Schools support schools: Microscopes for modern biology classes
We extend our heartfelt gratidude to the Swiss Olympic Sports School/Stiftung Sport-Gymnasium (SSGD) in Davos. Its principals have decided to donate eight monocular microscopes to four rural schools in Cambodia. A monocular microscope is simple, robust, and perfect for introducing primary-school pupils to hands-on observation. You can realistically and safely observe prepared slides, such as […]
Swiss citizens donate 35 laptops to three Cambodian rural primary schools
Under the framework of our ongoing ICT programme, Swiss private individuals have donated the delivery of 35 laptops to three primary schools in the Prasat Bakong, thereby making a significant contribution to education and equal opportunity for disadvantaged school kids in the Cambodian countryside. Thanks to the more than two dozen donors who backed this […]
A Principal’s Perspective from a “SHIP” School: Kok Chan Primary
When we talk to our supporters about our longstanding hygiene program “SHIP” (School Hygiene Improvement Program), we would mostly report back on improved enrolment rates as well as reduced class absence rates, about improved cleanliness in terms of waste management- and show lots of clean student hands with many happy student faces: Information on SHIP. […]
Initiative “Water Nickel” by Hotel Grischa concluded successfully
Grischa, a four-star superior alpine hotel in Davos, collected a sizeable sum of funds for Kamboo Project over the 2024/25 winter season. Each and every year since its inauguration, for every bottle water sold at the hotel bar, the Grischa team puts 5 Schweizerrappen (equivalent to 5 cents, a nickel) aside for a charitable cause. […]
Is 80 years too old for a Kamboo volunteer? “Not at all” says Martin Forderkunz
Retiree volunteer: At the age of 80, he traveled to Cambodia for an aid organization. Aid organizations abroad typically employ young people as volunteers. Martin Forderkunz from Toffen is an exception. Two Swiss newspapers have reported about Martin’s three months volunteership with Kamboo Project. https://kamboo-project.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Berner-Landbote-05.03.2025.pdf https://kamboo-project.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Berner-Zeitung-12.03.2025.pdf
Happy New Year in the Kamboo Project spirit of mindfulness
At Kamboo Project, we constantly invest in our staff, either by encouraging them to attend individual courses (e.g. language, accounting, management, leadership, communication), or by organising team workshops. As a very busy and productive year is drawing to a close, the Kamboo Project team came together for three days to reflect on achieved and missed […]
Empowering Education through Volunteering: A Call to Action for University Students Worldwide
Education is a transformative force, and its true power shines when people from diverse backgrounds come together to share knowledge and experiences. From September 9th to 11th, 2024, we had the privilege of hosting 10 university students and 1 teacher from Japan at Ta Ey and Boueng Chum Primary Schools. Their visit was an inspiring […]
Volunteering with Kamboo Project: “Once in a lifetime experience”
In 2024, volunteering assignments with Kamboo Project have hit a record high. Why is that? Let’s hear from Eva Hoegger, who just completed a 2-month stay in our Siem Reap office. Says Eva: “Before I left for Cambodia, I felt tired as I had had a very stressful time in Switzerland. Then I arrived in […]