Angkor Hospital for Children
Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) stands as an amazing success story for Friends Without A Border.
World-renowned Japanese photographer Kenro Izu first visited Cambodia to photograph the Angkor Wat temples. During his travels, he often encountered ill and malnourished children. Kenro decided to take action and give back to the country that inspired his photographic journey. In 1996 he founded Friends Without a Border, and opened Angkor Hospital for Children.
His vision for the hospital was to become a ‘world-class hospital, for Cambodians run by Cambodians.’ When AHC’s gates officially opened in 1999, the hospital was made up of just three Cambodian doctors and ten nurses, numerous medical volunteers from around the world – and one hospital bed.
Since that time, AHC has treated nearly 2 million children, trained thousands of health-care professionals and was deemed “one of only three essential health-care institutions” in the entire country by a Cambodian health minister.
In 2013 FWAB transferred the administration of the hospital to local management, realizing Kenro Izu’s founding vision of the hospital being a locally-run, independent organization, firmly rooted in Siem Reap and led by a skilled Cambodian team.
