We are a medical organization working in remote Cambodia where the most difficult hurdles to child survival remain. We work towards every child having the opportunity to reach his or her potential. Strengthening the social contract between society and the public healthcare system is central to what we do.
Chenla Children’s Healthcare serves children affected by poverty and disease in one of the poorest regions of Cambodia where quality care was not previously available. We do this as an integrated part of the government hospital so that a) what we do is sustainable b) we leverage every amount of funding support possible from the government system and from there make the system work well c) we don’t recreate the wheel and d) every donor dollar is used highly efficiently. What we most importantly add to the equation is passion for the mission. Our unofficial motto remains “the patient is the boss” and indeed we get many difficult bosses who we strive to serve with life saving compassionate care every month, every week, every day.Read More.
Access to quality and affordable medical care where it is needed most.
To this day, 1 in 24 children in eastern Cambodia dies before his or her 5th birthday most often from preventable or treatable causes. This rate is far higher than other parts of Cambodia (Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2014). They die because of extreme poverty combined with the lack of a quality medical system. They don’t have to die.
Every dollar raised for Chenla Children’s Healthcare is spent on the ground in Kratie Cambodia to provide life saving services. Targeted funding has been obtained for the minimal accounting costs occurring in the United States. Donor dollars are catalyzed by Chenla Children’s Healthcare participation in the government health care system thereby producing sustainable change with appropriate buy in by the Cambodian nascent system.
With your assistance, more lives can be saved.
From Harvard to Siem Reap to Kratie, Eastern Cambodia.
After 7 years of hard work and successfully handing over Angkor Hospital for Children to Cambodian leadership we, Drs Bill & Lori Housworth, decided to pack up and move our family from Siem Reap to Kratie in eastern Cambodia. We founded Chenla Children’s Healthcare and are taking our experience and applying it to a region where the greatest healthcare challenges remain.
The Chenla team is majority Cambodian with many years of experience in pediatric healthcare development. While we, Bill and Lori, carry 10 years work experience in Cambodia, American Board of Pediatrics certifications and public health training from Harvard, the entire team has the invaluable practical skills and knowledge needed to serve the children in eastern Cambodia exceedingly well.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/a-calling-in-cambodia/
Improve and strengthen the public sector's role.
We have a tremendous opportunity to save lives and to strengthen the public sector’s role in providing high quality pediatric health services in eastern Cambodia.
What Chenla is doing:
Chenla works alongside the local government and operates as a part of the provincial hospital rather than as a parallel structure, thus ensuring long term sustainability.
Securing enough funding to scale the program.
The key to the success of Chenla is the ability to scale the program to its appropriate size. This means hiring talented clinical and teaching staff, acquiring medicines and medical supplies, and providing outreach activities.
Overtime it is aimed for the program to become sustainable within
Cambodia itself with a growing portion of costs paid through the
government system and patient fees. Until that time a lot of work needs to be done.
We rely on partners for contributions and support. Will you help us fight child mortality in Eastern Cambodia?
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