Deputy Director

In 2014, Smiling Gecko Cambodia (SGC) was officially registered as a local NGO in Cambodia. SGC is legally independent of Smiling Gecko Switzerland. Following its mission of “Cambodians helping Cambodians” the organization, focuses on fighting the causes of poverty and helping people to help themselves. To this end, SGC launched a project on a previously acquired site to the North of Phnom Penh whose objective is to provide several thousand Cambodians with future job training and a regular income in the sectors of education, agriculture, tourism, industry, and trade. Education is the linchpin for the development of any society. Providing schooling for children is therefore of paramount importance to the cluster project of Smiling Gecko. The local village school was renovated in 2015. In November 2017, SGC/Smiling Gecko Education Campus opened a separate primary school and a kindergarten. The Smiling Gecko School is to be extended over the coming years to include a high school. We are about to establish an education center for around 1100 students that serves as a model for the school system in Cambodia.