In addition to professionalising our product range, we have also been focusing on developing our organisation. One key step in this direction is the establishment of a national branch in the United Kingdom, though these efforts are still at an early stage.

Much greater progress has been made in Singapore, where we successfully founded Smiling Gecko Singapore earlier this year. Following Switzerland, Germany, the USA and, of course, Cambodia, this is our fifth branch. Our Singapore entity is already officially registered as a non-profit-organisation, and applying for charity status now. Hopefully, the latter is only a matter of time. The local team is already highly active, even without this status. Hardly a week goes by without a campaign in this small yet economically powerful country to promote our project in Cambodia. The activities serve a dual purpose: to position the Farmhouse Resort as a holiday destination; and to unlock new fundraising opportunities, both of which continue to be essential.