Mahi Tsiamoura-Tsatsari

Mahi Tsiamoura-Tsatsari came to the village 45 years ago and adjusted very quickly. The comparative advantages of the place, according to her, are the beauty of the place, the very good climate, and the hospitable inhabitants. There were certainly some problems at the beginning. “But I tried”, she says proudly. “I got involved in associations, and I think that people in Rapsani think highly of me.”. 

She was involved with the village library for seven years and later became a student of its programs. She points out that the library is an important pillar for Rapsani, finds that the school building is suitable for a workplace, and thinks that the village should definitely get internet access because “technology helps tremendously”. He says that the PPA people have brought vitality to the village, but others need to come—and not just by themselves, but by having a family. After all, she says, there are plenty of houses available and even at bargain prices: “Big stone two-storey houses that they sell for a crumb of bread!”. 

Most of her students have left Rapsani, and several have become scientists. Now, she notes, there is a good core around which to build a larger group that can do something. “The goal is to get everyone active. Everybody can influence someone else. I don’t see Rapsani as dead. At some point, it will be restarted. I remain optimistic.”