Phare Circus

Phare, The Cambodian Circus is the social business extension of Phare Ponleu Selpak non-profit school. The circus provides well-paying job opportunities to the school’s graduates, breaking the cycle of poverty. Revenue generated funds the school’s academic and artistic education programs as well as community support and engagement. Phare Ponleu Selpak – roughtly translated, 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 programes. Over 1000 students are empowered every year through our schools and programes: 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.