He was born in Japan, moved to Chelsea, Manhattan when he was 20 and is world renowned photographer.
20 years ago while visiting Angkor Wat on a photographic project his 12 year old daughter became ill, Kenro took her to a local hospital. There Kenro met the father of a similar aged girl who died because her family could not afford the $2 to pay for medicine. Kenro was struck by a lack of compassion, how could health professionals allow this girl to die because of poverty and he resolved to do something about it.
Kenro set up Angkor Hospital for Children which was designed to treat all children free of charge with compassion and dignity. Also to empower local health professionals to run the teaching hospital independently, in2013 this was achieved and Friends Without A Border handed over the Camodians.
Having achieved this vision for Angkor, Kenro decided the next challenge was to do it all again in Laos, and here we are at Lao Friends Hospital for Children. Kenro is a remarkable man, speaks from his heart and it's a privilege to work with him.
Oh and to go out for dinner with him and the rest of the Laos team.
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