Why Support the Angkor Hospital for Children
- One in seven Cambodian children dies before age five – most often from preventable, treatable, and curable conditions.
- AHC provides free, comprehensive pediatric medical care. As of 2007 nearly 500,000 children have received treatment at AHC.
- AHC is an officially recognized teaching hospital training hundreds of Cambodian health workers each year, helping to rebuild Cambodia’s devastated health system.
- AHC provides outreach services, specialized care for children with HIV/AIDS, and extensive health education to children and families.
- Capacity Building and Health Education Program (CBHEP) works directly with communities teaching basic nutrition, agriculture, and illness prevention. CBHEP also helps provide clean water to rural communities through the Pure Water and Literacy for Cambodian Villages Project.
- Dedicated to sustainable and environmentally-friendly development, AHC purses green architecture and clean technologies wherever possible. AHC’s Visitor Center, scheduled to open in 2008, was designed through the generosity of Cook + fox, on of the world’s leading green architectural firms.
- AHC is planning a Satellite Program to bring the same comprehensive, quality, and loving pediatric care to government hospitals in rural areas throughout Cambodia.
QUOTES from Visitors to AHC
“There is hope that Cambodia can be a model for the rest of Asia and perhaps the world….” – WILLIAM J. CLINTON
“Cultivation of a child will spark a flame that lasts a lifetime” – QUINCY JONES
13/03/2007 6:54 PM
Email from AHC volunteer – from Vancouver, Canada
Sheila Anzarut wrote:
Hi Nina,
I should have written before but I have managed to keep busy and time has just flown by.
Being here has been the most amazing experience for both of us. André has seen children with neurological conditions and diseases which he teaches about, but are not seen in Vancouver. The doctors are all so friendly and everyone on the staff goes out of their way to welcome us. I have had lots to keep me occupied from preparing Power Point presentations for a doctor from the States who arrived earlier this week, to going out with André when he did the clinic at the floating village, to spending time taking photographs all over the hospital, as well as on home care visits and at a primary school (grade 1 learning dental hygiene).
Our hotel is a great oasis – we can walk home at lunch time to freshen up and, at the end of the day, being able to go for a swim is marvelous. They serve us afternoon tea while we sit by the pool and relax. It makes such a difference to have a quiet space after the busy bustle of the hospital.
I just wanted to touch bases with you and to thank you again for asking us to take the meds for David last year. The chain reaction from that has been absolutely the most special thing we have done in years.
We’re home on Sunday (can’t believe the time flew by so fast. All our best to you and John and I will speak to you when we get home.
Sheila
