About Us
About Us
Background
Hartmut and Ilse Schneider Foundation for Children, Switzerland with registered office in Zurich was set up in 2010. The founder, Mrs Ilse Schneider, established the Foundation in order to provide impecunious children in Asia, namely in Thailand, with support and help to self-help. In particular, the Foundation intends to foster orphaned, handicapped, abused, exploited, homeless and abandoned street children and children from deprived backgrounds.
In order to fulfill this purpose, the Foundation supports existing local projects and organisations which are pursuing the same goals. In particular, Hartmut and Ilse Schneider Foundation for Children, Switzerland is working with its Thai partner foundation, the Hartmut and Ilse Schneider Foundation for Children, Thailand.
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight
Project Spotlight
We are proud to support the Village School Project of Smiling Gecko. Read about more projects we are involved in on the Projects page.
With the Village School Project in the northern province of Kampong Chnang a binary school system at regional level will be set up according to a Swiss model. New buildings are planned for pupils, teaching staff and for kindergarten classes, as well as the construction of toilets, showers, a school canteen and a sports ground.
As main supporter to the Village School Project, Hartmut and Ilse Scheider Foundation wants to give the children access to a better school education and foster the objective of its partner Smiling Gecko of "anchoring knowledge sustainably in society".
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Partners
We encourage you to visit our partners to learn about the great things being done by them.
Smiling Gecko
Hartmut and Ilse Schneider Foundation is in close contact and has a wonderful relationship with Smiling Gecko. Smiling Gecko Switzerland was established in 2012 as a not-for-profit organisation under Swiss law. It provides direct aid in the form of finance and other support to Cambodian people, sponsoring sustainable projects that benefit both people and the environment. Smiling Gecko is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in a number of development aid projects.
Child's Dream
Child's Dream is a very close partner to Hartmut and Ilse Schneider Foundation and many of the marvelous projects of Child's Dream have been supported in the past years. Child’s Dream is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empowering marginalised children and youth in the Mekong Sub-Region, which includes Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. The organization works in partnership with communities to improve the educational and health situation for their children and teenagers.
The Foundation Summary
“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”
- Tom Robbins
The Foundation Summary
“It's never too late to have a happy childhood.”
- Tom Robbins
The foundation board of Hartmut and Ilse Schneider Foundation for Children, Switzerland is currently composed of three board members who are working in an honorary capacity.
Tina Wüstemann
Esther Kaufmann
Dirk Kolvenbach