud of them as they are of Kinderdijk.

Showing Kinderdijk to the world

Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation is a true volunteer organization. Our more than 200 dedicated volunteers find it wonderful to support Kinderdijk in every way possible. Our volunteers thoroughly enjoy guiding, informing, and connecting with people from all over the world.

Apart from their daily duties, our volunteers are also very much involved behind the scenes of Kinderdijk World Heritage. Their qualities are put to good use in all sorts of fields. They advise our organisation on aspects such as training, strategy and  much more besides. Our Volunteer Policy was devised in close cooperation with them. Once every three years, our volunteers choose a Volunteer Council from their midst.

Meet our volunteers

Mieke de Regt

Mieke de Regt

Kassamedewerker

"Het hele jaar door een vakantiegevoel."

Dirk de Regt

Dirk de Regt

Kassamedewerker

"Staat iemands molen wel gedraaid. Zijn wieken worden wel bewaaid."

Els Halbmeijer

Els Halbmeijer

Host

"Het delen van ons erfgoed is, alsof de wereld op visite komt."

Ilse van de Straat

Ilse van de Straat

Host

"Energie geven en energie krijgen."

Kees Bezemer

Kees Bezemer

Schipper

"Varen langs de molens is genieten!"

Leo Croes

Leo Croes

Host

"Indien nodig kan het Wisboomgemaal nog water pompen?"

Theo Stoel

Theo Stoel

Gids

"Wij laten je niet alleen de molens van Kinderdijk zien, maar óók de ontwikkeling van waterbeheer in Nederland door de eeuwen heen!"