by | Dec 18, 2020 | Stories
Half a century later, I returned to Mannheim, on an exchange visit with a Swansea choir. I was impressed by the city. Swansea seemed provincial and old-fashioned by contrast and the Mannheim choir’s singing was better than ours. On a free afternoon, I crossed...
by | Dec 11, 2020 | Stories
But my time was earlier, in 1955 – or was it the following year? – when the work was only half done. The trouble is I remember some times and places quite clearly, but cant put dates to them or even be sure what order they came in. I remember camps in...
by | Nov 28, 2020 | Stories
Since 1830 France had occupied Algeria and had made it the granary and essential part of La France d’Outre Mer versus Al Jaza’ir, an independent Algeria, with a population of over 11 million Arabic-speaking Muslims, mostly Berber tribes. Algérie...
by | Nov 18, 2020 | Stories
SCI in Japan From Phyllis, his wife’s perspective Four months after he returned to Japan in 1958 Sato organized the first small workcamp, with only Japanese participants, on a small island in Tokyo Bay, an overnight boat trip from Yokohama. The National...
by | Nov 14, 2020 | Stories
Crucible /ˈkruː.sɪ.bəl/ A situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new. Sato came of age in a country struggling to rebuild after two decades of disastrous wars. As a schoolboy, he believed in Japan’s...
by | Nov 5, 2020 | Stories
22nd February 1971 – first meeting with Valli Seshan By the second cup of coffee, it felt as if I had known Valli all my life! We seemed to have a lot to talk about! Valli told me about Nangloi Jhuggi Jopri Colony and how SCI needed a nurse there. It sounded...
