Frank Berghuijs en Kythira. Waarom is Kythira speciaal voor mij? Mei 2021. Toen ik eind januari 1967 in Athene arriveerde na een treinreis van een tweeëneenhalve dag en nacht waren daar de geur, kleur en klanken voor mij spannend, heel oosters. Een voor mij onbekende wereld van geschreeuw, oosterse muziek en chaos […]
Search for domestic water at Kythera in the sixties and how Karavas, Logothetianika and Potamos as earliest villages got their water supply system. When George and Anna Koksma arrived by car from Holland at Kythera by the end of April 1960, to improve on request of Bishop Meletios living conditions on the […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Jean Bingen Fatsadika, januari 2021 Mijn herinneringen 55 jaar later over dit zomerkamp in zulke primitieve omstandigheden. Ontwikkelingshulp had mijn volle interesse en ik had de Koksma’s laten weten dat ik wel bereid was hen op een of andere wijze te helpen. Dus vroegen zij mij om voor het Team de technische supervisie voor […]
1969 Technical activities of the Team 1969 Monthly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. 1969 Jan / Feb In January 1969 there came positive news from Holland. The “Directory of International Technical Help” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands is willing to give a large […]
1968 Technical activities of the Team 1968 Monthly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. 1968 Jan For health reasons Mrs. Breunisse with the two children had to go back to Holland causing that civil engineer Wessel Breunisse also left the Team. No more technical students will come from Holland. […]
1967 Technical activities of the Team 1967 Monthly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. 1967 Jan Government allows now for tree planting in January and February. Last year a lot of digging was done, now planting went fast. This season 100.000 tree lets were planted. About last year water […]
1966 Technical activities of the Team (with photos from locals made by Summer Camper Piet Rijken, for more click here) 1966 Monthly reports: A summary of main topics, events, visitors, etc. 1966 Jan / Feb Mr. Prineas, civil engineer in Athens, is going to approve the reinforced concrete calculations for the old […]
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