Organisation

The VVL, Veterans for Lebanon Foundation is a small, 'flat' organization, consisting of dedicated,  
practically-minded people under the chairmanship of Bert Kleine Schaars.
Introduction Bert Kleine Schaars
Bert served in 1980 as a soldier with UNIFIL in Lebanon, he is actively committed to veterans and shared his experiences in the documentary "In the service of peace" he also wrote a book "Lebanon 1980, holiday country?". He is also active in local politics as a councillor in Deventer, and as faction leader for Deventer Belang. In daily life, he works as head purchasing for a healthcare organization.

Major General (ret.), Hans van der Louw, acts as ambassador of the foundation.
Introduction Major General (ret.) H. van der Louw
Hans was in the service of the Ministry of Defence for about 40 years as a professional soldier and was, among other things, in 1982 platoon commander at UNIFIL in Lebanon, from 1995 to 1997 commander of 17 Painfbat Guards Regiment Fusiliers 'Princess Irene' (at that time he also had his 2nd deployment, as C-17(NL)Mechbat GFPI-IFOR to Bosnia and Herzegovina) and between 2005 and 2009 military attaché in Washington D.C. In September 2010 he became commander of the 43rd Mechanized Brigade in Havelte.
On 1 January 2014, he was appointed chief of the King's Military Household.
To this end, he was promoted to major general on that date.
As chief of the Military House, Major General Van der Louw was also the King's adjutant-general.

The foundation has a partnership with various organizations and maintains close contacts with the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

The combination of a small board with relevant contacts at home and abroad make the VVL, Veterans for Lebanon Foundation a compact, decisive organization with minimal overhead.