The first volunteers

In 1963 MS received a grant from the state to post the first team of so-called volunteers to Eastern Africa - the technical assistance which was later to become the backbone of MS's development efforts in the South.
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The first team of eight volunteers before take-off - at Copenhagen Central Station, September 1963...
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...and after arrival in Dar-es-Salaam airport September 23rd 1963, from left: Karsten Moustgård, Arne Petersen, Mr. Crabtree, Erik Bach Lassen, Ellen Tølbøl, Jørgen S. Dideriksen, Kirsten Langemark, Kaj Madsen, Ib Lundkvist and consul Jørgensen. |
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From the Mysore Project in India which started in 1959 before the actual volunteer programme and ran untill 1969. |
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Volunteer Ole Frederiksen engaged in adult education in Mwanza, Tanzania, April 1966.
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From before the volunteers received vehicles.
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