Monthly report 31th of May 1962 Kythera Unit I would be the great day that was organized by the Bishop: the day of the greenery. Well, it was a great day somewhat. It started with a ceremony: the Bishop blessing the works at Kapsali. Dr. Naylor, the visitor from Geneva WCC, was very […]
Meet the Kytherians by Chris Paul Stapels
Meet the Kytherians in the 1960’s A beautiful serie of photos by photographer Chris Paul Stapels from the Netherlands, photographer and filmmaker. He visited Kythira in the summers of 1965, 1966 and 1967 and came to the island on request of organization Triangel. He provided this organization with publicity material to support […]
1962 Main topics and work of the Team until June
1962 By-weekly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. The 3rd year brings the Team the first feats that everybody hears about: the very first landing stage at Kapsali for the ferry from Piraeus on its trip along the Peloponnese to Kythira and the installation of plastic pipes in Logothetianika, […]
Winter camp 1968 Myrtidia Ini Zander, Summer camp Fratsia and Livadi, Geraldine Willems and Frank Berghuijs
Please scroll down for many more amazing potos form locals and winter and summer campers made by Ini Zander, Geraldine Willems, Frank Beghuijs and Riet Simons. Dutch participants in 1968. Team Kythera 1968, winterkamp Myrtidia en zomerkampen Fratsia en Livadi Overgenomen uit de in het Engels geschreven maandelijkse […]
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 […]
Fratsia 1967 first Summer Camp
This summer camp originated from the town ‘s Hertogenbosch, by a division of the “Kythera Vriendenkring Nederland”. Excavation and pouring concrete cellar floor. Click here for the story behind the Cheese Factory and more photos from locals and summer camp participants.
Fratsia water supply
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Dream island Kythera
This article has been published in the Dutch Vlaardingsche Courant in 1966. Translated by Jean Bingen. Vlaardingen 1966 Dream island Kythera impoverished by departure of inhabitants Not much is left of the appearance of Kythera at the time they thought Aphrodite set foot ashore. People depart. (…) Poverty and […]
Cheese Factory Fratsia
WCC Team Kythera and the cheese factory of Fratsia. And why Fratsia got its water supply system one year later. January 1967 George Koksma wrote: “Fratsia is the promising village of today. The cheese cooperation will start 1st of March. But I am full of sorrow because of a possible failure. There […]