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Playgrounds Across Battambang

Five primary schools across rural Battambang, Cambodia — and 1,371 children who finally had somewhere to play. Built together with Child’s Dream in 2018.

2018 · before Spirit Bright’s formal founding

Children playing on a brightly coloured slide at a school playground in rural Battambang, Cambodia

Children at one of the five schools, on a playground built together with Child’s Dream.

In 2018, in the years before Spirit Bright was formally founded, we helped bring playgrounds to five primary schools across rural Battambang Province in Cambodia. It was early, foundational work — fully in line with the mission we carry today: giving children a safe place to simply be children.

Working hand in hand with Child’s Dream — the same partner we still work with across the region — the project reached 1,371 children between the ages of six and twelve, spread across three districts: Sampov Loun, Phnom Preuk and Sang Kae. For many of these schools, it was the first proper playground the children had ever had.

The five schools

Each playground served a single primary school and its surrounding village. Together, they reached the following communities:

SchoolVillageDistrictChildren
Chamka Tabun Primary SchoolChamka TabunSampov Loun158
Khvav Thom Primary SchoolKumno BengSampov Loun239
Phnom Prampy Primary SchoolPhnom PrampyPhnom Preuk531
Dambok Khposh Primary SchoolDambok KhposhSang Kae284
O Khcheay Cheung Primary SchoolO Khcheay VillageSang Kae159
Total children reached1,371

The playgrounds, school by school

Children at Chamka Tabun Primary School, Sampov Loun District, Battambang, Cambodia
Chamka Tabun Primary SchoolSampov Loun District · 158 children
Children at Khvav Thom Primary School, Sampov Loun District, Battambang, Cambodia
Khvav Thom Primary SchoolSampov Loun District · 239 children
Children at Phnom Prampy Primary School, Phnom Preuk District, Battambang, Cambodia
Phnom Prampy Primary SchoolPhnom Preuk District · 531 children
Children at Dambok Khposh Primary School, Sang Kae District, Battambang, Cambodia
Dambok Khposh Primary SchoolSang Kae District · 284 children
Children at O Khcheay Cheung Primary School, Sang Kae District, Battambang, Cambodia
O Khcheay Cheung Primary SchoolSang Kae District · 159 children

None of it happens alone. Thank you to Child’s Dream, and to the teachers and families of every one of these schools, for making these playgrounds — and the years of laughter since — possible.

“Give a child a safe place to play, and you give them room to simply be a child.”

Where this is

The five schools are spread across the Sampov Loun, Phnom Preuk and Sang Kae districts of Battambang Province, Cambodia.

Battambang Province, Cambodia · View on Google Maps

Help us build the next one

There are still schools across the region full of children and missing a safe place to play. If this work moved you, you can help us bring the next playground to life. Spirit Bright is a registered 501(c)(3).

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