ITS HAPPENING!!!!!

Hello there...

The truck with the drill arrived!!!

There is so much going on now, I do not have time to download photos, but I promise to do it the fastest possible. Giannis the dowser is here, and quite some friends...

So, its now!!! Right now they assemble the drills...

More later!!!

Time 18.00....

So, finally, one truck came... but the other one will come tomorrow.. they have parked this one truck here, just outside our property.. some of us went to have a look. However, the truck with the drilling machine will come in the morning, so no drilling today...

The old peartree.. just in front of the ladder you might be able to spot a stone... this is the place that Giannis, the dowser, indicated for drilling..

Hello there.. well, we waited, and now we will have some food... here in Greece it is the custom to celebrate the 'paramoni', the day before an event, the day before the actual day... so this way we turned our dissappointment, that the drilling will not happen today, into something positive... we are celebrating the 'paramoni', the day before the drilling..

Everybody here, came from Chania, a two hour journey, and we had beds ready for everyone, so now we will have a siesta... and then, tomorrow morning, we will be here again.....

Time is 15.00 and still waiting....

We were up early.. friends arrived, we had coffees...
Then a telephone call, the drilling team had a problem with some machinery, they are working on fixing it. So we are waiting, preparing some food in the meantime...
We are 10 people here now.. but probably we will have to wait until tomorrow..
We'll keep you updated.. now we'll have some food and wine to pass the time..

On tuesday we will drill...tomorrow, or even today..

Hello friends,

its late, after 3'clock, so actually its tuesday today..

Its difficult to go to sleep.. in the morning, the drilling crew will arrive with all the tools. Because of the indication of a guy zick-zacking our property with a wooden rod, because of a 'dowser' who found water, we got into this project.. We called upon all our friends to contribute to the project, to a project which can seem so uncertain.. This village here has no water. Who are we to find it? In times of technical, modern investigation, studies and the like, who believes in guys or girls which indicate water with the help og a Y formed piece of branch???

When he first came, the 'dowser', Giannis, we were in such doubts. Should we believe it, shouldn't we..what other chance would we have to get water here..

A visiting friend gave  us the idea, probably without being aware of it... he was the first one to say 'I'll contribute'--

Then, this idea grew larger-- why not do it together, why not invite everyone who ever has stayed here, has partied with us, shared life with us, to contribute some?? If everyone contributes some, whatever he or she can do without damage.. AND within just a little over 3 weeks, 50 friends from all over Europe have contributed to 'WATER for KALLIKRATIS', and we do now have the funds for the drilling..almost... Together we managed to raise it, together we share the hope, the risk..

So now, in just a few hours, its going to happen, the machines will arrive, and I just can't sleep... its not only us, but we are 50 people...

So, its full moon tomorrow also..

if you are involved, if you are not involved.. please send positive energy to this part of the world, to Greece, to Crete, to Kallikratis, to our old  pear tree, to the waters below it... to us, all of us..

And now, I am going for a few hours of sleep...

WATER update

Hello there, everyone!!

So, the man for the drilling visited, and had a look at the place. |And he gave us a quote. As he had said before, the trial drilling would be 2500 euro, and when the water is found, another 2500 for the installation of the well, with 16cm diameter galvanised pipes. What he didn't tell us before is, that the water pump, and all the electrical and distributional installation is extra, and will be another 2000 euro. We had thought, that the 5000 would cover everything...

Anyway, we are confident, that we will be able to cover also that amount somehow.. more friends have contributed, and we are now 50 people!!! And we have reached a total of 5500 euro all together..

Heleen Kennedy, Scotland

Ria Vermeulen, Holland

Thomas Venakis, Zouridi, Crete

Dimitra and Mimis, Chania and Skopelos

And on tuesday, the drilling will happen!!! They will come with a huge truck, 13 meter long, carrying the drill.. they need water and soap for the cooling of the drill and the mechanism which throws out the material from the drilling. He said, it will be quite a mess, soapy water and earth materials.... we couldn't get him to come on a Friday though.. and it is not even sure, that the drilling will be over in a single day.  So whoever wants and can come up here to Kallikratis on Tuesday is very very much welcome, so we can share the excitement of the day!!!!

And the water party itself will happen the following Friday.. On Tuesday, I will post pictures and maybe small videos as well during the day, so everybody else can follow the ongoings almost 'live' here on the blog..

Oh, friends!!!! It is happening, it really is happening!!! Thanks to all of you, all of us.. 

WATER for KALLIKRATIS update

Hello friends, its been a week since I last reported...

And we have only good news!!! Five more friends contributed, and we are reaching the scope of 5000 euro for the drilling for water here in Kallikratis!! Almost there!!! So now we proceed, as fast as possible....

Tomorrow, the technician of the drilling firm will come to have a look at the area and our ground, in order to find out which machines he'll have to come with, and then we will also know, when he can come and how all this actual drilling will work, what will be involved... as we have no idea...

We are 45 people alltogether now, with us, Janina and Babis.. many local friends, and friends from Holland, Denmark, Germany and Norway... what an achievement, what a common effort, a common hope.. as it was in our imagination, TOGETHER we can do things, we couldn't possibly do alone.. everyone contributed with whatever they could afford, many small and also bigger streams made this river, together, we raised almost 5000 euro, and that since the 28th of July....

Yesterday then, Giannis, the guy who indicated where the water would be found here and at which depth (see previous posts), came by, and joined us as well with a contribution... even though he did did more than enough by finding it in the first place!

So, here the last contributors to the project:

Eva and Evtychia Christodoulaki, Modi, Crete

Maria (Mario) Matamadiotou, Plaka, Crete

Lill Gulli, Norway

Giannis Ravdoskopos, Moudros, Crete

And tomorrow we will know more technical news, and hopefully also the date of the drilling!!!! Thanks, thanks thanks to everyone joining this so important project... and more news tomorrow.. Its extremely hot here these days, even up here in the mountains, temperatures today have reached 35 degrees, down by the coast its more than 41..

Love to everyone and all

WATER for Kallikratis update

 Kallikratis, Sfakia, water for Kallikratis, καλλικρατης, Κρητη, νερο για το Καλλικρατη, ΣφακιαSo, the market is over... and we are getting ready to get back to Kallikratis.. we'll start to organize the water drilling party!!!

Until today we are 37 people contributing to the WATER for KALLIKRATIS project, and with what we made on the market, we have reached 4000 euro by now... another thousand, and we can drill for water!!

Here comes the full updated list of contributors.... thanks to everyone..



Giannis and Anna Bitsakis, Chania, Crete
Lampis Xilouris, Herakleion, Crete
Arnold, Evelyn, Jaqueline, Holland
Jill and Derek Pearce, Kavros, Crete
Giorgos Markoulakis, Gerani, Crete
Giannis Tsagarakis, Chania, Crete
Giangos Chairetis, Anogia, Crete
Nikos Psilos, Chania, Crete
Willy and Johnny de Zeeuw, Holland
Thomas and Martha Brandt, Christiania, Denmark
Manfred Hoffmann and Moni, Dresden, Germany
Ina Hviding, Norway
Giorgos Vougioukalos, Argyroupoli, Crete
Eleni Tsalikidou, Argyroupoli, Crete
Panagiotis Angelakis, Zoniana, Crete
Joscha Lücke, Berlin, Germany
Mitsos Karnagio, Chania, Crete
David Troutman, Chania, Crete
Kiria Stella Psaroudakis, Chania, Crete
Antonis Dagas, Chania, Crete
Henk Ploeger, Holland
Isolde Eleni Bichsel, Chania, Crete
Giorgos Tsoupakis, Frangokastello, Crete
Mitscha Rütsch, Bornholm, Denmark
Janne Gjerken, Norway
Jörg and Sandra Flaschka, Jena, Germany
ST and Regina, Berlin, Germany
Triandafyllia (Filio) Syka, Modi, Crete
Sheena Inoue, Bornholm, Denmark

So, now we have to find a good date for the drilling.. look, friends, since the start of our call for action on the 28th of July, only 12 days ago, we have managed all together to raise 4000 euro for the water in Kallikratis!!! Only 1000 euros are missing now...
We would like to drill on a friday, because the firms do not work at the weekend, and that way we can all have a water fiesta over the weekend..
It is really fantastic.. what to say more. That so many joined, that water for Kallikratis has become a cause, a project for so many, that the feeling of community, of 'together we can do it' has spread around, everybody is enthusiastic...
Its just fantastic