Mission

  • AZAHAR Cambodia will expose young Cambodians to a variety of traditional art forms, sports, yoga and health awareness. More capacity building to youth will be provided through international exchange programs such as conferences, artistic collaborations, exhibitions and artists’ residencies and retreats.
  • Create learning spaces that will eventually become accredited. AZAHAR beneficiaries will be employed as teachers in these schools, and more employment will be generated by building an infrastructure with partner organizations. Both schools will do outreach in the provinces to recruit the most talented young people in sports and the arts.

Vision

Our vision until 2030 is, to establish a Peace Village in Switzerland, to facilitate cross-cultural exchange in form of conferences, retreats for yoga and spiritual practices from different traditions and artistic collaborations. This central village will pool participants from AZAHAR centers and partner organizations around the world and include professional training and a scholarship fund. It will act as a refugee for artists, spiritual leaders and peace activists who are lacking freedom of speech in their home countries. It will be environmentally friendly, largely self-sustaining, a sanctuary for animals and will house people from different generations.

AZAHAR Centers for Peace, Yoga & Arts, Cambodia