District Governor for 2008 / 09
Jaap and Kim have been married for 24 years and they
have three children; JJ(23), Craig(22) and Sasha(19). Jaap grew up on
the farm Esperanza in the Viljoenskroon district, did his matric in
Potchefstroom, was in the Corps of Engineers during his two years in the
Defence Force and since then he has been farming in Viljoenskroon.
Jaap was inducted as Rotarian in October 1994, was
President in 2001-2002 and he has been AG for the past three years. He
was the GSE Team leader for the Outbound Team that went to District
7430, Pennsylvania in May 2007. He is actively involved in his church,
community and agricultural activities. Jaap enjoys his kids, the
outdoors, farming and Rotary.
