Some particulars about George and Anna Koksma who lived at Agia Anastasia, Kythera. I was 52 and my wife some years younger when the World Council of Churches invited us to “go and remake” the island of Kythera (in 1960). We had placed ourselves at the disposal of the WCC a year […]
Letter from Mr. Koksma for SummerCampWorkers Mylopotamos 1964 (IN DUTCH)
In 1964 George Koksma wrote a letter to the Netherlands asking on behalf of the Kythira Community Development for volunteers, who are willing to come to Kythira and join the Summer Camp in Mylopotamos that year. Read also Five year the Kythera Team. Een brief aan het periodiek van de Christelijke Jongeren Verenigingen in […]
How to start a community development?
The ideas of the Koksma’s about community development, what they experienced in Northern Greece, arrival at Kythera, their very first meeting with Kytherians in Chora and thus meeting another culture. Mr. Johnson was a wonderful man. Broadminded and kind, matter of fact when need be, and tactful. “Go and re-make the island” he […]
Achievements after one year
It was the 27th of April 1960, that we came here at Kythera. Precisely one year later we again landed on the rough shores of the old island, after a wonderful time in Athens and Western Europe, full of all sorts of events. After a stormy travel with a kaïki from Gythion to […]
The Servant VII 1964
O YΠHPETHΣ VII, the Servant 7 is a letter in Greek from december 1964 by George Koksma to the Kythirian community about farming. The translation has been done in 2018 by Emmanuel Alfieris, from Australia: I’d like to write to you again after these past months with the things that occupy my […]
The Team introduction, the people
Dutch George and Anna Koksma form ‘The WCC (World Council of Churches) Team Kythira’. Of course they needed help and money for all the projects. Over the years many foreign assistants strengthened the Team. WCC offices in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Greece sent assistants of various profession (among others architects, agricultural and civil […]
Mr Koksma letter to the ecumenical team
A letter written in Athens on 20 April 1961 from George Koksma to Mr. Kurtis Naylor of the Ecumenical team of the WCC in Geneva: Dear gentlemen, For our island, Kythera, we should like to ask you for some extra assistance, for non-budgetary openings in order to give a good start to a […]
Team’s achievements 1965
Above an overview of 5 years community development, April 1965 by Mr. Koksma. Click on the text to enlarge. Team’s achievements up to 17 April 1965, second part up to October 1965 A letter by George Koksma to the World Council of Churches office in Geneva dated 17 April 1965. Review […]
Five year the Kythira-Team (IN DUTCH)
Een brief aan het periodiek van de Christelijke Jongeren Verenigingen in Nederland over de periode vanaf april 1960. Door J.M. Koksma, een verslag “zoals het voor de mond kwam …”: Is het alweer vijf jaar? De tijd raast maar voort. Vijf jaar vol van werk voor dit zonderlinge eiland. Een eiland met 5.000 […]
Reforestation
The involvement of the Dutch Team in reforestation of Kythira in the sixties. In George Koksma’s “Development Manifesto”, written on request of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva in 1974, a financial overview of the Team’s projects at Kythera from 1960 thru 1971 was added. For the reforestation project from 1960 […]