Kuya Thom goes home
Thomas Kellenberger (39), a former Bernese police officer, aims to walk the distance of 15’000 kms to raise funds for the needy children in the Philippines and to evoke awareness to the plight of children in street situations, underage victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. The funds will be used to construct a second children’s village. Thomas Kellenberger founded Island Kids Philippines (IKP) in 2007, an aid organization for children in the city of Cagayan de Oro. The present children’s village consists of two day schools that offer care and education for over 700 children, who otherwise would not have the possibility of escaping a bleak future.
Website Kuya Thom with Instagram, Interview and current donations
Interview Thomas Kellenberger in written form
Medienmitteilung vom 22.7.2021
Thomas Kellenberger have started his walk on Wednesday morning, 25 August 2021, at Wilderswil BE.
During the first six days of the walk, he was accompanied by young people from the Diapason boarding school, the YOUCount foundation. Thomas Kellenberger had been working there as a social pedagogue since 1 December 2020.
Photos from the depart at Wilderswil
The kids of the lower middle school Unterseen (teacher Gabi Gafner, vice president IKP Switzerland) follow Thomas‘ march on a large map. They mark the stages with pins:
Read here: «Women and men from Germany, Switzerland and worldwide are bearers of hope for hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of fellow human beings.»
Thomas Kellenberger | Hoffnungsträger – verändern die Welt (hoffnungstraeger-weltweit.ch)