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Workcamp

Period

Description

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Africa

Algeria

Bouzaréa

01.04.1956 - 27.05.1956

Constructing wooden hut for training centre

Detail

Bel-Air

08.05.1956 - 08.07.1956

Constructing Arab school

Detail

Tunisia

Enfidaville

16.07.1956 - 15.09.1956

House construction for new village

Detail

Asia

India

Umden

13.02.1956 - 22.04.1956

Constructing dispensary for leprosy hospital

Detail

Warora

15.11.1956 - 31.12.1956

Building therapy home at leprosy centre

Detail

Gerua

28.11.1956 - 14.12.1956

Constructing building for Senior Basic School

Detail

Kallar

01.05.1956 - 16.06.1956

Clearing land for boys' community

Detail

Lebanon

Laba' (1)

13.07.1956 - 12.08.1956

House reconstruction & social centre

Detail

Laba' (2)

17.08.1956 - 15.09.1956

House reconstruction & social centre

Detail

Rafeed

13.07.1956 - 12.08.1956

Road construction

Detail

Europe

Austria

Ober-Vellach

09.07.1956 - 08.09.1956

Road making

Detail

Sankt Wolfgang-Russbach

02.07.1956 - 01.09.1956

Drainage of pasture land

Detail

Belgium

Blicquy (1)

25.03.1956 - 31.03.1956

Redecoration home for epileptics

Detail

Blicquy (2)

06.08.1956 - 25.08.1956

Interior work for children's home & making playground

Detail

Antwerpen

01.07.1956 - 23.08.1956

Making furniture for YMCA camps

Detail

Denmark

Ganløse Møke

29.03.1956 - 02.04.1956

Redecoration of widow's farm

Detail

France

Cierp

01.07.1956 - 31.07.1956

Repair on buildings for workers' holiday centre

Detail

Lyon-Saint-Cyr

30.07.1956 - 15.09.1956

Building wooden chalets for homeless people

Detail

Genest. le

25.03.1956 - 15.04.1956

Restoration work for old people's home

Detail

Bonnat

29.07.1956 - 18.08.1956

Road making for 'Centre d'Apprentis'

Detail

Ablon (2)

18.08.1956 - 27.08.1956

Digging drains & painting with Castors

Detail

Devesset

25.03.1956 - 08.04.1956

Foundations & restoration work on children's home

Detail

Ablon (1)

01.08.1956 - 18.08.1956

Digging drains & painting with Castors

Detail

Nice

01.09.1956 - 30.09.1956

Construction on 3 community centres

Detail

Germany

Worms (1)

01.07.1956 - 31.08.1956

Constructing houses - settlers

Detail

Bückeburg

28.03.1956 - 21.04.1956

Tree planting

Detail

Hamburg-Rissen

03.04.1956 - 11.04.1956

Gardening for community house

Detail

Neuenkirchen

28.09.1956 - 09.10.1956

Potato harvest

Detail

Hof an der Saale

15.07.1956 - 16.08.1956

Constructing houses for displaced families

Detail

Erfweiler

08.07.1956 - 12.08.1956

Constructing road for settlers

Detail

Erlangen

01.08.1956 - 09.09.1956

Settlers' house construction

Detail

Pullach im Isartal

08.08.1956 - 31.08.1956

Clearance work for youth home

Detail

Worms (2)

01.10.1956 - 31.12.1956

Houses for settlers

Detail

Neutraubling

01.04.1956 - 11.04.1956

Stadium for refugee community

Detail

Misburg

21.07.1956 - 12.08.1956

Road construction & work on house for delinquents

Detail

Greece

Kantarrako / Kantarrah / St. Nicolas / Agios Nikol

02.07.1956 - 20.08.1956

Laying water pipes for irrigation

Detail

Italy

Affile

15.08.1956 - 30.09.1956

Constructing road

Detail

Netherlands

Bakkum

30.03.1956 - 07.04.1956

Work in blast furnaces

Detail

Norway

Bø i Vesterålen

17.07.1956 - 15.08.1956

Harvesting, repairing quays, constructing a house

Detail

Senja

01.07.1956 - 04.08.1956

Re-afforestation & building fence

Detail

Switzerland

Chandolin

18.06.1956 - 21.07.1956

Excavating sand & making foundations for dairy

Detail

Burtigny

23.07.1956 - 11.08.1956

Digging drains & housework for orphanage

Detail

United Kingdom

Bethnal Green

03.09.1956 - 09.09.1956

Redecoration of boys' club

Detail

Bristol

27.08.1956 - 15.09.1956

Redecoration of handicapped children's school

Detail

London and Duntisbourne

16.09.1956 - 30.09.1956

Redecoration – old people's home & youth hostel

Detail

Bentley (1)

29.04.1956 - 18.05.1956

Clearing hop-growing equipment

Detail

Leeds

02.06.1956 - 23.06.1956

Redecoration in old people's homes

Detail

Pottersbury / Potterspury (???)

23.06.1956 - 28.07.1956

Redecoration in school for maladjusted children

Detail

Hull

07.07.1956 - 21.07.1956

Redecoration in old people's homes

Detail

Birmingham

21.07.1956 - 11.08.1956

Redecoration in old people's homes

Detail

Woodford Green

19.05.1956 - 02.06.1956

Laying concrete path between church & neighbourhood centre

Detail

Tilford

29.03.1956 - 13.04.1956

Painting exterior of convalescent-home for children

Detail

Tisbury

11.08.1956 - 29.09.1956

Redecoration in mansion used as hospital for incurables

Detail

Llanferres

28.07.1956 - 18.08.1956

Redecoration of village hall

Detail

Letterfearn

31.03.1956 - 12.04.1956

Clearing drains in pasture land

Detail

Ledston Hall

28.12.1955 - 07.01.1956

Redecoration of school for maladjusted children

Detail

Belfast

25.07.1956 - 15.08.1956

Redecoration in old people's homes

Detail

Crowthorne

04.08.1956 - 25.08.1956

Redecoration of school for handicapped children

Detail

Bentley (2)

25.09.1956 - 20.10.1956

Hop-growing

Detail

Millisle

01.07.1956 - 21.07.1956

Redecoration in orphanage

Detail

Burlington Hall

28.03.1956 - 07.04.1956

Painting exterior of neighbourhood centre

Detail

North America

United States of America

Philadelphia

05.09.1956 - 22.09.1956

Neighbourhood improvement

Detail

Flannerhouse

30.03.1956 - 08.04.1956

House building for co-operative center for Negro families

Detail




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