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AFENATKEIO KLIRODOTIMA KIMOLOU

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The great benefactor Georgios Oikonomou Afentakis was born on Kimolos around 1820.At a young age, he moved to Athens, where he worked in the textile and general goods trading business of Versi. After marrying Versi’s daughter, Eleftheria Vorsi, he expanded his business activities into other sectors and accumulated a considerable fortune.Throughout his life, he carried out extensive charitable and social work both in his birthplace, Kimolos, and in Athens, where he served as a member of the Athens Municipal Council in 1899.In 1895, four years before his death, he drew up his will. Being childless, he designated part of his fortune for charitable institutions in Athens, including poorhouses, orphanages, asylums, the Red Cross, hospitals such as “Elpis” and “Evangelismos,” and associations such as the Archaeological Service, the Athens Merchants’ Association, and the Carters’ Association, among others.However, his main concern was to support his birthplace, and especially the poor and elderly people of Kimolos. For this purpose, he bequeathed a large part of his fortune for the construction and maintenance of a refuge in Kimolos, intended to shelter and protect the elderly, the poor, and shipwreck survivors.

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