A one-day public festival that used exhibitions, workshops, and performances to celebrate the creativity and entrepreneurship of persons with disabilities.
attendees at our Berk Chet festivals
Event Activities
Bringing disability entrepreneurship into public view
In May 2026, Impact Hub Phnom Penh hosted the Berk Chet Festival as part of the ELEVATE program, opening our doors to the public to spotlight the talent and business ambitions of persons with disabilities across Cambodia.
The festival built on a full year of groundwork, transforming our building into an accessible space and backing eight PWD-led businesses with grants and hands-on mentorship, and turned that foundation into a public celebration. Eight entrepreneurs showcased their products at exhibition booths, visitors took part in hands-on workshops on accessibility and inclusion, and performers took the stage, all supported by Khmer Sign Language interpretation running throughout the day. In total, 350 people attended, including 59 persons with disabilities, and the event’s reach grew further as partner organizations and performers shared their own reflections and videos with their audiences online.
Event Activities
Booth Exhibition
The festival’s exhibition booths let entrepreneurs with disabilities showcase and sell handmade crafts, art, food, books, and textiles, giving visitors a chance to connect directly with their businesses and stories.
Experience Visual Accessibilities
A hands-on workshop exploring visual impairment barriers and accessible innovations, led by a facilitator with visual impairment working in inclusive policy, that let visitors directly experience how everyday tasks become harder without accessible design.
Story Performance by Epic Art
Epic Arts brought an inclusive performance to the festival stage, blending dance and storytelling with performers of different abilities sharing the spotlight, reflecting the group’s mission of using the arts to break down barriers between disabled and non-disabled communities.
Learn Cambodian Sign Language
A hands-on session where visitors learned basic Cambodian Sign Language greetings and phrases, gaining a firsthand sense of the barriers Deaf people navigate daily and a first real introduction to Deaf culture in Cambodia.
Food Stalls
Alongside the festival’s exhibition booths, free food stalls welcomed all attendees, ensuring no one was left out regardless of ability to pay. In keeping with the festival’s values, the stalls also prioritized a plastic-free approach, serving food with sustainable, low-waste practices in mind.
Performance by Kesorrr and AxlKash
The festival stage featured song performances by KESORRR and AxlKash, adding energy and musical variety to the day’s program. Alongside the dance and storytelling acts, their performances helped create a lively, celebratory atmosphere while reinforcing the festival’s message of inclusion through music.
Inclusive Mobility Feature
Led by an entrepreneur with a mobility impairment, giving visitors a hands-on look at everyday mobility barriers and the practical innovations that address them, grounded in her own lived experience building a business.
Traditional Dance Performance by Deaf Students
Deaf students from the High School of Special Education in Chbar Ampov performed traditional Cambodian dance, celebrating culture and talent while showing visitors that creativity and expression thrive beyond spoken language.
Closing Performance by Blind Singer Association
A performance by the Blind Music Association, whose musicians brought the day’s celebration of talent and creativity full circle. Areminder that disability is never a barrier to artistic excellence, and sent visitors home with the festival’s message of inclusion still ringing in the air.
Event Snapshots!
Video Highlights
Berk Chet Festival Core Team
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