May 13th, 2010

UltraSONIX of Richmond ships a gift of life to the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap. This hospital provides comprehensive care to children on average of 400 arriving children and their families each day. Recognized as a teaching hospital, it serves as a training site for health professionals throughout Cambodia through its Medical Education Center. More importantly, please recognize the efforts of UltraSONIX having the foresight to give such an important lifesaving gift.

Many thanks to freight forwarders Mannix Freight Services and to Cathay Pacific for delivering the lifesaving machine to Cambodia. 

The Angkor Hospital for Children, founded by renowned Japanese photographer Kenro Izu in 1999, supported by Friends without a Border, provides comprehensive medical care to children in the Siem Reap area. On average, 400 children and their families arrive at the hospital each day.

Recognized by Cambodia’s Ministry of Health as an official teaching hospital, it serves as a training site for health professionals throughout Cambodia through its Medical Education Center. The Capacity Building and Health Education Program works to both strengthen the capacity and improves the quality of local health centers and works with community members to teach good public health practices. 
 
Charity Navigator, America’s leading independent charity evaluator, endorses Friends without a Border with four stars.

June 2008 Radio interview of John Cassils…on CFUN Radio on the Shannon Nelson morning buzz program:

Listen to it here.

Download the May 2010 News from Children of the Forest Foundation

Children of the Forest providing shelter, protection, education and health care for orphaned, abused, abandoned and at risk stateless children living along the Thai/Burmese border.

Monday January 25th, Taste the World, a wine tasting at the Four Seasons Hotel 7pm – 9:30pm. It was a CWAF sponsored event… net proceeds to benefit Angkor Hospital for Children.

Thank you for attending Taste the World. $45,000 raised to benefit the Angkor Hospital for Children, in Siem Reap, Cambodia allowing for:

• 3770 child visits to the Outpatient Department
• 100 admissions of the sickest children to the Inpatient Units and the ICU
• 149 visits to the ER
• 43 surgeries
• 4228 prescriptions being filled
• 1364 laboratory tests being performed
• 193 x-rays

Please know your donation has made a great impact on the lives of families and children in Cambodia. On behalf of the children and the staff of AHC kindly accept our deepest gratitude.

Sincerely,

Kim Gartland
Taste the World
Co-chair

Nina Cassils
CWAsia Fund and AHC Canada
Co-founder

David Shoemaker
Angkor Hospital for Children
Director of Medical Education

“As the recent apocalyptic Myanmar (Burma) hurricane unfolded before our eyes on hundreds of millions of screens, the world watched with impotence. The numbers of those killed in the swath were staggering: over 100,000 (the real number may never be known); over 1.5 million people homeless, without food, shelter, water or medicine. Living in our relative security, try to imagine what it must be like trying to survive such conditions even for a week!

Fortunately, we’ve joined up with Nina & John Cassils, and their very worthy and credible non-profit Myanmar Relief effort. John and Nina have been heroes on this side of the world, selflessly working 20 hour days raising awareness and funds, and making sure that all relief gets to the people in the worst affected areas. Nature’s Path is having the honour of contributing several pallet loads of energy bars that will make a difference between life and death for many families. I heartily urge all who can help with food, medicine, water purification equipment and funds, to support legitimate Myanmar Relief, where every day, every hour counts.”
Arran & Ratana Stephens

65_REDROSES will Premiere on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) on Monday, Nov.16 at 10pm ET/PT …

This week, CW Asia Fund received a very generous donation of Pharmasave Children’s chewable multi-vitamins, Gastrolyte oral rehydration salts and Nexcare first aid Steri-strip for closing small cuts. These products will be used by Dr. Frank Smithuis and staff in rural Yangon.

We are very grateful to Mr. Lap Wu for making these critical products available.

Thank you!

In October CW Asia Fund faced the sudden passing of a wonderful friend.

Dusan Svedic, October 19, 1944 – October 19, 2009. Our beloved Dusan died tragically with his two brothers in an auto accident on the 19th of October, 2009 in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a fund in memory of Dusan Svedic at the CW Asia Fund/TIDES Canada Foundation.

Dusan was the happiest traipsing through the jungles of SE Asia, In memory of Dusan, CW Asia Fund together with Alexander and Grania will continue to support his love for children’s education and healthcare in the countries he love to travel and explore.

CW Asia Fund public service announcement preceded the private thank you screening of 65_ RedRoses on Sunday October 25, 2009 at the VanCity Theatre.

VIFF 2009 Closing Gala Awards: 65_RedRoses scoops up three awards
By Craig Takeuchi

“It was 65_RedRoses’s big night. The documentary about a local cystic fibrosis patient was the big winner at the Vancouver International Film Festival’s closing gala awards presentation on October 16 at the Granville 7 Cinema.”

“The documentary by local filmmakers Philip Lyall and Nimisha Mukerji, about the struggles of Lyall’s friend Eva Markvoort while she was awaiting a lung transplant, scooped up three awards.”