Smiling Gecko News
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A Song of Hope
Songs have always been part of life at the Smiling Gecko Campus, as they help to give hope and overcome sadness. ‘Tomorrow’ is one such song. We recorded it at the Gong and then illustrated it.
OUR PLANNED VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY!
Would you like to join the Smiling Gecko family in Cambodia for a few weeks? Thanks to our new ‘Helping Hands’ offer, this will soon be possible!
Smiling Gecko is now also in Singapore
Although Singapore is the smallest country in Southeast Asia, it is one of the region’s financial giants. This is why Smiling Gecko now has its own office there.
A Grand performance at the National Stadium
The talented Smiling Gecko Singers were invited to perform at this year’s Cambodian Football League finals. It wasn’t just the Deputy Prime Minister who was impressed, either.
Half open, fully embraced
The construction of our new school building has been challenging, but we were delighted to open part of it this summer, much to the joy of our pupils.
Systematically Promoting Reading
Being able to read and understand complex texts is one of the core skills, even in rural Cambodia, where access to education is limited. For this, we’ve now launched our own program.
A voice for Cambodia
We are opening our new cultural centre “The Gong” on 26 June with a big celebration over several days. Here is some background information about the planned event and of course about the building.
OUR METAL CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP IS ABOUT TO OPEN
We already announced it last year, but now the time has finally come: the containers with the equipment for our metal workshop have arrived. We filmed the happy day. Just take a look.
Music Video «See You Again»
The “Smiling Gecko Campus Singers” have rehearsed a new song and recorded a great video. You definitely have to watch and listen to it.
Our cultural building site
In our news archive there is now a collection of photos on the construction progress of the “House of Culture and Music”, which we update regularly. Why don’t you take a look?
Hurray: the new ones are here!
School has started again in Cambodia. For around 100 of the little ones, a new chapter in their lives begins, while for 50 of the older ones, the adventure of middle school begins. We are proud of everyone.
Recruitment Days an unserer Schule
For about 100 children aged 3 years a new life starts in August: They join the Pre-School on the Smiling Gecko Campus. Here is a short report about our exciting Recruitment Days.