BambooShoot works with communities, local authorities and the organisations below. Here is who they are and what we do together.
International non-profit working on plastic pollution
Together we started the Water Rising and Water Falling clean-up festivals in December 2018, designed the Plastic Only rice bags for Harvest Plastic, founded the Inland Ocean Festival in 2023 and designed the Propeller Project.
Visit oceanrecov.org
Private university in Cambodia
Angkor University students carried out the Propeller Project surveys from August 2023, interviewing boat owners and users in four lake communities. The project was built into their coursework.
Visit angkor.edu.kh
The voice of Cambodia’s tourism businesses and industry associations
CATA has worked with BambooShoot on campaigns in the lake villages: rice for Mechrey families in 2021, the plastic-for-rice campaign launched at Wat Mechrey in January 2022, and a six-month clean-up campaign around the lake in 2024.
Visit cata.org.kh
Tour company in Siem Reap, founded in 2013
Adventures Cambodia is a donor and partner of BambooShoot. Its team supports our clean-ups on the lake, and maintains and hosts this website.
The company was founded by Akim Ly, who grew up inside Angkor Wat, where her grandfather was Grand Abbot.
Visit adventurescambodia.com
Norwegian organisation working to cut the plastic that reaches the ocean
Rivers.Global lists the Kampong Phluk Harvest Plastic Program among its projects and asks its supporters to back the work of Sophal Sea and the Kampong Phluk Eco Heroes.
Visit rivers.global
Foundation that funds river projects around the world and shares their stories on film
Rivers are Life made Life Afloat (2024), a 14-minute film about the fight against plastic on Tonle Sap. The film presents Sophal Sea and Sarin Rouen as its newest river heroes.
Watch the film on Our Story Visit riversarelife.com
Wildlife park, aquarium and conservation centre in Siem Reap
Angkor Wildlife & Aquarium has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BambooShoot and hosts the exhibition of the Plastically Possible Student Art Challenge.
Visit angkorwildlife.comSources: Ocean Recovery Alliance; ngo2bambooshoot.wordpress.com (2022); Phnom Penh Post, 01/11/21, 01/02/22 and 28/08/23; Cambodianess, 04/02/24; Rivers are Life, Life Afloat (YouTube, 02/02/24); partners' own websites.
None of this works without village leaders, commune and provincial authorities, youth volunteers and the families of the lake. The 2025 Inland Ocean Festival was organised with local and provincial authorities and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Environment.
Businesses, schools, universities and organisations: work with us on the lake.