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 […]
1968 Winter and Summer Camp Participants
1968 winter camp at Myrtidia, from 01-02 to 28-02. This camp originated from West Frisia, a division of the “Kythera Vriendenkring Nederland”. They were lodged in unheated outbuildings of Myrtidia. Digging holes and planting of trees along main road near Dhokana **In August 2017 a lot of these planted trees were lost in a […]
1967 Summer Camp Participants
1967 cheese factory Fratsia from 07-07 to 26-07 This camp originated from the town ‘s Hertogenbosch, by a division of the “Kythera Vriendenkring Nederland”. Excavation and pouring concrete cellar floor. Lia van de Kerkhof Vught (did visit Kythira in 2011, E: April 2016, provided pictures) Saskia Jordans Vught (did visit Kythira in […]
1966 Summer Camp Participants
1966 school Mylopotamos, 1st camp, from 06-07 to 27-07. This summer camp was organized by WCC Office Utrecht, Holland Peter van Gool summer camp leader Bob Scholten (being on vacation acted as technical supervisor for the WCC Team, provided pictures) Jan Stappers (technical assistent WCC Team member) Arjen Fuykschot (provided pictures) […]
1965 Summer Camp Participants
1965 irrigation project Paleopolis, from 15-07 to 10-08. This summer camp was organized by WCC Office Utrecht, Holland. Digging a well in dry riverbed 1500 m upriver from the sea. Dick de Rooy (Nieuw-Loosdrecht) Johan Kruger (Bussum) Herbert Nikkels (Schalkhaar) Frans Fokkema Andreae (Rotterdam) Jan-Jaap Wainecke (Deventer) Maarten Kok (Rotterdam) Paul-Jan […]
1964 Summer Camp Participants
1964 school Mylopotamos, 1st camp 30 June to 26 July. This summer camp was organized by WCC Office Utrecht, Holland. **Read here more about the technical activities of the Team in 1964. It is the start for the construction of the home economic school for girls. Participants were lodged in Myrtidia Mily de […]
Plea for help for Mitata 1965
Plea for help for Mitata after torrential rainfall October 1965 (In Word and translation by Jean Bingen, October 2017) To Miss Mr. Maria de Groot. Zeist, Holland. (November 1965) Dear Miss de Groot, Thank you for your interest. For the attention you have given to the many projects our team is […]
Letter Mr. miss Maria de Groot, catastrophic rains 1965
Circular letter of Mr. Miss Maria de Groot in answer of Annie and Jurjen Koksma’s plea for help for Mitata after the catastrophic rains in October 1965. (in Word and translation by Jean Bingen, October 2017) Zeist November 1965. To all interested parties: Now stumbling, then jumping, I descended from Mitata about a […]
Brief Koksma’s aan de zomerkampers in Paleopolis in 1965
Onderstaande brief van de Koksma’s in Word gezet (Jean Bingen, januari 2021). Brief van Annie en Jurjen Koksma aan de aanstaande zomerkampers in Paleopolis juli/augustus 1965 Kythera 1 juni 1965 Beste kampers, Net vandaag ben ik in staat om jullie iets te schrijven omtrent ons werkkamp in het wonderschone Kythera. Nou, schoon, […]
Photojournalist Sem Presser
From an educational-historical point of view, this is an important article by photojournalist Sem Presser after his visit to the Kythera Team of the World Council of Churches in November 1962. This Team carried out development work on the Greek island of Kythira at the request of the then Bishop. Sem Presser describes in […]