Voices, Movement and Action
What's been happening at Epic Arts
July was a month of speaking up and showing up. Young people with disabilities took the floor at Moha Samki Primary School and shared their experiences around climate change to an audience of 124 students, teachers and local authorities. Epic Arts Dance performed, billboards went up at five partner schools across Kampot and local authorities sat down together to map the gaps in disaster infrastructure. Meanwhile our teams were training teachers in inclusive education, equipping community child protection advocates and welcoming UN Women to the Café. From classrooms to community halls, from performance stages to government planning meetings, July reminded us that inclusion requires action at every level.
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
The Principal Who Chose Inclusion
When Epic Arts' Inclusive Education Programme first came to Konsat Primary School, Kampot, school director Mr. Rin Sokhon didn't hesitate. He had seen children with disabilities in his community without access to education and he wanted that to change.
Two years on, this integrated classroom has nine students, seven of them girls. And Rin Sokhon has watched something quietly remarkable unfold.
"I am happy to see that students do not discriminate against their peers with disabilities. Instead, they support and learn from one another."
Deaf students found ways to participate through writing, observation and simple signs with their classmates stepping in to help. What emerged was an inclusive learning environment built not by policy alone, but by children choosing to include each other.
The results speak for themselves. Students who once depended entirely on their families are now dressing themselves, managing their own hygiene and engaging independently in school and community life. One student has progressed to Grade 1 and is learning alongside his peers, something his parents once couldn't have imagined.
His hope for the future is straightforward, more integrated classrooms and a community where everyone is included and valued regardless of disability.
The integrated classroom is now part of the school's official development plan and follows the Ministry of Education curriculum, a sign that inclusive education is taking root not just in one school, but in the system itself.
Every person counts. Rin Sokhon has made that more than a motto. He's made it the foundation of his school.
Events and Performances
When Young Voices Lead the Climate Conversation
This month Epic Arts brought together 124 people at Moha Samki Primary School in Kampot for a community event that put disability and climate resilience at the centre of the conversation, and put young people with disabilities at the front of the room.
It started with performance. Epic Arts Dance took to the floor, using movement to bring the reality of climate change to life for an audience of students, teachers and local authorities. Then came the moment that mattered most: five young people with disabilities stood up and told their stories.
They spoke of floods that destroyed crops and swept away homes. Of extreme heat that made family members sick. Of trying to evacuate when your body makes escape harder. Of waiting for early warnings that never came. Of being left out of the emergency plans that everyone else relied on.
These weren't statistics. They were lived experiences, shared openly with the people who have the power to respond differently.
The message from the room was clear. Local authorities, teachers and community members called for accessible early warning systems, inclusive disaster preparedness planning and targeted emergency support that reaches people with disabilities before, during and after disasters, not as an afterthought, but as a priority.
124 participants. 5 young voices with disabilities. One shared commitment: that no one is left behind when climate disasters strike.
This work is supported by the Ponlok Chomnes programme.
Inclusive Arts
To Free a Wild Bird
This month Epic Arts Dance were honoured to perform at the Disability Action Council's 2nd Anniversary celebration for the International Day of Persons Deaf and Blind.
Their duet, To Free a Wild Bird, is a piece about creativity, connection and the joy of expressing ourselves freely. Through movement, it asks something simple and profound: what does it feel like to communicate without barriers? What becomes possible when we are truly free to express who we are?
For Epic Arts Dance, our professional dance company where artists with and without disabilities perform together, that question is not abstract. It is the foundation of everything they do. Every performance is proof that when we create space for different bodies and minds to lead, we get art that wouldn't exist any other way.
To Free a Wild Bird is that art. And every audience that sees it leaves with a little more understanding of what inclusion can look and feel like.
Impact Update
Our 2025 Annual Report Is Here
Everything we achieved together in 2025 is now captured in our Annual Report, the students who gained skills, the communities we reached, the partnerships we built and the lives that changed because of your support.
Thank you for being part of the story.