1960 By-weekly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. Left out is the tremendous lot of administration, financial reporting and writing of letters with fund raising intentions. Note that for a long period the team leaders worked 7 exceedingly long days a week. 1960: May 01 / 14 The shooting of […]
Improvement of the island communication with the mainland
WCC Team-Kythera, 1960 – 1971. The World Council of Churches, on a request of Bishop Meletios in 1958, sent a team to Kythera to help the Bishop to improve living conditions in his diocese. In The Netherlands the WCC found the Dutch couple George and Anna Koksma available to go and live for […]
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 […]
Agricultural News – Georgika Nea
ΓEΩPΓIKA NEA nr. 2 In the Georgika Nea – (Agricultural News – Monthly newsletter no. 2), an article by Georgios Kalligeros, agricultural engineer about visible deceases in trees and articles by George and Anna Koksma. These are the articles penned by George Koksma and a Recipe by his wife Anna. (Translation by Emmanuel Alfieris, […]
Platia Ammos 1965 Landing Stage
Platia Ammos (by Jean Bingen) People from Karavas believed that Platia Ammos could become the shortest connection for a future ferryboat from Neapolis on the Peloponnese. A first step for a landing stage was taken by local people in 1965. They leveled part of the rocky shore and concrete was poured. […]
Fratsia water supply
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Kalamos and Pitsinades, tree nursery
In the year 1965 a tree nursery was set up in Kalamos. But there was a lack of water. Under supervision of the bishop and the Team, provisions were made in Pitsinades, behind Agios Theodoros. For example a watertank was built. And a year later, in 1966, the tree nursery was moved from […]
Myrtidia 1960 eerste zomerkamp Leendert W. Ruitenberg (IN DUTCH)
Werkkamp-impressies (Door Leendert W. Ruitenberg, deelnemer aan het eerste internationale oecumenisch zomerkamp Myrtidia in augustus 1960, in Word door Jean Bingen, december 2017) Als je nog nooit in een oecumenisch werkkamp bent geweest, sta je er wat huiverig tegenover. ”Kamp heeft altijd een klank van verplichtingen; van op tijd dit en op tijd […]
Water and Trees
Text is also published in the Kythera Summer Edition 2010. Activities at Kythera of the World Council of Churches Team-Kythera from May 1960 thru September 1971. *another interesting read about the springs on the island in general and particular in Mylopotamos from European Union of Geosciences ( EGU) Water and Trees: 1960, […]
Livadi 1966 second summer camp, Sjaak Keijzer, Ria Hoogwerf, Ben Mietes
Photos from the second water supply summer camp in Livadi 1966 by Sjaak Keijzer. It was not only digging also some fune parts like a donkey ride and an excursion to Platia Ammos. A glimpse of Kythira in the 60’s. *at the end of this list you will find photos from Ria Hoogwerf and […]