The “first workcamp”, started in November 1920 in Esnes, a war-destroyed village in Eastern France near Verdun, continued during the whole winter of 1920 / 21. In March, however, the French authorities ordered to cease all work for the municipality or for government...
The “first workcamp”, started in November 1920 in Esnes, a war-destroyed village in Eastern France near Verdun, continued during the whole winter of 1920 / 21. Hubert Parris, one of the leaders of the project alongside with Pierre Ceresole, wrote the fifth report on...
Hubert Parris from Britain and Pierre Ceresole from Switzerland had arrived to Esnes, a war-destroyed village near Verdun in North-Eastern France, in November 1920, in order to start the reconstruction of houses with an international group of volunteers. This “first...
by Paul Lafon , 2 September 1962. (Text translated by David Plamer and Greg Wilkinson) Caught between an unhelpful French administration, and growing racial hostility in the country, this task was also to prove impossible. While trying to maintain an S.C.I. presence,...
by Paul Lafon , 2 September 1962. (Text translated by David Plamer and Greg Wilkinson) Some three months ago – more exactly on the 25th May 1962 – our very good friends, Emil and Simone, were torn away from an admirable task and an exemplary existence . . . They...
“As you grow older, having young friends becomes more important”. Susanne Lutz spends her holidays abroad far away from all four-star hotels. Instead of lying by the swimming pool, the seventy-year-old prefers to participate in the construction of African...
