Twenty years ago, nine kids and their art teacher founded the Phare Ponleu Selpak after coming back home from a refugee camp controlled by the Khmer Rouge.Their Social Mission states: "Young people from the streets, orphanages and struggling families in the community come to PPS to learn, express and heal themselves through the arts"

Today their art, music, theatre, and circus schools have more than 1200 students, and some of their graduates form the ranks of the Phare Circus in Siem Reap. Through tremendously important enterprises like this one, this organization gives back to the community, fighting the obscure and cruel outcome of the war and poverty with technique, skill, hope.

See all the amazing stuff this organizations delivers daily, completely free, to the next generation of Cambodian artists. Support them, and get involved! http://www.phareps.org/