Membership in the Foundation offers Support and Member Services.

1. Members who need trauma counseling as a result of wartime experiences, are helped and directed to qualified trauma councilors. Regular informal meetings with other members are also part of the healing process.
2. The Share & Support group of the Foundation encourages regular contact within small groups of members who are geographically close to each other. This includes support in cases of illness or bereavement.
3. Those members who require it, will be contacted on a regular basis by phone or with personal visits, particularly those who are shut-ins.
4. The Foundation will provide financial support to worthwhile causes, subject to members approval.

1. Through meetings or the Newsletter "Tempo Dulu", members are able to obtain information on benefits under Dutch or Canadian rules.
2. Many members have important artifacts and documents relating to the former Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, which they may wish to have preserved. The Foundation, while not itself in a position to store these articles, has contacts with universities, libraries and museums who are in a position to preserve and exhibit these articles or use them for their research. Please contact the Foundation for information.
3. Through the Newsletter "Tempo Dulu", information on a wide range of topics, such as estate planning, wills preparation etc., is regularly available. Here again, the Foundation only provides information and direction to the members to obtain the necessary assistance.

1. The membership is spread throughout North America, with concentrations of members in British Columbia, Ontario and California. The Foundation provides information to the members to enable them to contact fellow members in their area.
2. The Foundation encourages and funds any group of members who wish to organize commemoration services in their area on the 15^th August annually, every five years or every decade since the end of the war on 15^th August 1945.
3. The Foundation advocates regular contact with the members through lunches, meetings, pick-nicks, pot-luck suppers etc. At least annually, the Foundation has an annual membership meeting to give the members an opportunity in person or in writing to voice concerns, provide ideas and to elect the executive. This meeting is generally held in the fall in British Columbia, Canada.

1. The Tempo Dulu Journal is produced and mailed at least quarterly. It is the most important contact the Foundation has with all its members. The majority of the articles are written in English, but Dutch language content may be  up to 25%.
2. Articles can be submitted and may be edited and published provided they meet the Board’s criteria.
3. Back issues are available on request. The cost of the Tempo Dulu Journal is included in the membership dues.

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