Foundations, Collaboration and Commitment
What's been happening at Epic Arts
This month planning and partnership laid the groundwork for what's ahead.
We convened with the Kampot Provincial Inclusive Education Committee to identify three schools needing urgent accessibility support. We consulted with Kampoul Meas Primary School to assess barriers and plan solutions together. We brought people with disabilities together for our Climate Change & Disability Interactive Session, ensuring their voices shape climate advocacy. And we formalized our future: signing our 6th MoU with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, securing three more years (2026-2029) of partnership advancing inclusion.
February reminded us that sustainable change happens through collaboration, with government, schools, communities and the people whose lives this work impacts most.
To all our incredible supporters, thank you. Your continued belief in our mission helps us champion a world where every person counts (EPiC).
Inspiring Stories
Raksmey's Journey
Raksmey remembers his first day at Epic Arts clearly: new friends, learning to dance, hands moving in ways that finally made sense. He was a deaf student joining the Inclusive Arts Course, Epic Arts' vocational training program where students from across Cambodia learn various skills including dance, arts, hospitality, Khmer sign language and computing while preparing for meaningful employment.
Now, at 22, he's behind the counter at Epic Arts Café mixing flour, baking cakes and making coffee for the tourists and locals who fill the tables daily.
Shy student to staff member, it's not a straight line. Raksmey built friendships first. Those 14 classmates became the people who had his back. Skills came next, each one opening another door. Dance. Sign language. Hospitality. Baking. Then the offer: join Epic Arts Café as a barista. "Feeling very happy," he signs, smiling at the memory.
What changed? Everything. Raksmey now earns income supporting his family. He has close friends who taught him to work, to create, to belong. His family communicates better with him. No one discriminates.
His dream? To sell cakes independently one day. For now, he's mastering baking and proving what Epic Arts has always known: given the right support, students don't just learn-they lead, create and build futures on their own terms.
Events and Performances
When Dancers Lead the Climate Conversation
This month Epic Arts Dance unveiled something extraordinary: the first draft of a climate performance that turns data into movement, statistics into storytelling and urgency into art you can't look away from.
Our UK board members Katie (Founder) and Lavinia (Fundraising Committee Member) were among the first to witness it, Katie on a return visit, Lavinia experiencing Cambodia for the first time. They watched our talented dancers transform climate science into choreography that hits hard.
This is inclusive arts at its most powerful: artists with disabilities leading conversations that matter, performing work commissioned by Ponlok Chomnes to reach policy makers and communities across Cambodia. Because climate advocacy needs performances that make you feel what's at stake.
Our dancers prove what we've always known: when you create space for different bodies and minds to lead, you get art that wouldn't exist any other way. Art that changes conversations. Art that moves people to act.
This work is supported by the Australian Government (Australian Embassy, Cambodia) through The Asia Foundation's Ponlok Chomnes II: Data and Dialogue for Development in Cambodia program.
Inclusive Arts
A Map that Gives Back
When French artist Raphaël Seyfried re-designed his stunning illustrated Cambodia map, he decided proceeds would support charities making real impact across the country. Each month, he chooses a different organization.
This March, he chose Epic Arts, and has already raised $500 for our inclusive education and arts programs.
Raphaël's hand drawn map captures Cambodia's landscapes, landmarks and cultural richness in intricate detail. Throughout March, every purchase helps Kampot's children with disabilities access education, dance training and opportunities they deserve.
Want one?
In Cambodia? Pick up a map at select shops in Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, and Kampot. Find locations: here
Outside Cambodia? Pre-orders open now for worldwide shipping (March 2026 dispatch): order here
Your wall art becomes someone's breakthrough. Your travel memento funds a student's education. Your gift supports a dancer's training.
Thank you, Raphaël, for choosing Epic Arts this March, for your incredible generosity and for using your art to prove what we believe: every person counts.
Support Travel Roll. Support Epic Arts. Get something beautiful in return.
Impact Update
Partnerships That Protect Children
We're thrilled to announce our 2026 partnership with Give A Hand on "Inclusive Futures", a project strengthening child protection networks across Kampot for children with disabilities and vulnerable youth.
We are building an expanded ChildSafe Agent network trained to recognize abuse. Child-friendly protection materials designed for children with disabilities. More promotion of our 24/7 hotline that never sleeps (010 333 296 | 088 9333 296). Coordinated case management ensuring children get help fast. Community awareness campaigns in schools across Kampot. Protection posters visible in every neighborhood. And a research driven performance tour by Epic Arts Dance that will challenge attitudes and inspire communities to act.
Our goal? Fewer children suffering in silence. More adults equipped to intervene. Systems that work when children need protection most.
This is what happens when organizations start working together. Real partnership. Real protection. Real change.
Thank you Give A Hand for choosing Epic Arts as your partner in this critical work.
