Angkor Hospital for Children
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Angkor Hospital for Children is a charitable hospital located in Siem Reap
, Cambodia, that has treated over 900,000 children since 1999. Cambodia
is one of the least developed countries in the world. With an average income of about $21 USD per month, very few families can afford to pay for health care. Services at AHC are provided to children free of charge. The hospital offers outpatient, inpatient, acute, emergency, surgical, low-acuity, dental and ophthalmologic care, as well as education and outreach programs.
In addition to providing healthcare, a mission of the hospital is to increase the self-sufficiency of the Cambodian people. It serves as a teaching hospital for Cambodian doctors and nurses, and as a training site for the WHO-developed Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) training program. After the devastation of the country's resources by the Khmer Rouge
, only approximately 270 doctors remained in the country. As of 2010, there are approximately 2200 doctors and 374 dentists for the Cambodian population of 13.6 million people. There is a critical need for more fully trained doctors.
Angkor Hospital for Children is partially funded by Friends Without A Border, which has branches in the United States, Japan, and France and though direct contributions www.angkorhospital.org
. FWAB is a registered 501(c)(3) in the United States, which qualifies donations as tax deductible.
Friends Without A Border was founded by Kenro Izu
of Japan. He saw the plight of Cambodian children while on a photography trip in Cambodia, and has dedicated his life to improving the lives of Cambodian children.
See this video of Kenro Izu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WwSfWTAjs
Siem Reap
Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and is the gateway to Angkor region.Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market...
, Cambodia, that has treated over 900,000 children since 1999. Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
is one of the least developed countries in the world. With an average income of about $21 USD per month, very few families can afford to pay for health care. Services at AHC are provided to children free of charge. The hospital offers outpatient, inpatient, acute, emergency, surgical, low-acuity, dental and ophthalmologic care, as well as education and outreach programs.
In addition to providing healthcare, a mission of the hospital is to increase the self-sufficiency of the Cambodian people. It serves as a teaching hospital for Cambodian doctors and nurses, and as a training site for the WHO-developed Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) training program. After the devastation of the country's resources by the Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...
, only approximately 270 doctors remained in the country. As of 2010, there are approximately 2200 doctors and 374 dentists for the Cambodian population of 13.6 million people. There is a critical need for more fully trained doctors.
Angkor Hospital for Children is partially funded by Friends Without A Border, which has branches in the United States, Japan, and France and though direct contributions www.angkorhospital.org
. FWAB is a registered 501(c)(3) in the United States, which qualifies donations as tax deductible.
Friends Without A Border was founded by Kenro Izu
Kenro Izu
is a Japanese-born photographer based in the United States.Izu attended Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo from 1969-1972. After moving to the United States in 1972, he spent two years working as a photo assistant in New York City and subsequently established his own studio, specializing in...
of Japan. He saw the plight of Cambodian children while on a photography trip in Cambodia, and has dedicated his life to improving the lives of Cambodian children.
See this video of Kenro Izu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WwSfWTAjs