Kantha Bopha has 5 children hospitals in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap ( Jayavarman VII ) founded by Dr. Richner and funded mostly by individuals of Switzerland. These hospitals gives free of charge treatment to over 500,000 children per year. Dr. Richner organizes information evenings with a live concert twice a week at the Jayavarman hospital in Siem Reap ( Beatocello ). Dr. Richner came to Cambodia first time during the civil war in 1974 sent by the Swiss Red Cross but had to leave the country when it got too dangerous with the Khmer Rouge. When he came back for a visit in 1991 and saw the conditions he decided to stay, reopened the existing Kantha Bopha I hospital in 1992 and built another 4 hospitals where over 10 mil children got free treatment ever since, with help of donators in Switzerland and Cambodia. He got honored in Cambodia and Switzerland and is one of the most respected people here and in his home country where everyone knows about his work.
Yearly donations are made to the hospital by Oxley Worldbridge (Cambodia) Co., Ltd
