(September 2025) It is a life-story of an exceptional and passionate couple from Japan, Akiko and Koji SASAKI who founded SIDE-by-SIDE International, dedicated to help Cambodians.
For nearly two decades, Side-by-Side International, by the duo Akiko and Koji Sasaki, has been a quiet but powerful force of good in Cambodia. Thanks to their unwavering compassion and dedication, they have donated ambulances to hospitals, trained hundreds of medical students in CPR and emergency care, and equipped healthcare providers with vital neonatal resuscitation skills— saving countless new-born lives. Akiko has never hesitated to stand by Cambodia’s most vulnerable.
Today, with deep gratitude and pride, we stand beside SIDE-BY-SIDE — thankful for the lives she and Koji continue to safeguard with such courage and compassion.
