Smiling Gecko News
NEWS FROM OR ABOUT US
Choir rehearsals for a new music video
Our school choir is currently rehearsing a new piece of music for which the children also want to make a music video. Here is an excerpt from the rehearsals.
27.10 bis 30.10.2022: Smiling Gecko is at the International Contemporary Art Fair «Kunst 22 Zürich»
From 27th to 30th October 2022 we will have a stand at «Kunst 22 Zürich» in Hall 550 in Oerlikon. We are exhibiting pictures taken by our founder Hannes Schmid of the garbage collectors in Sihanoukville.
FOUR YOUNG CARPENTERS GRADUATE!
A reason to be happy on the Smiling Gecko Campus: Four of our carpenter apprentices have completed their training and are therefore well prepared for a life with prospects in Cambodia. Here we present the four.
ON AUGUST 25TH IS HANNES SCHMID IN OLTEN!
On August 25th, Hannes will give a lecture about the Smiling Gecko project as part of the exhibition “Mythos and Ethos” in the Capitol cinema in Olten. This is sure to be exciting.
FUNDRAISING DINNER IN THE «SABLIER ROOFTOP RESTAURANT»
In September, Mariya Un Noun is in Switzerland to collect donations for the Smiling Gecko Campus with her great “New Khmer Cuisine”. Be there!
STORM DESTRUCTIONS ON THE SMILING GECKO CAMPUS
We received bad news from Cambodia. In the early evening hours of June 30, the Smiling Gecko Campus was hit by a severe storm that lasted several hours, which unfortunately caused major damage to buildings and greenhouses, the Farmhouse Resort and the fields.
A JOYFUL DAY FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL CHILDREN
Last Wednesday, we surprised our kindergarten and primary school children with lots of fantastic books. The books were donated by the students of Lakeside School Horgen.
OUR JOINERY AT SRF1
Yesterday on Swiss television and already available on our website: the program “mitenand”, with a four-minute portrait of our Cambodian carpenter Pha, who received his training on our campus. Thank you, dear SRF, for being with us in Cambodia. The report turned out great.
A MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM CAMBODIA
The children of our school have recorded a new song. “Heal the World”, the ballad by Michael Jackson, which fits into these crazy times like no other song. Here is the video for it.
HUMANITARIAN AID STILL ESSENTIAL
The consequences of the corona pandemic are still omnipresent in Cambodia. In a country where there is practically no government support, people are still extremely dependent on the humanitarian aid of Smiling Gecko and other international NPOs. We make our contribution, which we must finance entirely from donations. That’s why we are so grateful for any form of support.
“A CONTAINER FULL OF MUSIC” ARRIVES AT SMILING GECKO
In November our “container full of music” filled with lots of pianos, drums, guitars, violins, trumpets and flutes started its journey to Cambodia. Now it has finally reached its destination. The children of our school enthusiastically received the instruments and now the instruments are given a second life, spending great joy to many Cambodian children.
«MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE»
Once again, the students at our Education Campus rehearsed a Christmas song as a way to convey their thank you to you. The rehearsals and recordings of the well-known Christmas song “Merry Christmas Everyone” by Shakin’ Stevens were a welcomed-change for the children from their everyday life impacted by the pandemic, school cancellations and often hunger.
