The Children of Angkor DVD - Eight
Minute Video
Background
During a series of photography trips to Cambodia’s Angkor monuments
Kenro Izu was forever changed by his encounters with ill, malnourished
and disfigured children in desperate need of medical care. Izu founded
Friends Without A Border (Friends) in 1996 and dedicated himself
to building a pediatric hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Angkor
Hospital for Children (AHC) was completed in 1999 and has
since treated over 750,000 children.
AHC exists to provide high-quality health care to the children of
Siem Reap Province, while educating Cambodian health professionals and
improving preventative health practices. In 2001 the Capacity Building
and Health Education Program (CBHEP) was introduced to work directly
in Cambodian communities. In 2004 the AHC Medical Education Center (MEC)
was opened to house AHC’s extensive education programs. AHC, the MEC
and CBHEP work in conjunction to achieve the goals of Friends.