20th Anniversary Commemorative Journal

In Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Friends Without A Border

Commemorative Journal

Every child has the right to a healthy and loving life‌ Founded 20 years ago with this simple principle, Friends Without A Border has provided high-quality and compassionate medical care to over 1.6 million children in Southeast Asia; delivered community health education programs to hundreds of villages; and trained thousands of local healthcare professionals.

GOODWILL AMBASSADOR of 2016

Yo-Yo Ma BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ronald D. Ablow, MD David Chang Nerou Cheng, CPA Kenro Izu, Founder Stephen Joester Philippe Lajaunie Matthew Magenheim, Chair

Michael Malcolm Tina Patterson David J. Pritchard Jonathan Spector, MD MPH Michael Stern Timothy M. Weiner, MD Ayako Weissman YOUNG AMBASSADORS

Diana Cheung Todd Joseph

NEW YORK GALA | April 7, 2016 | The Lighthouse at 61 Chelsea Piers

Program

WELCOME

Annie Worden PERFORMANCE

Lao American Cultural Heritage FRIENDS VIDEO

Kenro Izu, Founder LIVE AUCTION

C. Hugh Hildesley, Sotheby’s HEALING ASIA AWARD

Pencils of Promise BEST FRIEND OF FRIENDS AWARDS

Dr. Setthy Ung Barry & Naomi Cohen CONCLUSION & THANKS

Annie Worden

HONORARY GUESTS

GALA COMMITTEE

H.E. Dr. Khiane Phansourivong Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations

Barry & Naomi Cohen Margo Davis Kenro & Yumiko Izu Stephen & Debra Joester Veronique Lee Michael & Carolyn Rossip Malcolm Susan Rafte Nirit Resnick Ayako Weissman Irene Wong

H.E. Mr. Bun Rong Chum Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United States

Special Thanks to:

DIAMOND BENEFACTORS

SPONSORS

The Big Wood Foundation

Sally Ann Bolhower Alisa Chazani Monica Denevan Kenro Izu Yumiko Izu Irene Khin Masatomo Kuriya Ronnie Layden Kenneth Parker Penn Hongthong Laotian Cooking Hamid Sardar-Afkhami

David Chang PLATINUM BENEFACTORS

Michael and Carolyn Rossip Malcolm David and Joan Pritchard Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation The Shemesh Joester Foundation The Weiner and Rafte Families GOLD BENEFACTORS

Ron and Judy Ablow Nerou Cheng Diana Cheung Barry and Naomi Cohen Joe Hall Jeff Lin Matthew Magenheim Ayako Weissman PATRON

Steven Holl

DĂŠcor by Megumi Togo Flower Arrangement by Isaac Fujiki Mobile Bidding by ibidmobile.net

Message from Yo-Yo Ma

Kenro Izu is not only a great artist, but a great humanitarian. I think what he has accomplished in these 20 years, what you all accomplished in these 20 years, is extraordinary. To think that there is a hospital in Angkor that has treated over 1.5 million children since 1999 is amazing.

The emphasis on care, compassion, and empathy is at the heart of Kenro’s artistry.

Not only is this work special in the fact that it is tied to making art to celebrate some of the most sacred places in the world, but this work is also helping the people who actually inspire his art - a great connection that only an artist like Kenro Izu could make.

He couldn’t do that without all of you, all of his friends who have made the effort to realize his dream and allow for other people’s dreams to be alive. The work continues, and we are already celebrating the building of yet another hospital, this time in Laos, where there is an unbelievable need.

The indefatigable energy of Kenro Izu, and his generous vision of sharing and using his art so that people can actually have better lives is such a worthy cause for you to support and for all of us to pay attention to. So dear friends, thank you, and thank you for your continued support.

Goodwill Ambassador of 2016

Kenro Izu, Druk #229, Bumthang, Bhutan, 2005

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Message from Kenro Izu

Looking back at the creation of Friends Without A Border 20 years ago, numerous touching memories pass before my eyes. I can still vividly remember my life-changing moment of a little girl passing away in front of my eyes, back in 1994 at the provincial hospital of Siem Reap, Cambodia.

What started as my dream to provide free and compassionate care to children of Cambodia has grown far beyond my original vision. It was with great pride that our first child, Angkor Hospital for Children took the first step as an independent hospital in 2013, led by the Cambodian doctors and nurses we had trained for many years.

And I am so delighted to see that they are now helping us nurture our second child, Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Luang Prabang.

As our effort expanded from Cambodia to Laos, so has our caring family of friends and supporters. We are grateful to see our family grow across borders and look forward to continuing our mission of treating every child as if our own.

I thank each of you for joining and accompanying us on this extraordinary journey.

Your continued trust and generosity will allow Friends Without A Border to save thousands of children for many more years to come.

I am truly honored to be a member of this wonderful family.

Kenro Izu Founder and Honorary President

Looking Forward

Over the past 20 years, Friends Without A Border (Friends) has worked tirelessly to strengthen pediatric healthcare systems in the Mekong Region. Angkor Hospital for Children has established itself as one of the leading hospitals in Cambodia, and we are currently focused on expanding our geographic reach through our support of The Lake Clinic and the opening of Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC).

Our first year of operations at LFHC has clearly demonstrated that, even twenty years later, there is still a significant need in the region for Friends’ offering of high-quality and compassionate care, medical education, and community outreach. The need for our services is as great today as it was during the earliest days in Siem Reap. Families are traveling up to eight hours to receive care at LFHC and children regularly arrive with advanced and previously undiagnosed serious medical conditions. Over the coming years, we plan to add more departments which will enable us to deepen the offerings of medical services at LFHC and allow us to treat more complicated cases. We will expand our community outreach programs and continue to implement partnerships with local medical schools that provide pediatric training for the next generation of Lao doctors, nurses and physician assistants.

The Mekong Region is in the midst of rapid political, economic and environmental transitions. Planned hydropower projects on the Mekong River will adversely impact its fisheries and contribute to decreased agriculture yields from surrounding land.

The marginalized populations that are most dependent on the Mekong River system will become increasingly more vulnerable. Twenty years of experience, targeted goals and an energetic, motivated team position Friends to be better prepared than ever to improve the lives of the children we serve.

Matthew Magenheim Chair of the Board

Congratulations Friends!

Working together for a safe and healthy Laos.

Healing Asia Award: Pencils of Promise

Friends Without A Border is honored to present the fifth annual Healing Asia Award to Pencils of Promise (PoP). The Healing Asia Award is Friends’ highest acknowledgement, meant to commemorate organizations and individuals with a demonstrated commitment and proven impact on the lives of children, families, and individuals across Southeast Asia. Pencils of Promise, founded in 2008, has a goal of increasing access to quality education for children in the developing world. PoP works with communities to build schools, train teachers and create education programs for children in Laos, as well as Ghana and Guatemala.

Pencils of Promise’s dedication to education has resulted in improved educational opportunities and learning structures in 73 communities in Laos. PoP’s first school was built in Luang Prabang in 2009 and since then, the organization has provided access to education to more than 9,500 children and delivered scholarships to nearly 1,500 students in Laos. Besides building schools, PoP has also implemented WASH, an internationally recognized program designed to provide access to and knowledge about Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. PoP delivers WASH programming and builds bathrooms and handwashing stations to ensure school is a safe and clean environment.

PoP also uses filters to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water and teaches students how to maintain healthy behaviors to keep them from missing school due to preventable illness.

Friends Without A Border recognizes the important link of health and education and is proud to present the Healing Asia Award to Pencils of Promise.

PAST RECIPIENTS: 2015 Channapha Khamvongsa, Legacies of War 2013 Helen Ibbitson Jessup, Friends of Khmer Culture, Inc 2012 Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian Living Arts 2011 Bernard Krisher, Cambodia Daily

Your creative genius, remarkable vision and focused compassion have changed the face of children’s health care in SE Asia.

Respectfully, Nina, Susan, Wieland and John

Best Friend of Friends Award

The Best Friends of Friends Award honors those individuals with tremendous commitment and dedication to our work. Over the course of many years, these individuals have donated their time, talent, and spirit to support Friends Without A Border.

Dr. Setthy Ung is a long-time medical volunteer from Australia with Khmer ancestry. Setthy first volunteered at Angkor Hospital for Children in 2002. He now repeatedly spends time at Lao Friends Hospital for Children as an Emergency Physician. Setthy’s dedication has been an invaluable asset for training the next generations of doctors and nurses in Cambodia and Laos.

Barry & Naomi Cohen have been supporting Friends Without A Border’s work for over 15 years. The Cohens are actively involved in a local support group, Friends of Friends Pennsylvania, which organizes various fundraising events in Philadelphia to benefit Angkor Hospital for Children. Barry also participates annually in the Chubb Charity Challenge Golf Tournament, which brings together the insurance industry to raise money for charities, including Friends Without A Border.

PAST RECIPIENTS: 2015 George and Dori-Ann Stubos, Gregory Wakabayashi 2014 Dr. Samrang and Bopha Kchao, Dahrek Keo, Fumiyo Okamori, Irene K. Wong (Saffron 59) 2013 Amy Farges, Tetsuo Kodaira (Restaurant Tokyo), Thana Nop Lee, Chazz Levi, Trudi Oothout 2010 John A. Bennette 2009 Dr. John and Nina Cassils (The Cassils Wettstein Asia Fund) 2008 Ed Bachrach (Build Cambodia) 2007 Howard Greenberg (Howard Greenberg Gallery) 2006 Minoru Minamida (Salon Vijin) 2005 Nancy Storrow

Congratulations Friends Without A Border for 20 years of great achievements.

We feel very fortunate to have been involved for many of those years.

Ron and Judy Ablow

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History 1993

1996

Kenro Izu first visits Cambodia to photograph Angkor temples and witnesses the suffering of Cambodia’s children on subsequent trips

Friends Without A Border founded

2002

2004

2005

Capacity Building and Health Education Program begins

Inauguration of Medical Education Center attended

by H.E. Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen

AHC is recognized as an official teaching hospital and its land guaranteed by a 50-year agreement with the Cambodian Ministry of Health

2013 AHC becomes an independent self-managed hospital

Land for Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) granted by Governor of Siem Reap

2014 Ground breaking ceremony of Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC)

Baseline Medical Survey in Luang Prabang Province begins Medical and English language training for LFHC staff begins Kenro Izu awarded World of Children Award

1998

1999

2001

Medical training begins

Angkor Hospital for Children opens

Friends Without A Border Japan founded

2006

2010

2011

Former USA President Bill Clinton visits AHC

AHC Satellite Clinic opens in the Sot Nikum District

AHC treats its 1 millionth patient

2015 February Lao Friends Hospital for Children opens

2016 December 10,000th patient treated

Friends Without A Border celebrates its 20th Anniversary

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Lao Friends Hospital for Children LAO FRIENDS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN

On February 11th, 2015, Friends Without A Border along with the community of Laos gathered to celebrate the Grand Opening of Lao Friends Hospital for Children.

LFHC is the first full-service pediatric hospital in northern Laos. The hospital building includes Outpatient and Inpatient Departments, Emergency Department, a Laboratory, Pharmacy, Diagnostic Imaging Department, Lecture Rooms, and a Library to teach pediatric medicine to the future leaders of the hospital.

Composed of 91% Lao staff, 9% international staff, and medical volunteers from across the world, the LFHC team most commonly treats illnesses such as infectious diseases, malnutrition, anemia, epilepsy, renal conditions (kidney disease), and injury.

75% of patients are under the age of 5 years old and often travel long distances from neighboring provinces to receive the compassionate care available at LFHC. LFHC’s impact extends far beyond the doors of the hospital. While more than 10,000 children were treated in the first year of opening, countless lives were saved through the model of “Treatment + Education + Prevention.” The Outreach team travels into rural or isolated villages in Luang Prabang Province, in order to provide community education and preventative care, covering everything from basic sanitation and hand washing, to children’s nutrition and recommended immunization. The community education and prevention programs will have a long-lasting impact on future generations in Laos and create a ripple effect of health and education.

KŶ ďĞŚĂůĨ ŽĨ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ Ăƚ ŶŐŬŽƌ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĨŽƌ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ǁĞ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ĞdžƉƌĞƐƐ ŽƵƌ ŚĞĂƌƚͲĨĞůƚ ŐƌĂƟƚƵĚĞ ƚŽ Friends Without A Border ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͖ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƚĞ LJŽƵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ϮϬƚŚ ŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌLJ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƵŶǁĂǀĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŐŬŽƌ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĨŽƌ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŚĂƐ ƚƌĞĂƚĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϭ͘ϲ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĂŵďŽĚŝĂŶ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚƐ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ͘ dŚĞ ŶŐŬŽƌ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĨŽƌ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŐƌĞǁ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ <ĞŶƌŽ /njƵ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ^ŝĞŵ ZĞĂƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬƐ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝŶŝƟĂů ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŽĚĂLJ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƟƌĞůĞƐƐůLJ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ĐŽŵƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ĐĂƌĞ ƚŽ ĂŵďŽĚŝĂ͛Ɛ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ &t ͕ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ ŐĂŝŶ͕ ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ϮϬƚŚ ŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌLJ͊ ^ŝŶĐĞƌĞůLJ

ƌ ůĂƵĚŝĂ dƵƌŶĞƌ CEO ŶŐŬŽƌ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĨŽƌ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ

Angkor Hospital for Children

Opened in 1999 with just an Outpatient Department, AHC has developed into an internationally recognized pediatric teaching hospital. As the Cambodian staff continues to elevate the standard of pediatric care in Cambodia, the Outpatient Department has gone from seeing 20,000 patients a year to 132,000 in 2015. AHC now provides Outpatient, Inpatient, Emergency/Intensive Care, Cardiac and other surgical services, Physiotherapy, Social Work, HIV, Dental, Eye, and Neonatal Care, in addition to ancillary services including an on-site laboratory and a wide variety of medical educational programs.

In 2005, AHC was officially recognized as one of Cambodiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first teaching pediatric hospital, and continues to be one of only a few such facilities today. In 2015 alone, AHC provided more than 186,000 medical treatments to children and educated more than 10,000 healthcare workers and others. Through the External Program Department, AHC helps to train government healthcare workers in 38 hospitals throughout Cambodia.

Given AHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s robust success, a number of the hospital policies and procedures have been adopted by the Cambodian Ministry of Health. AHC works together as a team at a hospital, community, and national level to provide a sustainable and replicable model of healthcare for Cambodia. AHC became independent in 2013. Friends is happy to continue supporting AHC in their commitment to childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health.

Kenro Izu has been both the inspiration and the catalyst for the creation of The Lake Clinic. Good ideas abound, but only through love and hard work can they be realized. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jon Morgan

Friends for many many years

The Lake Clinic

Founded in 2007 by former Executive Director of AHC, Jon Morgan, The Lake Clinic (TLC) provides medical care and health education to families living in remote and isolated areas on the Tonle Sap Lake and its tributaries in Cambodia. TLC is the only sustained hope of medical care for these families, as any other medical care centers are over 70 miles away by boat. TLC has continued to grow and now includes 5 floating clinics (in 5 of 9 villages) and a small “fleet” of boats providing transport and support for two clinical teams. Each team, consisting of an all Cambodian staff, makes rounds every single day, providing medicine and education, while creating strong bonds in the local community.

Not only does TLC provide basic medical care to these communities, but the team continues to find innovative approaches to improving the healthcare of Cambodia.

The boats often visit local schools to teach nutrition and health education to children, who participate in a “bottle garden” project to learn about growing and preparing nutritious food. TLC also promotes disease surveillance and proper medical referrals to ensure high-quality and compassionate care to any child or family in need.

In 2015, nearly 2,000 immunizations were administered, 1,200 school children received optometry exams, 7,000 families in the region were able to access life-saving medicine, and 5,000 pediatric patients treated. The impact of the dedication and spirit of TLC will ripple far beyond the tributaries of the Tonle Sap river. Friends is proud to support the unwavering effort of The Lake Clinic.

Barry and Naomi Cohen and Cohen Partners LLC are very excited and proud to celebrate the 20th Year of Friends Without A Border.

It is with great honor that we stand with Kenro and Yumiko and all of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friendsâ&#x20AC;? to continue to support this journey.

Voices of Friends Without A Border

Keo Sysaythong, LFHC Nurse “I wanted to join LFHC because I like to work with children and I wanted to see them receive good quality care from nurses. I like working with LFHC because everybody here works together: nurses, doctors, housekeepers, and other staff. We all do our responsibilities to help provide an international quality hospital here in Laos.”

Dr. Dorkeo Bouaphao, LFHC Doctor “LFHC is like my ‘dream hospital’ in Laos. When I was in Tanzania the hospital where I worked provided free services for children under 5, obstetrics, and patients with chronic diseases. I thought about how good it would be to have a service like this in Laos, to help poor people in this country, too. When I saw the FWAB website and read about LFHC, I wanted to come work here.”

Mrs. Manila Prak, AHC Board of Directors “I am very proud to be part of AHC and the FWAB family where I have developed myself to be useful for my own society and country. The more I have learned about nursing through my experience and academic training, the more I realized that Kenro’s principle of “Compassionate Care” is one of the most important concepts in my profession. I am so happy this beautiful concept has now expanded to Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Laos.”

Mr. Lam Lav, AHC Family Service Assistant “When I was around 12 years old, I was admitted to AHC’s Inpatient Department with meningitis. Despite being very ill, I dreamed of one day joining AHC in whatever capacity I could.

After graduating from high school, I was hired as a family service assistant at AHC. I consider myself lucky to help families during their treatment process at AHC.”

Voices of Friends Without A Border (continued)

Kazumi Akao, RN, LFHC Clinical Outreach Coordinator “What was originally scheduled to be a 2 months stay at AHC has now become a major part of my life. There have been many challenges since joining FWAB in 1999, but we have achieved an important goal handing AHC to local management, and we are now working towards our next target. FWAB has allowed me to love my work as a nurse more and more every day.”

Khamon Boakham, Chief of Ban Boakham, Phonxay District “After seeing a mother lost 7 children, we sincerely appreciate the support of LFHC to our village. We didn’t know what to do for the family even though we wanted to help them. I’m happy to see her daughter recover, and I hope we can work together to be healthier and happier. Thank you very much!”

Theresa Strong, LFHC Volunteer Pediatrician, Boston Children’s Hospital “I worked at LFHC from January-June of 2015 and enjoyed the experience so much that I came back in February-March of 2016.

I am so impressed by how far the hospital has come in a short time. LFHC is truly raising the standard of care in Lao PDR- both medically and in terms of compassion. I can’t wait to return as volunteer next year.”

Congratulations to Friends Without a Border on its 20th Anniversary.

Christopher & Yollanda Li

On behalf of the Laotian community in NY, NJ and CT, we would like to express our appreciation and share the joy with Friends Without A Border for its 20th Anniversary.

Congratulations Kenro Izu and Friends Without A Border for your exceptional work.

Congratulations to

Ronald Ablow

Kenro Izu and all those involved with

David Chang

Friends Without A Border

Nerou Cheng Stephen Joester

for 20 years of dedication

Philippe Lajaunie

in helping the children of

Matt Magenheim

Southeast Asia lead happy and healthy lives.

Michael Malcolm Tina Patterson David Pritchard Jonathan Spector Michael Stern Timothy Weiner Ayako Weissman

Friends of Khmer Culture salutes Kenro Izu and Friends Without A Border for their distinguished contribution to the health and well-being of the children of Cambodia.

We rejoice in many years of shared commitments to Cambodia and its people.

The Weiner and Rafte Families in honor of Frank Weiner, who served the children of his community as a pediatrician for over 40 years

Congratulations to Friends Without A Border on 20 years of impressive accomplishments.

CONGRATULATIONS To all those responsible for 20 years of compassionate health care to the children of Laos and Cambodia.

We support your continuing commitment.

Marjorie and Michael Stern

Friends Without A Border 1123 Broadway, Suite 1210 New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212.691.0909 Fax: 212.337.8052 Email: fwab@fwab.org Friends Without A Border Japan 1-7-5-203 Shimo Meguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064 Japan Tel: 81-(0)3.6421.7903 Fax: 81.(0)3.5722.2060 www.fwab.jp Lao Friends Hospital for Children Located on the grounds of the Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital P.O. Box 873, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR Tel and Fax: 856.(0)71.254.247 Email: LFHC@fwablaos.org

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