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)
