In rural Laos, 1 of every 25 children dies
before their 5th birthday.

 

No parent should ever have to watch their child die because they cannot afford to save their life

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No parent should ever have to watch their child die because they cannot afford to save their life ~~~

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In 1994, photographer Kenro Izu witnessed a
7-year-old girl die because her father could not afford the $2 cost of her medicine.

 
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Deeply troubled by what he had seen, Kenro founded Friends Without A Border.

He wanted a place for children to go for free and compassionate care, hospitals where "every child should be treated as if it was your own."

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Friends Without A Border built two free pediatric teaching hospitals in Southeast Asia—

 
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Today, Lao Friends Hospital for Children is the only provider of free, high-quality healthcare for the children of northern Laos in Luang Prabang Province.

 
 
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With your help, we're making a difference.

 

These children have nowhere else to go.