Members of the Board

Ulrich Gnos

President

Bluette Blanc

Project Manager
& Coordinator

Gisela Heiligensetzer

Administrator / Finance

ADVISOR

Esther Zimmerli

Advisor & Fundraising
Members of the Board are appointed on an honorary basis. Donations received are up to 90% allocated to various projects supported by Scintillae Foundation. Our financial support will be exclusively dedicated to our own projects, or to projects conducted in cooperation with our own partners. Members of the Foundation together with our Partners  will initiate these contacts and supervise the projects.

Our values:

We believe that every child has the right to education in a safe and happy environment. We are committed to treating children with equality and dignity by ensuring that our work always prioritizes child protection.

Project Partners
We believe in the power of Partnership

Cambodia

Darrel Steer

Founder & Director

Phon Ratana

Associate

CAMBODIA CLEAN WATER AND TOILET PROJECT (CCWTP)

CCWTP was founded by Darrel Steer in 2015 to address the urgent need for clean water and sanitation in rural villages. Darrel has proactively adressed health and hygiene issues, with a particular focus on improving children fragile health to ensure they are physically fit to attend school.

In the future, we plan to work closely with Darrel and his partner Ratana. Their construction knowledge and engineering expertise will be invaluable in managing our projects, with a focus on quality materials and best construction practices. We are pleased to be partnering with another highly credible NGO in Cambodia.

 

Myanmar

Win Thuya

Director Badana Aid

Htar Htar

Administrator Badana Aid

BADANA AID MYANMAR

Htar Htar and Thuya are our project managers since 2010 assisting our Foundation with technical and operational support, helping us to successfully implement our projects in Myanmar.
In 2017 they founded a local NGO, Badana Aid Myanmar, to promote their own program and continue to implement our projects as our local Partner. They both strongly feel committed to promoting education in Myanmar through sustainable projects.

Madagascar

Verein Ny Hary

NY HARY

Stefan Büschelberger of the Ny Hary Association is our partner and coordinator of our projects in the Miarinarivo region since 2016.

The Association supports children and young people in Madagascar through its ALABRI Educational Centre in Miarinarivo. The centre ensures that the basic needs of disadvantaged students are met, provides access to school education and encourages children and young people to shape their own future by promoting holistic development through a range of educational activities.

Verein Tany

VEREIN TANY

Verein Tany is a Swiss NGO, founded by Lukas Uhl, engineer in Permaculture, a technology developing sustainable systems modeled from natural ecosystem.

Lukas in an engineer who spent over 8 years in Madagascar, speaks Malagasy and has set up several successful projects with training programs for students and youths.

Our partners assist the Scintillae Foundation with technical and operational support, helping us to successfully implement our projects. They play an essential role from inception stage of any new project until its completion. Their main contribution consists of:

  • initial and on-going on-site visits of projects,
  • request, review and validation of budget and construction plans from local companies for submission to our Board,
  • signing of all necessary documents on behalf of the Scintillae Foundation,
  • on-going dialogues with local authorities and school teachers and provide feed-back to the Foundation,
  • Control over disbursement