The Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE (SHCH) was opened in December 1996. Since that time more that 1 million outpatient consultations have been delivered, completely free of charge. Many lives have been saved, and, in addition, many poor families have been spared the fate of abject poverty through the hospital's successful treatment of desperately ill bread winners. In addition to providing free, high quality health care to the poor, the hospital's mission includes furthering the education and clinical training of Khmer healthcare professionals. Since its inception SHCH has raised up Cambodian nationals to head all but two of the hospital's seventeen departments and has trained almost 2,000 professionals from other institutions. The hospital is continually strengthened by many visiting professors and clinicians from abroad.Through all of this, we are especially grateful to Dr. Haruhisa Handa (Toshu Fukami) for his steadfast commitment to the hospital from the very beginning. Each year Dr. Handa, through the Japanese membership organization World Mate, has been the principal partner to hospital. In addition he has made extraordinary gifts to fund the construction of buildings, most recently paying for the build-out and furnishing of the new HOPE worldwide Medical Center. In addition to being a generous partner, he consistently gives invaluable advice and counsel as one of three hospital board members. For more than a decade, and on many occasions each year, we are reminded of the faithful friend that Cambodia and the Sihanouk Hospital have in Dr. Handa.
The Man Who Put It All Together: Bernard Krisher
The Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE extends special recognition and thanks to Bernard Krisher. As founder of Japan Relief for Cambodia, Bernie was responsible for coordinating a host of donors, sponsors and governmental authorities as well as finding a management team to launch the work of the hospital.
Bernie has earned his nickname as a “one-man United Nations” through his lifelong dedication to philanthropy in Cambodia. In addition to leading Japan Relief for Cambodia, Bernie is also the publisher of the Cambodia Daily, the largest circulation English language newspaper in the country. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE. We are very grateful for his tireless support of the hospital and for his compassion for the people of Cambodia.
OUR PARTNERS
Founder and Board Member
Dr. Haruhisa Handa (Toshu Fukami) – World Mate
Major Supporters, Contributors, Partners
AmeriCares
ASHA Grant
Mr. Bernard Krisher – Japan Relief for Cambodia
Brown University & Miriam Hospital
Build Cambodia
The Capital Group Companies
Direct Relief International
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Health Volunteers Overseas
Heart to Heart International
HOPE worldwide - Japan
HOPE worldwide, Ltd.
Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp, Belgium)
Tokyo Church of Christ
USAID – ASHA Grant
Welch Allyn, Inc.