Naemi & Philippe Bruderer

Philippe and Naemi are in the process of adopting children from Thailand and during a presentation in Switzerland heard about Asia Center Foundation’s work with disadvantaged children. In order to get to know the culture, they traveled through Southeast Asia for two months. This led to Naemi’s heart’s desire to do a work placement in Thailand, in order to get to know the untouristic Thailand.

“In April 2019 we met Roelien Muller at an adoption meeting in Zurich, Switzerland. At this meeting Roelien told us about ACF and her work with children in Phuket. She mentioned that she would like to include a healthcare program and that she needs health workers. This made us sit up and take notice and so after a conversation and a few emails, Naemi left for Thailand.”

Naemi is a nurse in oncology and Philippe is an electrical engineer. Naemi volunteered for ACF for three months – mainly in the healthcare sector but also wherever she was needed. After their return to Switzerland, Philippe and Naemi continue to support ACF. Philippe and Naemi also created a children’s healthcare curriculum with lessons for a year, which ACF is using in Cornerstone Learning Center.

“We are very happy to continue to work with ACF, even though this year and Corona put some obstacles in our way and refused us a further work assignment with ACF. We feel honored to now be Ambassadors of Hope for ACF and thus pursue long-term cooperation. Our goal is to make ACF known in Switzerland, to visit ACF regularly and help wherever necessary.”