Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS) is a local NGO, founded in 1994 and based in Battambang province, Cambodia.
PharePonleu Selpak (PPS) is dedicated to taking care of vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the commune of Ocha, Battambang District,through a global intervention combining:
social services
formal education
artistic vocational training
creative,cultural and educational activities enhancing child’s personal development and community life
PPS enjoys a growing national and partly international recognition through the quality its artistic schools: circus arts, theater,visual arts and music. Since1998 PPS has produced numerous acts and shows that are performed allover Cambodia as well as abroad: in Europe, Korea and the Philippines.
PPS in partnership with Goutte d'eau - a child support network (GEcsn) is offering food to 70 extremely vulnerable children. The nutrition program is central to PPS strategy towards these children as it makes the other activities possible for these children as:
They do not have to spend time looking for food or money to fulfill their
needs
They are protected from malnutrition which is widely spread in Cambodia,
particularly in the case of very poor
people
They are receiving what they need to be able to practice the other activities in the best shape:formal education, artistic, educational and sport activities.
Goal:
Daily nutrition is given to 70 children giving them the opportunity to participate to PPS activities promoting their well being, personal blossoming and social reintegration.
Indicators:
70 children are receiving daily meals at PPS center.
Each of these children is participating to at least one of the activities
proposed by PPS.
70 children are all benefiting from personal counseling and support
by PPS social services.
Moreover, having meals together, these children are reintegrated into social and community relationships which are necessary to their personal development and the building of their future life. PPS is promoting by this mean, and ensuring for these kids, the respect of each child’s right to be properly nourished regardless of their personal history and of their birth.
In 2009 GEcsn will continue in supporting PPS activities in favor of orphans and vulnerable children.
