Khmer Health Advocates was founded by Theauvy Kuoch, MA, in 1982 to care for the health needs of survivors and families of the Cambodian Holocoust. It provides care for people in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts and is the first torture victim treatment program in the United States.
Theanvy Kuoch, a Cambodian survivor, worked with three nurses who had worked in refugee camps in Thailand. The programs and services have received local, national and international recognition and financial support from The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, government agencies and individuals.