The activities of the WCC team on Kythira were documented in bi-weekly and monthly reports. In 1967 there were two summer camps in Mylopotamos and the project of the Cheese Factory in Fratsia. In Ferbruary two technical students arrived on Kythira, Frank Berghuijs en Harry Wellink, from the Technical College Arnhem, Holland, […]
Mylopotamos 1964 first and second summer camp by Gerard Helmink
Mylopotamos 1st and 2nd summer camp by Team member Gerard Helmink Click here for some photos made by Mr. Fatseas. All found in the archive of Gerard Helmink In 1964 summer campers were working on the Home Economic School for girls Both summer camps were organized by WCC Office Utrecht in the […]
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.
Daily work report summer camper Bob Scholten 1965
(photos at the end of the text: Chora and Potamos) 1965 Bob Scholten 6 months’ assignment WCC Team Kythera. Daily work report diary. 4 February, Thursday, 1st day at Kythera. Exploring neighborhood, study to use theodolite to make topographies 5 Feb survey airstrip and exploring area 6 Feb survey property B. […]
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. […]
Livadi 1966 first summer camp
1966 1st summer camp Livadi The first summer camp Livadi, June 1966 from the Dutch town Vlaardingen, quickly was split in two working parties, the larger one that started digging trenches downhill from the place the water tank was to be built and the other that started laying the foundation for the water […]
Myrtidia tree nursery
Photos 1964
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 […]