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 […]
Insight Cambodia – Students for students!
Video Student Visit Insight Cambodia is a student-led initiative that promotes education and nutrition for children and youth in Cambodia. Founded in 2015, this non-profit organization is associated with the Master’s program in Strategy and International Management at the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) and is managed annually by each new cohort of students in […]
Child and humanitarian aid with a focus on resilience
On June 17, the there-for-you foundation held an event at the Impact Hub in Zurich. Project initiators from the fields of child aid and humanitarian aid showed and discussed how their projects are developing, what they are planning for the future and what resilience means to them. Kamboo Project held one of five feature presentations […]
VELOPLUS- Small bell, big impact!
In January 2023, Switzerland’s VELOPLUS announced a partnership with Kamboo Project. With the year drawing to a close, both partners have reviewed their first year together – and the impact gives all the reasons to continue into 2024. VELOPLUS has raised a considerable sum for Kamboo Project’s Education/Mobility programme. 140 carefully selected primary school students […]
A special Advent calendar door for 150 schoolchildren
An Advent calendar brings a little joy to your loved ones every day during the Advent season, brings a smile to their faces and silently says: “I’m thinking of you.” And what could be more fitting than giving cyclists an Advent calendar that is perfectly tailored to their everyday cycling life and at the same […]
