Travelling to Cambodia for the opening of our new school building

After almost three years of construction, we will finally be opening our new school building on 21 November 2026. Naturally, this calls for a fitting celebration. You are warmly invited to join us on site to mark this joyous occasion.

In Cambodia, Smiling Gecko is paving the way out of poverty through education.

What we have achieved so far

Year of foundation

2012

Size of the campus

150 Ha​

Training programmes

17

Trainees

+180

Schoolchildren and kindergarten children

+600

(In)direct beneficiaries

+10'000

News & Stories

Next stop: high school

Our first year group has passed the national Grade 9 leaving exam. A look back, full of pride, with a pupil whose dream is travelling the world.

Hannes Schmid at 80

Photographer, painter, humanitarian: our founder Hannes Schmid has turned 80. A tribute to a man who has spent his whole life looking closer.

Before you go...

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