Even though I have not lived in Canada for many years I am still very proud to call myself a Canadian. With Canada Day coming up very soon I just wanted to say thank you to all the wonderful Canadians I have met over the last several years who have so generously gone out of their way to support Angkor Hospital for Children and the kids of Cambodia.
For many of you, it was volunteering your precious vacation time, for others it was bringing medicines, hygiene kits, toys and art supplies and for some it was holding dinner parties and presentations to raise awareness of the work of AHC in Siem Reap. To all of you we owe you a very special thank you. Your generous contributions of time and money go a long ways in Cambodia. We are so very appreciative of your participation and charity. You are truly making a difference.
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The Center for Friends Without A Border at Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) receives and educates the many visitors to the Angkor Hospital for Children campus. In addition to viewing rotating exhibits from celebrated photographers worldwide, visitors have a unique opportunity to learn more about the impact of Cambodia’s recent history and the dramatic progress being made today through the medical care, education and outreach programs provided by AHC.
Angkor Hospital for Children provides free pediatric care to more than 300 children each day; trains thousands of healthcare professionals each year; and strives to restore Cambodia’s healthcare infrastructure. Every child has the right to a happy and healthy life!
Our visit to the Muslim Free Hospital and Medical Relief Society was enlightening, to see the amount of renovations $55,000USD can buy in Yangon City. The city hospital was wrapping up the construction and renovation of a minor operating room, outpatient area, a maternity ward and a pharmacy. Funds are being extremely well spent. The hospital sent a team to the delta setting up three clinics to cover the Christians, the Muslims and the Karens, reducing the risks of unfair treatment, which were all too common in Thailand during the tsunami.
The slogan of this charitable hospital is “For the poor of all communities”
And that it truly is, serving the Buddhist, Muslims, Hindus and Christians of Yangon city. We were greeted at the entrance by hordes of patients lined up to collect their prescribed medications. The out patient department was calling patient number 346! And it was only 10:30am. Our group arrived laden with bags of medical supplies, donations in kind from Canada, making for difficult passage in an already very crowd space.
The donations we bring include sutures, anti-biotics, ambu-bags, multi-vitamins, skin oitments, surgical blades, steri-strips,
As of September 30th, the building for the satellite project at Sotnikum is 80% complete. Due to some cost savings, the building has been extended to 17 x 17 meters and has a covered waiting area in front. In addition, the water tank for the entire Sotnikum hospital has been refurbished and a donated water purification system will be installed in December which will benefit the entire facility.
Overall, the project is a little ahead of schedule. Currently, the supplies and equipment for the facility are being purchased and training for new staff will begin in the next few months ahead. A combination of expatriate and Khmer Physician staffing will ensure both enough quantity and quality of staffing to make the venture successful.
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February 22nd, 2009
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Helping Change the World for Children in Rural Cambodia
Children are the innocent victims of the most drastic consequences of poverty. In Cambodia, thousands of children die each year of preventable and treatable disease and it is not uncommon for a child to die of complications from respiratory infections, diarrhea, and diseases which are practically eradicated in the more developed countries.
In this impoverished and battered country, the mortality statistics are earthshaking:
- 15% of Cambodian children die before the age of 5
- 35% of Cambodian children are not immunized for polio, measles, or diphtheria
- 45% of Cambodian children under 5 are moderately to severely underweight
- 12,000 Cambodian children under the age of 15 live with HIV/AIDS
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By Nina and Dawn
The slogan of this charitable hospital is “For the poor of all communities” and that it truly is, serving the Buddhist, Muslims, Hindus and Christians of Yangon city. We were greeted at the entrance by hordes of patients lined up to collect their prescribed medications. The out patient department was calling patient number 346! And it was only 10:30am. Our group arrived laden with bags of medical supplies, donations in kind from Canada, making for difficult passage in an already very crowd space. The donations we bring each year include sutures, anti-biotics, ambu bags, multi-vitamins, skin ointments, surgical blades, steri-strips, dental instruments and book.
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Patient Total October 2008
| |
October 2008 |
Year to Date |
Total since 1999 |
| Outpatient |
12,860 |
92,733 |
601,469 |
| Inpatient |
214 |
2,339 |
24,876 |
| Intensive Care Unit |
58 |
622 |
3,894 |
| Low Acuity Unit |
85 |
856 |
7,741 |
| Emergency |
603 |
6,418 |
88,051 |
Dear Nina, John, Sue and Wieland,
I have sent you a thank you similar to the attached but just wanted to make sure you did receive it.
The truck is wonderful and has really made a difference to the lives of the children in our direct care and the children in our free school. I took a group of young children to the zoo near Kanchanaburi last week and they loved going in the truck. So much easier to keep the children safe and to manage large numbers.
The truck has even made a couple of late night emergency runs to the hospital in Kanchanaburi.
It is brilliant, Thank you,
Kind regards, Mark
Manager
Children of the Forest Project
Sangkhlaburi
Thailand.
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg nurse helps restore a shattered nation
By: Rick Friedlander
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — David Shoemaker, a nurse from Winnipeg, stumbled upon Siem Reap during a volunteer trip to Southeast Asia in January 2000 and decided to return to continue his efforts. He’s still there.
Siem Reap, site of the architectural wonder of the world, Angkor Wat, shows Cambodia’s tentative steps toward economic growth. When I first saw it in 2004, Siem Reap seemed to be another dusty town with a great attraction, slowly emerging in the global tourism market. When I revisited it a year ago, billboards were promoting new shopping malls and cellphones, and hotels were competing with aid groups for real estate.
It has helped that a decade has passed since Pol Pot died quietly in the jungles of northern Cambodia. Brother No. 1 and his radical form of agrarian communism, enforced by the dreaded Khmer Rouge, brought the country to its knees. No one is doing more than Shoemaker to get it back on its feet.
“What has kept me here for so long? Quite simply, it is the people, the doctors, nurses, housekeepers and the rest of the staff at AHC (Angkor Hospital for Children),” Shoemaker said. “I have never experienced a country where the people want so desperately to learn and improve.”
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