Friends Without A Border 2016 Annual New York Gala: Celebrating 20 Years of Friends

April 16th, 2016

Sabai Designs Gallery is happy to have participated in the 2016 Friends Without A Border Annual New York Gala for the third consecutive year by providing Southeast Asian artifacts for auction at the event. The Friends Without A Border 20th Anniversary celebration was held on April 7 at The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers, in New York City.

Over 280 guests joined with Friends to celebrate this milestone, and nearly $200,000 was raised for children’s healthcare in Southeast Asia. Visit the Commemorative Journal  highlighting 20 years of Friends.

This year, Friends Without A Border welcomed celebrated cellist, humanitarian, and United Nations Messenger of Peace, Yo-Yo Ma as their Goodwill Ambassador.

Supporting Friends Without A Border

The mission of Friends Without A Border (FWAB) is to provide high quality health care to the children of Southeast Asia by creating community health education programs including the training of local healthcare professionals. FWAB was founded in 1996 by world renowned photographer Kenro Izu after he witnessed the suffering of Cambodia’s children during a trip to photograph the Angkor monuments. Since then, FWAB founded the Angkor Hospital for Children, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, which opened in 1999, and has treated more than 1.5 million children to date. Last year saw the doors open to their second hospital, the Laos Friends Hospital for Children in Luang Prabang, Laos. FWAB is the proud recipient of the Nobel Prize for Children’s Advocacy. You can visit there site and donate here: Friends Without A Border

Supporting Friends Without A Border Auction
Traditional Dancers and Music at 2016 FWAB Annual Gala
 
Friends Without A Border 20th Anniversary Gala NYC 2016
Artifacts for Auction  at Friends Without A Border 20th Anniversary Gala NYC 2016
Artifacts from sabai designs gallery at Friends Without A Border 20th Anniversary Gala NYC 2016
FWAB 2016 Annual Gala Celebrating 20 Years of Friends
The Founder of FWAB, Kenro Izu (wearing scarf and bow tie) with Honored Guests
View from Chelsea Piers at Friends Without A Border 20th Anniversary Gala NYC 2016