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.
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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
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...
Phare Child Club members, ambassadors of children rights
MEET PHARE CHILD CLUB MEMBERS, AMBASSADORS OF CHILDREN RIGHTS Phare Ponleu Selpak is dedicated to upholding the rights of all children. Child Club was created in February 2015, by 30 students from 16 different villages in the communes of Ochar, Chamcar Samrong and...
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...
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...
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...
Phare Child Club members, ambassadors of children rights
MEET PHARE CHILD CLUB MEMBERS, AMBASSADORS OF CHILDREN RIGHTS Phare Ponleu Selpak is dedicated to upholding the rights of all children. Child Club was created in February 2015, by 30 students from 16 different villages in the communes of Ochar, Chamcar Samrong and...
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...
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...
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