Phare Ponleu Selpak – in Khmer, The Brightness of the Arts – is a Cambodian non-profit arts school located in Battambang, offering support to children, youth and the surrounding communities through artistic, educational, social and community outreach and engagement programmes.
Over 1000 students are empowered every year through our schools and programmes: performing, visual and applied arts leisure classes, and vocational training aid children and young adults to develop their creativity, communication and concentration skills, and to access a sustainable artistic career whilst preserving and promoting Cambodian arts and culture.
Support us
Help us spread a passion for the arts across Cambodia. We believe that all children, regardless of their background, deserve to have access to the healing powers of the arts. Our artistic training provides art therapy as well as professional skills that lead to lasting employment. Your donation directly supports these programs.
Help our community escape the cycle of poverty and contribute to a modern cultural Cambodia.
Sponsor a child
Volunteer with Us
Sponsor a child
Do you want to sponsor a child? When you join our child sponsorship program, your monthly gift gives our most at-risk students the aid and support they need to stay in school and pursue their passions.
Volunteer with Us
We welcome committed and passionate volunteers who have specific expertise or experience which fills a current need. Those needs change over time, but some examples of skills often needed are in social media, communications, IT, lighting and sound design, merchandising and customer service.
News & Stories
Renovation and professionalization of the dance studio
Renovation and professionalization of the dance studio How did it all start? The Performing Arts School introduced dance to the curriculum at the end of 2013. The lessons began with traditional Cambodian dance and built from there. Advanced classes introduced students...
Dear European volunteers
Dear European VolunteersNovember marks the end of the European Union Aid Volunteers (UEAV) deployment after they have joined Phare team this past year. Arrived in November, January or June for a duration of respectively one year, 9 or 6 months, the 10 volunteers have...
Meet Monisovanya Ry, artist and strategic product designer
Meet Monisovanya Ry, artist and strategic product designer Monisovanya Ry studied in our Visual and Applied Arts School, where she attended the graphic design vocational training. With no previous arts literacy, her first motives to integrate into our program were...
Meeting with Xavier Gobin – Phare Ponleu Selpak France manager
Meeting with Xavier Gobin – Phare Ponleu Selpak France manager Before joining Phare Ponleu Selpak, I had a successful career as a dancer, collaborating with great creators such as Maurice Béjart and Jiri Kylian. However, very quickly, I felt the desire to give others...
Exchange with the French Central Fund for Social Activities
Exchange with the French Central Fund for Social Activities For the sixth year we collaborated with the French Central Fund for Social Activities (CCAS). The principle: to enable young people to discover a country and its culture, in a context of solidarity tourism...
Keeping our children safe – further development of Phare Child Protection Policy
Keeping our children safe – further development of Phare Child Protection PolicyKeeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. To ensure that we stay on top on child protection, all staff received a one-day training in August to get a better understanding of our...
S’Art Urban Art Festival
S’Art Urban Art Festival: celebrating urban art and culture in Battambang for 5 days The quiet streets of Battambang came to life with concerts, workshops, exhibitions, mural paintings and the Giant Puppet Parade between May 28 and June 1. S’Art Urban Art Festival was...
Renovation and professionalization of the dance studio
Renovation and professionalization of the dance studio How did it all start? The Performing Arts School introduced dance to the curriculum at the end of 2013. The lessons began with traditional Cambodian dance and built from there. Advanced classes introduced students...
Dear European volunteers
Dear European VolunteersNovember marks the end of the European Union Aid Volunteers (UEAV) deployment after they have joined Phare team this past year. Arrived in November, January or June for a duration of respectively one year, 9 or 6 months, the 10 volunteers have...
Meet Monisovanya Ry, artist and strategic product designer
Meet Monisovanya Ry, artist and strategic product designer Monisovanya Ry studied in our Visual and Applied Arts School, where she attended the graphic design vocational training. With no previous arts literacy, her first motives to integrate into our program were...
Meeting with Xavier Gobin – Phare Ponleu Selpak France manager
Meeting with Xavier Gobin – Phare Ponleu Selpak France manager Before joining Phare Ponleu Selpak, I had a successful career as a dancer, collaborating with great creators such as Maurice Béjart and Jiri Kylian. However, very quickly, I felt the desire to give others...
Exchange with the French Central Fund for Social Activities
Exchange with the French Central Fund for Social Activities For the sixth year we collaborated with the French Central Fund for Social Activities (CCAS). The principle: to enable young people to discover a country and its culture, in a context of solidarity tourism...
Keeping our children safe – further development of Phare Child Protection Policy
Keeping our children safe – further development of Phare Child Protection PolicyKeeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. To ensure that we stay on top on child protection, all staff received a one-day training in August to get a better understanding of our...
S’Art Urban Art Festival
S’Art Urban Art Festival: celebrating urban art and culture in Battambang for 5 days The quiet streets of Battambang came to life with concerts, workshops, exhibitions, mural paintings and the Giant Puppet Parade between May 28 and June 1. S’Art Urban Art Festival was...
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