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KANTHA BOPHA IN THE MEDIA
2023
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Music student and cellist Selma Aerni plays Beat Richner's cello today – the instrument is on loan from the foundation.
Schweizer Illustrierte, September 2023
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TV report in Gesichter & Geschichten,
September 2023
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In the radio programme Treffpunkt, the editorial team explores the question: Five years after the death of founder Beat Richner, how much Switzerland is still involved in the children's hospitals in Cambodia?
September 2023
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Documentary film by filmmaker Georges Gachot,
broadcast in September 2023 on SRF1
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Beat Richner has fundamentally shaped the healthcare system in Cambodia. The film sheds light on the young Swiss doctor and his motivation to leave his comfortable world and embark on a great adventure.
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2022
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30 years of Kantha Bopha – a look back at the creation and development of the children's hospitals.
A film by Georges Gachot, 2022
President of the Foundation René Schwarzenbach in an interview with the Zürichsee Zeitung, October 2022
Anniversary article about Beat Richner and his work in Schweizer Illustrierte, May 2022
Older articles
On the death of founder Peter Studer (14. March 1947 – 6. May 2020)
Article in the Schweizer Illustrierte,
May 2020
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Article in the Aargauer Zeitung,
May 2020
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Obituary on the website of Pädiatrie Schweiz
On the death of founder Beat Richner (13. March 1947 – 9. September 2018)
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Article in the Schweizer Illustrierte,
September 2018
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September 2018
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Following the illness of founder Beat Richner
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Article in the Schweizer Illustrierte,
July 2017
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November 2017
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The film Beatocello's Schirm (2012) by Georges Gachot can be streamed free of charge in Switzerland via «Play Suisse».