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Japanese-born Kenro Izu studied at the Nihon University College of Arts in Tokyo, he moved to New York and in 1974 established the Kenro Izu Studio. Specializing in a platinum-palladium print method, today Kenro travels the world, photographing sacred architecture.

Kenro made frequent trips to Cambodia between 1993-1996 to photograph the Angkor temples, and was moved by the ill and malnourished children he encountered. In response, in 1996 Izu founded Friends Without a Border (FWAB), an organisation devoted to raising funds for childrenā€™s hospitals in Cambodia and Laos. Through FWAB, Izu established Angkor Hospital for Children, opening its doors in 1999.

Izuā€™s vision for AHC was realised in 2013, when AHC became a locally-run and independently operated organisation.

In 2015 with FWAB, Izu opened the Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) in Luang Prabang, Laos.