Trip to Cambodia – insights, encounters and moving moments
I visited our project in Cambodia again this year in March 2025. After a long
4. April 2025
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We firmly believe in the power of helping people to help themselves. That is why we support sustainable projects in Cambodia and Kenya that offer local people the opportunity to lead a self-determined and independent life.
Poverty comes in many forms, but the challenges are often similar. For this reason, we focus in both countries on providing education and specific skills that will open up career prospects for children when they reach adulthood.
The WeCare-Association is a non-profit and independent association that supports sustainable projects in Kenya and Cambodia and helps people to help themselves. As initiators, we support projects so that they can then be handed over to the local population. Our cooperation is characterized by respect and consideration for the culture, history and customs of the local society.
In 2007, Susanne Riz began holding a bazaar at her home, which developed into an important annual fundraising event. Over 11 years, the bazaar has raised a total of CHF 520,000 for good causes and financed numerous projects in Kenya and Cambodia. In 2016, Susanne Riz and her husband Robert Buchbauer founded the non-profit association “WeCare-Association” in order to professionalize the association’s activities.
Our name – WeCare-Association
The name of our association originated from Barack Obama’s election campaign slogan in 2008. “Yes We Can” became our slogan as we achieved our ambitious goals. After our first visits to Africa, this changed to “We Care”, as we care deeply about the well-being of the people we support and want to help them shape a better future.
With this project, we are providing access to clean water and thus improving the living conditions of the people in Mperrishi.
CHF 12,350
Collected
CHF 45,000
Target
By purchasing land for the Rehoboth School, we are securing a stable and expanding educational facility for the children in the slums of Kitengela.
CHF 9,875
Collected
CHF 20,000
Target
With the right footwear, we protect the children in the Maasai region from injury on their daily journey to school.
CHF 4,575
Collected
CHF 15,000
Target
What impresses me most about the WeCare-Association is that a small team like the WeCare- Association can achieve so much if it has enough support. The WeCare-Association makes it possible for children to go to school, which is very important. I am particularly fascinated by the workshops for women. These workshops have really impressed me and make me feel that every little contribution is not just a donation, but an investment in the future that can make a real difference.
All our activities in the Kenyan Maasai region are aimed at combating the cruel practice of female genital mutilation.
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All our administrative expenses are covered by a private donation. This means that 100% of your donation goes to the people affected.
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