NETHERLANDS · MATCHIS
Joining a stem cell donor registry from the Netherlands
For people who live in the Netherlands. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
Matchis signs up people who live in the Netherlands. Here’s who can join, how it works and what happens after.
You can join here, through Matchis.
Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.
Ways to join
One service signs up people who live in the Netherlands: Matchis.
Matchis
Run by Stichting Matchis, a nonprofit organization.
18–55years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in the Netherlands, aged 18 to 55.
- Languages
- Dutch and English
Why this one first The Dutch national registry for people living in the Netherlands: register online and a cheek-swab kit comes by post (free from 18 to 35).
Link checked Read the registry’s rules (opens in a new tab)
Who can join
These are Matchis’s rules, in short. Its own pages have the full list, and the registry decides.
- Where you live
- The Netherlands.
- Age to join
- 18 to 55
- How long you stay on the registry
- Until your 56th birthday, unless you ask to leave.
- Your health
- Most healthy adults can join. Some conditions rule it out. Read the registry’s health rules (opens in a new tab)
What happens after you join
From your sample to a possible call. Each registry runs its own process; these are the steps they share.
Check you can join.
Matchis sets its own age range and health rules. Its own pages have them.
Give a sample.
The registry takes a sample to record your tissue type. Its own pages say how.
You’re on the registry.
Your tissue type is recorded, so searches for patients can find you.
If you match a patient.
The registry contacts you, checks you’re still willing and well, and arranges more tests.
Donation.
If you go ahead, you’ll donate blood stem cells or bone marrow. The registry explains what’s involved and supports you through it.
Keep your contact details up to date so the registry can reach you. What donating is like
Questions
Can I join if I’m not a citizen?
Registries usually decide by where you live, not by nationality. Matchis’s own rules say who can join.
I’m already on another country’s registry. Do I join again?
Registries share their lists with searches around the world, so ask your registry before you join a second one.
Is giving blood the same as joining?
Giving blood helps patients who need transfusions. It doesn’t put you on a stem cell donor registry unless that registry says it does.
Who is the Jada Bascom Foundation?
We’re a US charity. We don’t run a registry, and we aren’t part of Matchis. We help people find the official registry where they live.
Live somewhere else?
Registries usually sign up people by where they live, not by nationality.
Learn more
BE SOMEONE’S TORSTEN
The same search found Jada’s donor in Germany.
Jada was a baby in Spokane, Washington, when doctors found she had acute myeloid leukemia. Her match was a stranger five thousand miles away: Torsten, who had joined the DKMS registry at a donor drive in Germany the year before she was born. If you live in the Netherlands, your place in that search starts with Matchis.
CHECKED BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED
Sources
The registries’ own pages
- Stichting Matchis. Wie kan stamceldonor worden? (opens in a new tab) Undated.Checked
- Stichting Matchis. Onze organisatie (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Stichting Matchis. Aanmelden als stamceldonor (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Stichting Matchis. Home (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
Government and official registers
- Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story. Undated.Checked
Map outlines: Natural Earth. Boundaries are for orientation only and imply no position on any dispute.
Data version hub-2026.10.15-1+68cdf352