WELCOME TO PHARE
Phare Ponleu Selpak – meaning The Brightness of the Arts – is a Cambodian non-profit art school located in Battambang, offering support to children, youth and communities through artistic, educational, social and community outreach and engagement programs since 1994.
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
Trail running for our new dance studio
We did it: About fifty runners participated in the 16 km Angkor Ultra Trail around the temples of Angkor on January 18, 2020 to promote Phare Ponleu Selpak but most importantly to raise funds for the renovation of our dance studio.
COVID-19: Help the Brightness of the Arts keep on shining
I never imagined to be in the midst of a global pandemic during my lifetime. It is as if we have been thrown into an horror movie activating our survival instincts. Everyone in the world is being impacted in some way or another.
Monkeys have invaded the Big Top!
Last month, our Big Top hosted an array of short showcases thoroughly prepared by our younger performing arts students and their leisure class teachers. A unique opportunity for them to gain valuable stage experience and showcase their talent.
Meet the little artists of Phare
Meet our budding artists, who are studying both at the Phare Public School and our
Performing Arts School! Thanks to our Sponsorship program, they can enjoy free education
and lots of creative activities on our campus.
Meet Koemyean, visual art teacher in Phare and fashion designer
Meet Koemyean, visual art teacher in Phare and fashion designer Koemyean comes from Kor Koh village in Battambang Province. He is 27, and teaches graphic design in our Visual and Applied Arts School (VAAS). Not so long ago, he was a student in that very same school:...
Phare 25 years fundraising Galas
Phare 25 years Fundraising Galas This year marks an important year for Phare Ponleu Selpak, we are celebrating our 25th anniversary! On this special occasion we organized fundraising galas both in Cambodia and in France. Our heartfelt thank you to all our...
Looking back to 15 years of child support in Phare with Sokia
Looking back to 15 years of child support in Phare with Sokia Sokia, our physiotherapist at Phare, has been working with us since 2004 and participating in the early days of our child support initiatives. “When I started at Phare, we were only two people...
Trail running for our new dance studio
We did it: About fifty runners participated in the 16 km Angkor Ultra Trail around the temples of Angkor on January 18, 2020 to promote Phare Ponleu Selpak but most importantly to raise funds for the renovation of our dance studio.
COVID-19: Help the Brightness of the Arts keep on shining
I never imagined to be in the midst of a global pandemic during my lifetime. It is as if we have been thrown into an horror movie activating our survival instincts. Everyone in the world is being impacted in some way or another.
Monkeys have invaded the Big Top!
Last month, our Big Top hosted an array of short showcases thoroughly prepared by our younger performing arts students and their leisure class teachers. A unique opportunity for them to gain valuable stage experience and showcase their talent.
Meet the little artists of Phare
Meet our budding artists, who are studying both at the Phare Public School and our
Performing Arts School! Thanks to our Sponsorship program, they can enjoy free education
and lots of creative activities on our campus.
Meet Koemyean, visual art teacher in Phare and fashion designer
Meet Koemyean, visual art teacher in Phare and fashion designer Koemyean comes from Kor Koh village in Battambang Province. He is 27, and teaches graphic design in our Visual and Applied Arts School (VAAS). Not so long ago, he was a student in that very same school:...
Phare 25 years fundraising Galas
Phare 25 years Fundraising Galas This year marks an important year for Phare Ponleu Selpak, we are celebrating our 25th anniversary! On this special occasion we organized fundraising galas both in Cambodia and in France. Our heartfelt thank you to all our...
Looking back to 15 years of child support in Phare with Sokia
Looking back to 15 years of child support in Phare with Sokia Sokia, our physiotherapist at Phare, has been working with us since 2004 and participating in the early days of our child support initiatives. “When I started at Phare, we were only two people...
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