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[http://www.fwab.org Friends Without A Border] (Friends) is a [[nonprofit]],<ref name="charitynavigator">{{cite web|url=http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12444#.U3JF3IFdXi8|publisher=charitynavigator.org|title=www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12444#.U3JF3IFdXi8|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> [[nongovernmental]] organization that funds medical treatment and healthcare programs serving [[disadvantaged]] children and their families in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name="wsj">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204644504576649442754870556|publisher=wsj.com|title=Supporting Children in Cambodia - WSJ|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> Founded in 1996 by photographer [[Kenro Izu]], Friends provides direct financial and program support<ref name="link.springer.com">{{cite journal | url = http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-68989-8_20#page-1 | doi=10.1007/978-3-540-68989-8_20 | title=Teaching Radiology at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia | journal=Radiology Education | pages=243–247}}</ref> to [[Angkor Hospital for Children]] in [[Siem Reap]], [[Cambodia]], [https://www.fwab.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=478 Lao Friends Hospital for Children] in [[Luang Prabang]], [[Laos]], and [http://www.lakeclinic.org/ The Lake Clinic] in [[Siem Reap]], [[Cambodia]]. The international headquarters <ref name="bbb">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/health/friends-without-a-border-in-new-york-ny-4520|publisher=bbb.org|title=Charity Report - Friends Without A Border - give.org|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> are located in [[New York, New York]], with one sister organization in [[Tokyo, Japan]].<ref name="fwab">{{cite web|url=http://www.fwab.jp/|publisher=fwab.jp|title=フレンズ・ウィズアウト・ア・ボーダーJAPAN|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
Friends Without A Border (Friends) is a [[nonprofit]],<ref name="charitynavigator">{{Cite web |title=Charity Navigator - Rating for Friends Without A Border |url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/133880402 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=charitynavigator.org |language=en}}</ref> [[nongovernmental]] organization that funds medical treatment and healthcare programs serving [[disadvantaged]] children and their families in Southeast Asia.<ref name="wsj">{{Cite news |last=West |first=Melanie Grayce |date=24 October 2011 |title=Supporting Children in Cambodia - WSJ |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204644504576649442754870556 |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=The Wall Street Journal }}</ref> Founded in 1996 by photographer [[Kenro Izu]], Friends provides direct financial and program support<ref name="link.springer.com">{{Cite book |last=Fortier |first=M. |title=Radiology Education |year=2009 |isbn=978-3-540-68987-4 |pages=243–247 |chapter=Teaching Radiology at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-68989-8_20}}</ref> to [[Angkor Hospital for Children]] in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Luang Prabang, Laos, and The Lake Clinic in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

== Mission ==


The international headquarters<ref name="bbb">{{Cite web |title=Charity Report - Friends Without A Border - give.org |url=http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/health/friends-without-a-border-in-new-york-ny-4520 |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=bbb.org}}</ref> are located in [[New York, New York|New York, US]], with one sister organization in [[Tokyo, Japan]].<ref name="fwab">{{Cite web |title=フレンズ・ウィズアウト・ア・ボーダーJAPAN |url=http://www.fwab.jp/ |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=fwab.jp}}</ref>
The mission of Friends Without A Border is to provide high-quality and compassionate medical care to the children of Southeast Asia; create community health education programs; and train local healthcare professionals. Further, Friends believes that every child has the right to a healthy and loving life. Since opening Angkor Hospital for Children in 1999,<ref name="phnompenhpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/hospital-claims-its-first-cancer-kid-treatment-breakthrough|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=Hospital claims its first cancer kid treatment breakthrough, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> and Lao Friends Hospital for Children in 2015, Friends has focused its work on benefiting the children of [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Bones That Float: A Story of Adopting Cambodia|author=Grossman, K.G.|date=2007|publisher=Wild Heaven Press|isbn=9780979249303|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LYaiSfgcBxUC&pg=PA248|page=248|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==


The organization was founded by noted fine art photographer [[Kenro Izu]] in 1996. Izu’s visit to Cambodia to photograph the [[Angkor Wat|temples of Angkor]] inspired the pediatric hospital that would become [http://angkorhospital.org/ Angkor Hospital for Children] (AHC). During his first visit to Cambodia in 1993 and throughout subsequent trips,<ref name="prnewswire">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/center-for-friends-without-a-border-opens-in-cambodia-65511872.html|publisher=prnewswire.com|title=Center for Friends Without a Border Opens in Cambodia|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> he was forever changed by his encounters with ill, [[malnourished]], and disfigured children in desperate need of medical care.<ref>http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR249/FR249.pdf</ref> Izu made a commitment to build a pediatric hospital in Siem Reap and established Friends Without A Border for that purpose.
The organization was founded by noted fine art photographer [[Kenro Izu]] in 1996. Izu's visit to Cambodia to photograph the [[Angkor Wat|temples of Angkor]] inspired the pediatric hospital that would become [http://angkorhospital.org/ Angkor Hospital for Children] (AHC). During his first visit to Cambodia in 1993 and throughout subsequent trips, he was forever changed by his encounters with ill, [[malnourished]], and disfigured children in desperate need of medical care.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR249/FR249.pdf |title=Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2010 |date=September 2011 |access-date=2024-08-12}}</ref> Izu made a commitment to build a pediatric hospital in Siem Reap and established Friends Without A Border for that purpose.


In 1996, the land for AHC was granted by the Governor of [[Siem Reap Province]], Mr. Tong Chai. One year later, Friends Without A Border and the Cambodian Ministry of Health signed a 10-year agreement for AHC and broke ground on the hospital’s future site. AHC opened its doors on February 22, 1999.<ref name="phnompenhpost2">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/brief-high-hopes-new-children%E2%80%99s-hospital|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=In Brief: High hopes for new children’s hospital, National, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
In 1996, the land for AHC was granted by the Governor of [[Siem Reap Province]], Mr. Tong Chai. One year later, Friends Without A Border and the Cambodian Ministry of Health signed a 10-year agreement for AHC and broke ground on the hospital's future site. AHC opened its doors on February 22, 1999.<ref name="phnompenhpost2">{{Cite web |title=In Brief: High hopes for new children's hospital, National, Phnom Penh Post |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/brief-high-hopes-new-children%E2%80%99s-hospital |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=The Phnom Penh Post}}</ref>
In 2000, the Emergency Room and Dental Department<ref name="startanevolution">{{cite web|url=https://startanevolution.ubc.ca/projects/angkor-hospital-for-children/|publisher=startanevolution.ubc.ca|title=startanevolution.ubc.ca/projects/angkor-hospital-for-children/|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> opened, and that same year marked the start of the Orphanage Medical Assistance and [http://www.directrelief.org/2013/10/life-saving-surgical-supplies-arrive-in-cambodia/ Kardiac Kids] programs. A year later, the HIV/Homecare program, Acute Care Unit, and Safety and First-Aid Training program for non-medical persons in Siem Reap began.<ref name="link.springer.com"/>
In 2000, the Emergency Room and Dental Department<ref name="startanevolution">{{Cite web |title=Angkor Hospital for Children |url=https://startanevolution.ubc.ca/projects/angkor-hospital-for-children/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526194510/https://startanevolution.ubc.ca/projects/angkor-hospital-for-children/ |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=startanevolution.ubc.ca}}</ref> opened, and that same year marked the start of the Orphanage Medical Assistance and Kardiac Kids programs. A year later, the HIV/Homecare program, Acute Care Unit, and Safety and First-Aid Training program for non-medical persons in Siem Reap began.<ref name="link.springer.com" />


In 2002, Friends launched the [http://angkorhospital.org/education/community-outreach/capacity-building-and-health-education-program/ Capacity Building and Health Education Program] (CBHEP), a health promotion program that trains volunteer healthcare workers to improve health and hygiene at the village level. Also in 2002, the Eye Care Service Department and the Low Acuity Unit opened at AHC.
In 2002, Friends launched the Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP), a health promotion program that trains volunteer healthcare workers to improve health and hygiene at the village level. Also in 2002, the Eye Care Service Department and the Low Acuity Unit opened at AHC.


In 2005, the [[Oral Rehydration Therapy]] Corner opened. In 2006, the Acute Care Unit was upgraded to an [[Intensive Care]] Unit and the [[Physiotherapy]] Program was launched. Former U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] toured AHC in December 2006.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Giving|author=Clinton, B.|date=2007|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9780307268921|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ieymEr5Uox0C&pg=PA231|page=231|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
In 2005, the [[Oral Rehydration Therapy]] Corner opened. In 2006, the Acute Care Unit was upgraded to an [[Intensive Care]] Unit and the [[Physiotherapy]] Program was launched. Former U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] toured AHC in December 2006.<ref name="google2">{{Cite book |last=Clinton, B. |url=https://archive.org/details/givinghoweachofu00clin |title=Giving |date=2007 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=9780307268921 |page=[https://archive.org/details/givinghoweachofu00clin/page/231 231] |url-access=registration |accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>


The AHC Satellite opened at Sotnikum District Hospital in February 2010 to replicate the successful model of “treatment + education + prevention” in partnership with the provincial health department.
The AHC Satellite opened at Sotnikum District Hospital in February 2010 to replicate the successful model of "treatment + education + prevention" in partnership with the provincial health department.


In January 2013, Friends and AHC celebrated the transition of management<ref name="phnompenhpost3">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/new-management-deal-angkor-hospital-children|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=New management deal for Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> and operations to the dedicated hospital staff. The independence of AHC accomplished one of the original goals that was set in the beginning of a self-sustained hospital. Friends continues to be a presence at AHC and helps with their fundraising efforts.
In January 2013, Friends and AHC celebrated the transition of management<ref name="phnompenhpost3">{{Cite web |title=New management deal for Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/new-management-deal-angkor-hospital-children |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=The Phnom Penh Post}}</ref> and operations to the dedicated hospital staff. The independence of AHC accomplished one of the original goals that was set in the beginning of a self-sustained hospital. Friends continues to be a presence at AHC and helps with their fundraising efforts.


Also in 2013, Friends embarked on a new project to build a hospital in the [[Luang Prabang Province]] of [[Laos]]. In partnership with the Luang Prabang Health Department and Provincial Hospital (LPPH), Friends began construction in the Fall of 2013 on Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) on the grounds of LPPH.
Also in 2013, Friends embarked on a new project to build a hospital in the [[Luang Prabang Province]] of [[Laos]]. In partnership with the Luang Prabang Health Department and Provincial Hospital (LPPH), Friends began construction in the Fall of 2013 on Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) on the grounds of LPPH.


February 11, 2015 marked the Grand Opening of Lao Friends Hospital for Children. LFHC is the first full-service pediatric hospital in northern Laos, and currently includes an outpatient department, with plans to open in subsequent months: an emergency room, intensive care unit (ICU), operation theater, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, lecture room, library to teach pediatric medicine to the future leaders of the hospital, kitchen and laundry for families visiting the hospital, and a vegetable garden to teach families how to prepare nutritious meals.
February 11, 2015 marked the Grand Opening of Lao Friends Hospital for Children. LFHC is the first full-service pediatric hospital in northern Laos, and currently includes an outpatient department, an emergency room, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), operating theater, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, lecture room, library to teach pediatric medicine to the future leaders of the hospital, kitchen and laundry for families visiting the hospital, and a vegetable garden to teach families how to prepare nutritious meals.


== Corporate Governance ==
== Corporate Governance ==


Friends Without A Border operates a modest office in [[New york city|New York City]]. Volunteers assist with many features of the organization's work. Members of the [[Board of Directors]], including founder Kenro Izu, serve without compensation and pay their own way to visit operations overseas. [https://www.fwab.org/board Board members] and chapter members play crucial roles in raising funds for Friends; including regional gatherings that draw [[Cambodian-Americans]] and [[Laotian-Americans]] to the organization, and through two signature events that take place each year in New York City. The Photography Auction<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/cambodian-childrens-hospi_b_386500.html|publisher=huffingtonpost.com|title=Cambodian Children's Hospital Benefits In New York and Los Angeles &#124; The Huffington Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> has raised more than $2&nbsp;million since its debut in the late 1990s. The Annual Gala,<ref name="reuters">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/idUS216092+04-Apr-2012+PRN20120404|publisher=reuters.com|title=www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/idUS216092+04-Apr-2012+PRN20120404|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> held at the time of the [[Cambodian New Year|Khmer]] and [[Lao New Year]] each April, is a key event to fundraise for the organization's programs in Southeast Asia.
Friends Without A Border operates a modest office in [[New York City]]. Volunteers assist with many features of the organization's work. Members of the [[board of directors]], including founder Kenro Izu, serve without compensation and pay their own way to visit operations overseas. Board members and chapter members play crucial roles in raising funds for Friends; including regional gatherings that draw [[Cambodian-Americans]] and [[Laotian-Americans]] to the organization, and through two signature events that take place each year in New York City. The Photography Auction<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{Cite web |date=10 December 2009 |title=Cambodian Children's Hospital Benefits In New York and Los Angeles &#124; The Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/cambodian-childrens-hospi_b_386500.html |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> has raised more than $2&nbsp;million since its debut in the late 1990s. The Annual Gala,<ref name="reuters">{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2012 |title=Friends Without A Border's Gala Honors Cambodian Genocide Refugee and Peace Activist |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/idUS216092+04-Apr-2012+PRN20120404 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140831072115/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/idUS216092+04-Apr-2012+PRN20120404 |archive-date=2014-08-31 |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=Reuters.com}}</ref> held at the time of the [[Cambodian New Year|Khmer]] and [[Lao New Year]] each April, is a key event to fundraise for the organization's programs in Southeast Asia.


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
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=== Lao Friends Hospital for Children ===
=== Lao Friends Hospital for Children ===


[https://www.fwab.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=478 Lao Friends Hospital for Children] (LFHC) is the newest project of Friends. Construction on LFHC began in November 2013,<ref name="voanews">{{cite web|url=http://lao.voanews.com/content/friends-without-a-border-08may14/1910425.html|publisher=lao.voanews.com|title=ອົງການ Friends Without A Border ຈັດງານ ຫາທຶນຮອນ ສ້າງໂຮງໝໍເດັກນ້ອຍ ໃນ ຫຼວງພະບາງ (ວີດີໂອ/ສະໄລດ໌)|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> and the hospital officially opened the Outpatient Department on February 12, 2015. Once all departments are open in the subsequent months, LFHC will be the first full-service pediatric hospital in northern Laos. LFHC follows Friends Without A Border's holistic health care model of "Treatment + Education + Prevention."
Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) is the newest project of Friends. Construction on LFHC began in November 2013,<ref name="voanews">{{Cite web |date=8 May 2014 |title=ອົງການ Friends Without A Border ຈັດງານ ຫາທຶນຮອນ ສ້າງໂຮງໝໍເດັກນ້ອຍ ໃນ ຫຼວງພະບາງ (ວີດີໂອ/ສະໄລດ໌) |url=http://lao.voanews.com/content/friends-without-a-border-08may14/1910425.html |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=Voice of America}}</ref> and the hospital officially opened the Outpatient Department on February 12, 2015.


In early 2014, Friends Without A Border conducted a baseline medical survey (BMS) in the Luang Prabang Province in 2014. Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Associate Professor of Psychology at the [[University of Oregon]], who has been published extensively in the area of early childhood development, led the project as a pro-bono consultant. The overall goal of the BMS is to collect health data in order to establish baseline child health metrics in advance of patient care at LFHC. Over time, repeated assessments will enable LFHC to evaluate changes in the health status of children in Luang Prabang and measure LFHC’s impact.
In early 2014, Friends Without A Border conducted a baseline medical survey (BMS) in the Luang Prabang Province in 2014. Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Associate Professor of Psychology at the [[University of Oregon]], who has been published extensively in the area of early childhood development, led the project as a pro-bono consultant. The overall goal of the BMS is to collect health data in order to establish baseline child health metrics in advance of patient care at LFHC. Over time, repeated assessments will enable LFHC to evaluate changes in the health status of children in Luang Prabang and measure LFHC's impact.


Also in 2014, medical and English language training courses for LFHC staff began.
Also in 2014, medical and English language training courses for LFHC staff began.
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==== Friends Visitor Center ====
==== Friends Visitor Center ====


The Friends Visitor Center opened in September 2014 in downtown Luang Prabang, Lao PDR as a way to spread awareness of LFHC and educate tourists and the general public on the health care situation in Laos. The first floor is dedicated to information on Friends' programs while the second floor houses photography, art, and textiles related to Lao culture - all available for donation with proceeds going toward patient care at LFHC.
The Friends Visitor Center opened in September 2014 in downtown Luang Prabang, Lao PDR as a way to spread awareness of LFHC and educate tourists and the general public on the health care situation in Laos. The first floor is dedicated to information on Friends' programs while the second floor houses photography, art, and textiles related to Lao culture.


=== Angkor Hospital for Children ===
=== Angkor Hospital for Children ===


Angkor Hospital for Children<ref name="asiangeographic">{{cite web|url=http://www.asiangeographic.org/friends-without-a-border.phtml|publisher=asiangeographic.org|title=friends-without-a-border|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>(AHC) is located in Siem Reap, Cambodia, home of the famous Angkor monuments, relics of the [[Khmer Empire]] which lasted from the ninth to fifteenth centuries. AHC opened in 1999 to provide healthcare services to children in Cambodia. AHC’s mission is to provide high-quality healthcare to children while simultaneously educating Cambodian healthcare professionals and improving preventive health practices. AHC partners with the Cambodian Ministry of Health, [[UNICEF]], and the [[World Health Organization]], among others, to provide [[Integrated Management of Childhood Illness]] (IMCI).<ref name="asiangeographic"/> Since opening, more than one million children have received treatment at AHC. The hospital offers outpatient,<ref name="phnompenhpost4">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/children%E2%80%99s-hospital-opens-new-outpatients-department|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=Children’s hospital opens new outpatients department, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> inpatient, [[emergency]], [[surgical]], [[Dentistry|dental]], and [[ophthalmological]] care to more than 400 patients each day.<ref name="google3">{{cite book|title=Global Health Nursing: Building and Sustaining Partnerships|author1=Upvall, M.J.|author2=Leffers, J.|date=2014|publisher=Springer Publishing Company|isbn=9780826118684|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HLJaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|page=317|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
Angkor Hospital for Children<ref name="asiangeographic">{{Cite web |title=friends-without-a-border |url=http://www.asiangeographic.org/friends-without-a-border.phtml |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=asiangeographic.org}}</ref>(AHC) is located in Siem Reap, Cambodia, home of the famous Angkor monuments, relics of the [[Khmer Empire]] which lasted from the ninth to fifteenth centuries. AHC opened in 1999 to provide healthcare services to children in Cambodia. AHC's mission is to provide high-quality healthcare to children while simultaneously educating Cambodian healthcare professionals and improving preventive health practices. AHC partners with the Cambodian Ministry of Health, [[UNICEF]], and the [[World Health Organization]], among others, to provide [[Integrated Management of Childhood Illness]] (IMCI).<ref name="asiangeographic" /> Since opening, more than one million children have received treatment at AHC. The hospital offers outpatient,<ref name="phnompenhpost4">{{Cite web |title=Children's hospital opens new outpatients department, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/children%E2%80%99s-hospital-opens-new-outpatients-department |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=The Phnom Penh Post}}</ref> inpatient, [[emergency]], [[surgical]], [[Dentistry|dental]], and [[ophthalmological]] care to more than 400 patients each day.<ref name="google3">{{Cite book |last=Upvall, M.J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HLJaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA317 |title=Global Health Nursing: Building and Sustaining Partnerships |last2=Leffers, J. |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Publishing Company |isbn=9780826118684 |page=317 |accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>

In 2013, Cambodia's Minister of Health, His Excellency Dr. Mam Bun Heng, named AHC as "one of only three essential healthcare institutions" in the country.


==== Medical Education Center ====
==== Medical Education Center ====


In addition to providing high-quality healthcare to the children of Cambodia, one of the main objectives of Angkor Hospital for Children is to utilize the hospital as a [http://www.phnompenhpost.com/special-reports/ahc-first%C2%A0teaching-hospital-children-kingdom training] center to help rebuild the country’s professional medical community. In 2001, the [https://www.fwab.org/mec Medical Education Center] (MEC) was established to train doctors, nurses, paramedics, and administrators, and to provide continuing medical education courses and learning outside the classroom. A [[Memorandum of Agreement]] with the Ministry of Health sees every graduating nurse in the country participate in postgraduate training that provides many young nurses their first experience with direct patient care. The MEC’s teaching and learning activities have been cited in the [http://www.gafspfund.org/sites/gafspfund.org/files/Documents/Cambodia_6_of_16_STRATEGY_National_Strategic_%20Development_Plan.NSDP__0.pdf National Strategic Health Plan].
In addition to providing high-quality healthcare to the children of Cambodia, one of the main objectives of Angkor Hospital for Children is to utilize the hospital as a training center to help rebuild the country's professional medical community. In 2001, the Medical Education Center (MEC) was established to train doctors, nurses, paramedics, and administrators, and to provide continuing medical education courses and learning outside the classroom. A [[Memorandum of Agreement]] with the Ministry of Health sees every graduating nurse in the country participate in postgraduate training that provides many young nurses their first experience with direct patient care. The MEC's teaching and learning activities have been cited in the National Strategic Health Plan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NATIONAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE 2009-2013 |url=http://www.gafspfund.org/sites/gafspfund.org/files/Documents/Cambodia_6_of_16_STRATEGY_National_Strategic_%20Development_Plan.NSDP__0.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123171425/https://www.gafspfund.org/sites/gafspfund.org/files/Documents/Cambodia_6_of_16_STRATEGY_National_Strategic_%20Development_Plan.NSDP__0.pdf |archive-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref>


==== Family Education and Nutrition ====
==== Family Education and Nutrition ====


AHC provides general health education for parents focused on [[Preventive medicine|prevention]] and treatment of [[diseases]] most commonly affecting Cambodian children – [[respiratory illness]], [[diarrhea]], [[malaria]], [[dengue fever]], and [[Hiv|HIV]], and well as emerging diseases such as the [[H1N1 virus]]. A variety of pamphlets are made available to visitors, and the AHC conducts nurse-led<ref name="google3"/> group teaching sessions. Additionally, AHC provides significant resources to the [[Health assessment|assessment]], [[diagnosis]], [[Therapy|treatment]], and [[Preventive medicine|prevention]] of childhood malnutrition. AHC’s nutrition program, funded by [[Abbott Laboratories]] and [[Direct Relief International]], provides nutrition education and support to Cambodian families.
AHC provides general health education for parents focused on [[Preventive medicine|prevention]] and treatment of [[diseases]] most commonly affecting Cambodian children – [[respiratory illness]], [[diarrhea]], [[malaria]], [[dengue fever]], and [[HIV]], and well as emerging diseases such as the [[H1N1 virus]]. A variety of pamphlets are made available to visitors, and the AHC conducts nurse-led<ref name="google3" /> group teaching sessions. Additionally, AHC provides significant resources to the [[Health assessment|assessment]], [[diagnosis]], [[Therapy|treatment]], and [[Preventive medicine|prevention]] of childhood malnutrition. AHC's nutrition program, funded by [[Abbott Laboratories]] and [[Direct Relief]], provides nutrition education and support to Cambodian families.


==== Capacity Building and Health Education Program ====
==== Capacity Building and Health Education Program ====


The Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP) works to improve the health, [[hygiene]], and [[nutrition]] of local communities. Faced with a staggering number of children who fall ill and die from preventable ailments exacerbated by rampant [[malnutrition]], CBHEP was established in 2002 as a [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/cambodian-childrens-hospi_b_386500.html comprehensive program] to address prevalent health issues in the community.
The Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP) works to improve the health, [[hygiene]], and [[nutrition]] of local communities. Faced with a staggering number of children who fall ill and die from preventable ailments exacerbated by rampant [[malnutrition]], CBHEP was established in 2002 as a comprehensive program<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luce |first=Jim |date=2009-12-09 |title=Cambodian Children's Hospital Benefits In New York and Los Angeles |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cambodian-childrens-hospi_b_386500 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> to address prevalent health issues in the community.


CBHEP staff travel to many communities and villages to work directly with residents to teach about improving overall health through everyday practices and preventive measures. In addition, CBHEP staff identifies and refers children who might require additional care to AHC or the Satellite. CBHEP staff also work with local health centers to strengthen their capacity and improve the quality of community health services.<ref name="phnompenhpost5">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/town-school-kids-help-their-poorer-village-counterparts|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=Town school kids help their poorer village counterparts, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
CBHEP staff travel to many communities and villages to work directly with residents to teach about improving overall health through everyday practices and preventive measures. In addition, CBHEP staff identifies and refers children who might require additional care to AHC or the Satellite. CBHEP staff also work with local health centers.<ref name="phnompenhpost5">{{Cite web |title=Town school kids help their poorer village counterparts, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/town-school-kids-help-their-poorer-village-counterparts |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=The Phnom Penh Post}}</ref>


==== AHC Satellite ====
==== AHC Satellite ====


Because of the lack of high-quality pediatric services in rural regions, many families of the Sotnikum district were traveling great distances to seek treatment at Angkor Hospital for Children, often leading to delayed medical attention and complications in a patient’s condition.
Because of the lack of high-quality pediatric services in rural regions, many families of the Sotnikum district were traveling great distances to seek treatment at Angkor Hospital for Children, often leading to delayed medical attention and complications in a patient's condition.


As a result, in February 2010, Friends Without A Border opened a Satellite hospital<ref name="asiangeographic"/> as an experiment in public/private sector partnership. Constructed with private funding, the Satellite is on the grounds of Sotnikum Referral Hospital (SRH), a government hospital located 35&nbsp;km from Siem Reap, or about one hour by paved road.<ref name="proving">{{cite web|url=http://www.proving.it/project/angkor-hospital-for-children-satellite-clinic-sotnikum/acr563263C0B2A6D6DFC|publisher=proving.it|title=Angkor Hospital for Children - Satellite Clinic Sotnikum - Proving It|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
As a result, in February 2010, Friends Without A Border opened a Satellite hospital<ref name="asiangeographic" /> as an experiment in public/private sector partnership. Constructed with private funding, the Satellite is on the grounds of Sotnikum Referral Hospital (SRH), a government hospital located 35&nbsp;km from Siem Reap, or about one hour by paved road.<ref name="proving">{{Cite web |title=Angkor Hospital for Children - Satellite Clinic Sotnikum - Proving It |url=http://www.proving.it/project/angkor-hospital-for-children-satellite-clinic-sotnikum/acr563263C0B2A6D6DFC |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=proving.it}}</ref>
SRH and the Satellite function as the referral hospital for 23 health centers in the [[Sout Nikom District|Sotnikum District]] of Siem Reap Province; some health centers are located as far as 80&nbsp;km from Sotnikum itself, over difficult roads that sometimes render the hospital inaccessible during the rainy season. In addition, the Satellite and SRH staffs collaborate on best practices as well as work with admissions personnel to ensure that all eligible families are enrolled in the [http://www.foodsecurity.gov.kh/sites/default/files/upload/documents/Abstract-Health-Equity-Fund-in-Cambodia-Eng.pdf Health Equity Fund], Cambodia’s answer to healthcare financial aid for the very poor.
SRH and the Satellite function as the referral hospital for 23 health centers in the [[Sout Nikom District|Sotnikum District]] of Siem Reap Province; some health centers are located as far as 80&nbsp;km from Sotnikum itself, over difficult roads that sometimes render the hospital inaccessible during the rainy season. In addition, the Satellite and SRH staffs collaborate on best practices as well as work with admissions personnel to ensure that all eligible families are enrolled in the Health Equity Fund,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Health Equity Fund in Cambodia |url=http://www.foodsecurity.gov.kh/sites/default/files/upload/documents/Abstract-Health-Equity-Fund-in-Cambodia-Eng.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526193159/http://www.foodsecurity.gov.kh/sites/default/files/upload/documents/Abstract-Health-Equity-Fund-in-Cambodia-Eng.pdf |archive-date=2015-05-26 |access-date=2015-05-26}}</ref> Cambodia's answer to healthcare financial aid for the very poor.


The Satellite features 3 main departments—Outpatient, Inpatient, and Emergency Room—as well as active coordination with the health centers at the village/community level through the well-integrated Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP).
The Satellite features 3 main departments—Outpatient, Inpatient, and Emergency Room—as well as active coordination with the health centers at the village/community level through the well-integrated Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP).
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=== The Lake Clinic ===
=== The Lake Clinic ===


Friends Without A Border also supports [http://www.lakeclinic.org/ The Lake Clinic] (TLC), a project dedicated to delivering basic health care, as well as [[disease surveillance]] and proper [[Referral (medicine)|medical referrals]], to a severely isolated and under served region of Cambodia<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=24811837 | volume=14 | title=The Lake Clinic - providing primary care to isolated floating villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia | year=2014 | journal=Rural Remote Health | pages=2612 | last1 = Merali | first1 = HS | last2 = Morgan | first2 = JF | last3 = Uk | first3 = S | last4 = Phlan | first4 = S | last5 = Wang | first5 = LT | last6 = Korng | first6 = S}}</ref>—the floating villages of the [[Tonlé Sap]] Lake.
Friends Without A Border also supports The Lake Clinic (TLC), a project dedicated to delivering basic health care, as well as [[disease surveillance]] and proper [[Referral (medicine)|medical referrals]], to a severely isolated and under served region of Cambodia<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Merali |first=HS |last2=Morgan |first2=JF |last3=Uk |first3=S |last4=Phlan |first4=S |last5=Wang |first5=LT |last6=Korng |first6=S |year=2014 |title=The Lake Clinic - providing primary care to isolated floating villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia |journal=Rural Remote Health |volume=14 |pages=2612 |pmid=24811837}}</ref>—the floating villages of the [[Tonlé Sap]] Lake.


The Lake Clinic was launched<ref name="phnompenhpost6">{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/lake-clinic-launches-improved-medical-boat|publisher=phnompenhpost.com|title=The Lake Clinic launches improved medical boat, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> in 2007 by the founding Executive Director of Angkor Hospital for Children, Jon Morgan, R.N. TLC provides health care to families living on Southeast Asia’s largest lake who do not otherwise have the means to travel to a local healthcare clinic.<ref name="equalityandopportunity">{{cite web|url=http://www.equalityandopportunity.org/as_the-lake-clinic-project|publisher=equalityandopportunity.org|title=www.equalityandopportunity.org/as_the-lake-clinic-project|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> For the Tonlé Sap residents, medical care can be more than 100&nbsp;km away and travel is possible only by boat. In its five years of operation, TLC has expanded to provide services to 13 villages encompassing 30,000 individuals. TLC’s boat-based clinics represent the only sustained attempt at delivering care, treatment, and prevention to thousands of families.<ref name="rrh">{{cite web|url=http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2612|publisher=rrh.org.au|title=Rural and Remote Health Journal - View Article|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
The Lake Clinic was launched<ref name="phnompenhpost6">{{Cite web |title=The Lake Clinic launches improved medical boat, Siem Reap Insider, Phnom Penh Post |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/lake-clinic-launches-improved-medical-boat |access-date=2017-01-27 |work=The Phnom Penh Post}}</ref> in 2007 by the founding Executive Director of Angkor Hospital for Children, Jon Morgan, R.N. TLC provides health care to families living on Southeast Asia's largest lake who do not otherwise have the means to travel to a local healthcare clinic.<ref name="equalityandopportunity">{{Cite web |title=The Lake Clinic |url=http://www.equalityandopportunity.org/as_the-lake-clinic-project |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716020242/http://www.equalityandopportunity.org/as_the-lake-clinic-project |archive-date=2013-07-16 |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=equalityandopportunity.org}}</ref> For the Tonlé Sap residents, medical care can be more than 100&nbsp;km away and travel is possible only by boat. In its five years of operation, TLC has expanded to provide services to 13 villages encompassing 30,000 individuals. TLC's boat-based clinics represent the only sustained attempt at delivering care, treatment, and prevention to thousands of families.<ref name="rrh">{{Cite journal |last=Merali |first=Hasan |last2=Morgan |first2=Jon |last3=Uk |first3=Savann |last4=Phlan |first4=Sreymom |last5=Wang |first5=Linda |last6=Korng |first6=Sambun |date=2014-05-08 |title=The Lake Clinic - providing primary care to isolated floating villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia |url=https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/2612 |journal=Rural and Remote Health |publisher=rrh.org.au |doi=10.22605/RRH2612 |issn=1445-6354 |doi-access=free |accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>


==Awards==
== Awards ==


In 2007, [[Kenro Izu]], founder of Friends Without A Border, was awarded the Pacesetter Award from [[New York Hospital]] Queens, the highest award presented by the medical center.<ref name="nyhq">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyhq.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH002157|publisher=nyhq.org|title=NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens - INSIGHT, with Our President's Message June/July 2014|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> Kenro was honored at NYHQ's "A Spring Night Gala" for his leadership and humanitarian efforts to heal, nurture, and protect innocent life in Cambodia. Also in 2007, Kenro was the recipient of the Honorary Visionary Award by the [[Lucie Awards]].<ref name="lucies">{{cite web|url=http://www.lucies.org/2007-lucie-awards|publisher=lucies.org|title=The Lucie Awards &#124; 2007 Lucie Awards|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
In 2007, [[Kenro Izu]], founder of Friends Without A Border, was awarded the Pacesetter Award from [[New York Hospital]] Queens, the highest award presented by the medical center.<ref name="nyhq">{{Cite web |title=NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens - INSIGHT, with Our President's Message June/July 2014 |url=http://www.nyhq.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH002157 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614054551/http://www.nyhq.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH002157 |archive-date=2015-06-14 |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=nyhq.org}}</ref> Kenro was honored at NYHQ's "A Spring Night Gala" for his leadership and humanitarian efforts to heal, nurture, and protect innocent life in Cambodia. Also in 2007, Kenro was the recipient of the Honorary Visionary Award by the [[Lucie Awards]].<ref name="lucies">{{Cite web |title=The Lucie Awards &#124; 2007 Lucie Awards |url=http://www.lucies.org/2007-lucie-awards |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=lucies.org}}</ref>


In 2014, Kenro was named the [[World of Children Award]] Health Honoree. The [[World of Children Award]], which has been called the "[[Nobel Prize]] for Child Advocates," is the only global recognition honoring individuals for serving vulnerable children worldwide. Kenro and Friends Without A Border were recognized at the [[World of Children Award]] Ceremony in November 2014.<ref name="onenewspage">{{cite web|url=http://www.onenewspage.com/n/Press+Releases/750mohw34/World-of-Children®-Award-Announces-2014-Honorees.htm|publisher=onenewspage.com|title=News Archive &#124; One News Page|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
In 2014, Kenro was named the [[World of Children Award]] Health Honoree. The World of Children Award, which has been called the "[[Nobel Prize]] for Child Advocates," is the only global recognition honoring individuals for serving vulnerable children worldwide. Kenro and Friends Without A Border were recognized at the World of Children Award Ceremony in November 2014.<ref name="onenewspage">{{Cite web |title=News Archive &#124; One News Page |url=http://www.onenewspage.com/n/Press+Releases/750mohw34/World-of-Children®-Award-Announces-2014-Honorees.htm |access-date=2017-01-27 |publisher=onenewspage.com}}</ref>


In 2015, Friends Without A Border presented its highest honor, the Healing Asia Award, to [[Pencils of Promise]] for their work in Luang Prabang, Laos. CEO of Pencils of Promise, Michael Dougherty, accepted the speech on the organization's behalf. Also presented at the Annual Gala is the Best Friend of Friends Award, commemorating those who have dedicated their time, talent, and spirit to Friends over the course of many years.
In 2015, Friends Without A Border presented its highest honor, the Healing Asia Award, to [[Pencils of Promise]] for their work in Luang Prabang, Laos. CEO of Pencils of Promise, Michael Dougherty, accepted the speech on the organization's behalf. Also presented at the Annual Gala is the Best Friend of Friends Award, commemorating those who have dedicated their time, talent, and spirit to Friends over the course of many years.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}


==References==
== References ==
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Friends Without A Border Logo

Friends Without A Border (Friends) is a nonprofit,[1] nongovernmental organization that funds medical treatment and healthcare programs serving disadvantaged children and their families in Southeast Asia.[2] Founded in 1996 by photographer Kenro Izu, Friends provides direct financial and program support[3] to Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Luang Prabang, Laos, and The Lake Clinic in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The international headquarters[4] are located in New York, US, with one sister organization in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

History

[edit]

The organization was founded by noted fine art photographer Kenro Izu in 1996. Izu's visit to Cambodia to photograph the temples of Angkor inspired the pediatric hospital that would become Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC). During his first visit to Cambodia in 1993 and throughout subsequent trips, he was forever changed by his encounters with ill, malnourished, and disfigured children in desperate need of medical care.[6] Izu made a commitment to build a pediatric hospital in Siem Reap and established Friends Without A Border for that purpose.

In 1996, the land for AHC was granted by the Governor of Siem Reap Province, Mr. Tong Chai. One year later, Friends Without A Border and the Cambodian Ministry of Health signed a 10-year agreement for AHC and broke ground on the hospital's future site. AHC opened its doors on February 22, 1999.[7] In 2000, the Emergency Room and Dental Department[8] opened, and that same year marked the start of the Orphanage Medical Assistance and Kardiac Kids programs. A year later, the HIV/Homecare program, Acute Care Unit, and Safety and First-Aid Training program for non-medical persons in Siem Reap began.[3]

In 2002, Friends launched the Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP), a health promotion program that trains volunteer healthcare workers to improve health and hygiene at the village level. Also in 2002, the Eye Care Service Department and the Low Acuity Unit opened at AHC.

In 2005, the Oral Rehydration Therapy Corner opened. In 2006, the Acute Care Unit was upgraded to an Intensive Care Unit and the Physiotherapy Program was launched. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton toured AHC in December 2006.[9]

The AHC Satellite opened at Sotnikum District Hospital in February 2010 to replicate the successful model of "treatment + education + prevention" in partnership with the provincial health department.

In January 2013, Friends and AHC celebrated the transition of management[10] and operations to the dedicated hospital staff. The independence of AHC accomplished one of the original goals that was set in the beginning of a self-sustained hospital. Friends continues to be a presence at AHC and helps with their fundraising efforts.

Also in 2013, Friends embarked on a new project to build a hospital in the Luang Prabang Province of Laos. In partnership with the Luang Prabang Health Department and Provincial Hospital (LPPH), Friends began construction in the Fall of 2013 on Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) on the grounds of LPPH.

February 11, 2015 marked the Grand Opening of Lao Friends Hospital for Children. LFHC is the first full-service pediatric hospital in northern Laos, and currently includes an outpatient department, an emergency room, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), operating theater, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, lecture room, library to teach pediatric medicine to the future leaders of the hospital, kitchen and laundry for families visiting the hospital, and a vegetable garden to teach families how to prepare nutritious meals.

Corporate Governance

[edit]

Friends Without A Border operates a modest office in New York City. Volunteers assist with many features of the organization's work. Members of the board of directors, including founder Kenro Izu, serve without compensation and pay their own way to visit operations overseas. Board members and chapter members play crucial roles in raising funds for Friends; including regional gatherings that draw Cambodian-Americans and Laotian-Americans to the organization, and through two signature events that take place each year in New York City. The Photography Auction[11] has raised more than $2 million since its debut in the late 1990s. The Annual Gala,[12] held at the time of the Khmer and Lao New Year each April, is a key event to fundraise for the organization's programs in Southeast Asia.

Programs

[edit]

Lao Friends Hospital for Children

[edit]

Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) is the newest project of Friends. Construction on LFHC began in November 2013,[13] and the hospital officially opened the Outpatient Department on February 12, 2015.

In early 2014, Friends Without A Border conducted a baseline medical survey (BMS) in the Luang Prabang Province in 2014. Dr. Jeffrey Measelle, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, who has been published extensively in the area of early childhood development, led the project as a pro-bono consultant. The overall goal of the BMS is to collect health data in order to establish baseline child health metrics in advance of patient care at LFHC. Over time, repeated assessments will enable LFHC to evaluate changes in the health status of children in Luang Prabang and measure LFHC's impact.

Also in 2014, medical and English language training courses for LFHC staff began.

Friends Visitor Center

[edit]

The Friends Visitor Center opened in September 2014 in downtown Luang Prabang, Lao PDR as a way to spread awareness of LFHC and educate tourists and the general public on the health care situation in Laos. The first floor is dedicated to information on Friends' programs while the second floor houses photography, art, and textiles related to Lao culture.

Angkor Hospital for Children

[edit]

Angkor Hospital for Children[14](AHC) is located in Siem Reap, Cambodia, home of the famous Angkor monuments, relics of the Khmer Empire which lasted from the ninth to fifteenth centuries. AHC opened in 1999 to provide healthcare services to children in Cambodia. AHC's mission is to provide high-quality healthcare to children while simultaneously educating Cambodian healthcare professionals and improving preventive health practices. AHC partners with the Cambodian Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, among others, to provide Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI).[14] Since opening, more than one million children have received treatment at AHC. The hospital offers outpatient,[15] inpatient, emergency, surgical, dental, and ophthalmological care to more than 400 patients each day.[16]

Medical Education Center

[edit]

In addition to providing high-quality healthcare to the children of Cambodia, one of the main objectives of Angkor Hospital for Children is to utilize the hospital as a training center to help rebuild the country's professional medical community. In 2001, the Medical Education Center (MEC) was established to train doctors, nurses, paramedics, and administrators, and to provide continuing medical education courses and learning outside the classroom. A Memorandum of Agreement with the Ministry of Health sees every graduating nurse in the country participate in postgraduate training that provides many young nurses their first experience with direct patient care. The MEC's teaching and learning activities have been cited in the National Strategic Health Plan.[17]

Family Education and Nutrition

[edit]

AHC provides general health education for parents focused on prevention and treatment of diseases most commonly affecting Cambodian children – respiratory illness, diarrhea, malaria, dengue fever, and HIV, and well as emerging diseases such as the H1N1 virus. A variety of pamphlets are made available to visitors, and the AHC conducts nurse-led[16] group teaching sessions. Additionally, AHC provides significant resources to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of childhood malnutrition. AHC's nutrition program, funded by Abbott Laboratories and Direct Relief, provides nutrition education and support to Cambodian families.

Capacity Building and Health Education Program

[edit]

The Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP) works to improve the health, hygiene, and nutrition of local communities. Faced with a staggering number of children who fall ill and die from preventable ailments exacerbated by rampant malnutrition, CBHEP was established in 2002 as a comprehensive program[18] to address prevalent health issues in the community.

CBHEP staff travel to many communities and villages to work directly with residents to teach about improving overall health through everyday practices and preventive measures. In addition, CBHEP staff identifies and refers children who might require additional care to AHC or the Satellite. CBHEP staff also work with local health centers.[19]

AHC Satellite

[edit]

Because of the lack of high-quality pediatric services in rural regions, many families of the Sotnikum district were traveling great distances to seek treatment at Angkor Hospital for Children, often leading to delayed medical attention and complications in a patient's condition.

As a result, in February 2010, Friends Without A Border opened a Satellite hospital[14] as an experiment in public/private sector partnership. Constructed with private funding, the Satellite is on the grounds of Sotnikum Referral Hospital (SRH), a government hospital located 35 km from Siem Reap, or about one hour by paved road.[20] SRH and the Satellite function as the referral hospital for 23 health centers in the Sotnikum District of Siem Reap Province; some health centers are located as far as 80 km from Sotnikum itself, over difficult roads that sometimes render the hospital inaccessible during the rainy season. In addition, the Satellite and SRH staffs collaborate on best practices as well as work with admissions personnel to ensure that all eligible families are enrolled in the Health Equity Fund,[21] Cambodia's answer to healthcare financial aid for the very poor.

The Satellite features 3 main departments—Outpatient, Inpatient, and Emergency Room—as well as active coordination with the health centers at the village/community level through the well-integrated Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP).

The Lake Clinic

[edit]

Friends Without A Border also supports The Lake Clinic (TLC), a project dedicated to delivering basic health care, as well as disease surveillance and proper medical referrals, to a severely isolated and under served region of Cambodia[22]—the floating villages of the Tonlé Sap Lake.

The Lake Clinic was launched[23] in 2007 by the founding Executive Director of Angkor Hospital for Children, Jon Morgan, R.N. TLC provides health care to families living on Southeast Asia's largest lake who do not otherwise have the means to travel to a local healthcare clinic.[24] For the Tonlé Sap residents, medical care can be more than 100 km away and travel is possible only by boat. In its five years of operation, TLC has expanded to provide services to 13 villages encompassing 30,000 individuals. TLC's boat-based clinics represent the only sustained attempt at delivering care, treatment, and prevention to thousands of families.[25]

Awards

[edit]

In 2007, Kenro Izu, founder of Friends Without A Border, was awarded the Pacesetter Award from New York Hospital Queens, the highest award presented by the medical center.[26] Kenro was honored at NYHQ's "A Spring Night Gala" for his leadership and humanitarian efforts to heal, nurture, and protect innocent life in Cambodia. Also in 2007, Kenro was the recipient of the Honorary Visionary Award by the Lucie Awards.[27]

In 2014, Kenro was named the World of Children Award Health Honoree. The World of Children Award, which has been called the "Nobel Prize for Child Advocates," is the only global recognition honoring individuals for serving vulnerable children worldwide. Kenro and Friends Without A Border were recognized at the World of Children Award Ceremony in November 2014.[28]

In 2015, Friends Without A Border presented its highest honor, the Healing Asia Award, to Pencils of Promise for their work in Luang Prabang, Laos. CEO of Pencils of Promise, Michael Dougherty, accepted the speech on the organization's behalf. Also presented at the Annual Gala is the Best Friend of Friends Award, commemorating those who have dedicated their time, talent, and spirit to Friends over the course of many years.[citation needed]

References

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