Our history

A LOOK TO THE FUTURE WHILE KEEPING IN MIND WHERE WE STARTED

In the ten years since Smiling Gecko was founded in Switzerland, an incredible amount has happened here and, especially in Cambodia. We have summarized some of the most important events in the little video and in our timeline.

2022

Extension of the farmhouse resort with the fine-dining restaurant "Un" and the "Sanctuary Spa"

Start of fundraising for the planned «House of Culture and Music» + «The Middle School»

2021

The second year of the crisis. The farmhouse remains closed. The school is opened and closed several times

The "container full of music" is on its way from Switzerland to Cambodia

Emergency aid remains essential

2020

The Corona crisis is hitting us hard. The Farmhouse Resort must be closed and the school is also suspended

Expansion of our humanitarian emergency relief actions

2019

Opening of the first Smiling Gecko Shops in Phnom Penh

Kick-off for the "Women in Aquaculture" project

2018

Opening of the Campus Kitchen

Establishment of Smiling Gecko Germany (SGD)

Start of the Smiling Gecko fish farm

Move to the new SGS office in the Zwicky Areal in Dübendorf

2017

The new Smiling Gecko school starts operations in November

Start of construction of the village school project

2016

Handover of the last 14 tuk tuks donated by the Kiwanis to selected slum families

Extension and expansion of the Farmhouse Smiling Gecko

Commissioning of the carpentry workshop, the Smiling Gecko Carpentry

2015

Commissioning of a guesthouse with attached restaurant on the farm site

Completion of the renovation work at the village school

Establishment of Smiling Gecko USA (SGUS)

Delivery of 3 Tuk Tuk to CSC (Children Surgical Centre)

2014

Purchase of the first farms

Use of the first tuk tuks for selected slum families

Acquisition of the first 9 hectares of land in Samaki Meanchey District of Kamong Chhnang Province

Establishment of Smiling Gecko Cambodia (SGC)

2012

Establishment of Smiling Gecko Switzerland (SGS)

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