NGO2 BambooShoot Foundation

🌍 Happy World Environment Day (June 5th)!! 🎉
🌿 1,000+ Changemakers & 40 Tons of Plastic Collected! 🌿
What an extraordinary way to celebrate National & World Environment Day at Kampong Khleang! Today marked the triumphant grand finale of our months-long Tonle Sap clean-up campaign.

Since launching this movement in January, our dedicated community has united every single month to protect and preserve our precious waters. Together, we have achieved milestones that truly speak for themselves:
🗑 40 Tons of plastic waste cleared over the last few months!
🙌 1,000+ Passionate Participants joined forces for today’s main event.
🎒 1,000 Extra Sacks of plastic waste successfully collected in just one morning!
🏡 80 Inspiring Households officially certified as Clean Role Model Families for their outstanding environmental stewardship.

✨ Our Community, Our Pride: Keeping Kampong Khleang and the Tonle Sap Green, Clean, and Plastic-Free!
🤝 Co-Organized by: Sotrnikum District Administration, Kampong Khleang Commune Administration and Kampong Khleang Eco-Tourism Community

🙏 With Deepest Gratitude to Our Main Partners:
Thank you for your invaluable support in making this movement possible from day one: Rivers.Global and Ocean Recovery Alliance
💙 Co-Supported by: Cambodia Tourism Association - CATA, Vattanac Brewery, Angkor Wildlife & Aquarium and AZ Group
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On Saturday, 25 April, our founder, Sophal Sea, together with the Smiling Creatives team, met with teachers at Kampong Khleang High School to discuss the“Plastically Possible Student Art Challenge” and the Propeller art projects.

As part of the initiative, the school will form 10 student groups led by 10 assigned teachers to participate in the “Plastically Possible Student Art Challenge,” with their artworks to be exhibited during our annual Water Rising and Inland Ocean Festival in Kampong Khleang on 4–5 June.

At the same time, we also recruited 15 students from our Eco Youth Club to join the Angkor Roo performance team, which uses creative theatre to promote environmental education and awareness.

Our team also continued inspecting event locations and traveled by boat across the lake with local ecotourism community members to help clean the canal beds, ensuring safer boat access and reducing plastic waste entangling propellers. It was an inspiring day filled with collaboration, learning, and community action.

This year’s celebration will feature many exciting activities, including the Tonlé Sap Puppet Parade, Propeller Art and Plastically Possible Student Art Exhibitions, Angkor Roo environmental performances, Community-Based Ecotourism and Fishing Exhibitions, and community clean-up campaigns in celebration of World Environment Day on 5 June.

More updates and activities will be shared soon, and we warmly invite all tourism-related stakeholders and partners to get involved in supporting this important movement for our lake and communities.

Cr. Tonle Sap Eco Warriors Rivers.Global Ocean Recovery Alliance Ginge Novell Doug Woodring Martin Alvsvåg Steinar Dale Wessman Sophal Sea: ស៊ា សុផល

Tonle Sap Propeller Art project!!♥️

[English below]....
🎉សកម្មភាពសម្អាតបរិស្ថាន ដើម្បីទទួលទេវតាឆ្នាំថ្មី 🌿🇰🇭
ក្នុងខែមេសា ក្រុមការងារបរិស្ថាន អាជ្ញាធរ និងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ នៅសហគមន៍មេជ្រៃ កំពង់ភ្លុក និងកំពង់ឃ្លាំង រៀបចំសម្អាតបរិស្ថាន និងផ្សព្វផ្សាយអនាម័យតាមខ្នងផ្ទះ និងជុំវិញលំនៅឋាន។

សកម្មភាពនេះ មានគោលបំណងត្រៀមទទួលទេវតាឆ្នាំថ្មី ដើម្បីនាំមកនូវសិរីសួស្តី សុខុមាលភាព និងសេចក្តីចម្រើនជូនដល់គ្រប់គ្នា។ ✨🌸🎊🙏🙏
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Khmer New Year Plastic Awareness & Community Clean-Up Campaign 🌿🇰🇭

April marks the celebration of Khmer New Year—one of Cambodia’s most cherished cultural and traditional festivals. In the spirit of welcoming the New Year, our team worked closely with local commune authorities, school teachers, and students to organize plastic clean-up activities and environmental awareness campaigns across the communities of Mechrey, Kampong Phluk, and Kampong Khleang.

April 2
Our dedicated EcoWarriors, together with teachers and students from Mechrey Primary School, joined hands to clean up Peam Ta Uor floating village along the shorelines of the Tonle Sap Lake—helping prepare a clean and healthy environment to welcome the New Year.

April 4 & 10
In Kampong Phluk, our EcoWarriors collaborated with the commune administration and key stakeholders—including tourism operators, local police, schools, and villagers—to carry out large-scale clean-up activities. These efforts extended from within the villages to the lake’s shorelines, strengthening community pride and readiness for the New Year.

April 14–15
During the Khmer New Year celebrations, our team members, commune council representatives, youth volunteers, and police officers led a community-wide awareness campaign. Reaching approximately 3,000 households across 10 villages, they encouraged families to clean their homes and surroundings as part of the tradition of welcoming the New Year Angel—symbolizing prosperity, happiness, and good fortune.

In Khmer tradition, preparing and cleaning homes is an important practice to respectfully welcome the New Year Angel, believed to bring blessings of success and well-being for the year ahead.
We are proud to support these meaningful initiatives alongside our local partners. Through logistical and financial support, we remain committed to promoting environmental responsibility and strengthening community engagement.

Special thanks to our valued partners and sponsors, Rivers.Global and Ocean Recovery Alliance, for their continued support in making these activities possible. 💚🙏🙏

🌿 Kampong Khleang Community Prepares to Welcome Miss Planet International Delegates from Over 50 Countries

On the afternoon of March 3, 2026, Mr. Kim Vannak, Governor of Sotr Nikum District, together with members of the District Council, and Mr. Sea Sophal, Founder of NGO2 BambooShoot Foundation and Head of the Environment and Community Committee of the Cambodia Tourism Association – Siem Reap Chapter, representing Lok Chumteav Oknha Chhay Sivlin, President of the Cambodia Tourism Association, conducted a site visit to review and prepare the venue for the upcoming international visit.

On the morning of March 10, 2026, the Miss Planet International delegates from more than 50 countries will visit Kampong Khleang Community, Sotr Nikum District, Siem Reap Province, to experience community-based tourism and environmental activities. The program will include palm tree planting and an opportunity to learn about the daily lives and livelihoods of local fishing families living on the Tonle Sap Lake.

The preparation meeting was also attended by the Chief of Kampong Khleang Commune Council, the Head of Kampong Khleang Community-Based Ecotourism, and the Principal of Kampong Khleang High School, who joined discussions to coordinate plans and ensure the community is ready to warmly welcome the international delegates.

📍 Event Venue: Kampong Khleang High School
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TLGJWEuwe3JBoUur6?g_st=atm
✨ Kampong Khleang Community looks forward to welcoming the world on March 10! 🌿
Cambodia Tourism Association - CATA សហគមន៍ទេសចរណ៍ធម្មជាតិ កំពង់ឃ្លាំង រដ្ឋបាលស្រុកសូទ្រនិគម/Soutrnikom district Administration មន្ទីរបរិស្ថានខេត្តសៀមរាប-Siem Reap Provincial Environmental Department រដ្ឋបាលខេត្តសៀមរាប/Siem Reap Provincial Administration Angkor Wildlife & Aquarium Tonle Sap Eco Warriors