Blog by Ruth Schäfer from Kasambara, Nakuru (Kenya)
The Rhein - Valley Hospital in Nakuru-Kasambara opened in 2004 and is directed by Ruth Schäfer of Switzerland. The hospital relies solely on donations for buying food and medicine for the poor and suffering locals. Moreover, all funds are used directly for patient care. Every year thousands of people visit the hospital for medical help and nowadays also for food and shelter. Blog Editor: Kedar Misani.
You can send your donations to the Alpha Rheintal Bank, CH - 9442 Berneck, Switzerland; Clearing 6920, BIC RBABCH22926; IBAN: CH75 06920016 1856 71206, Verein Rhein-Valley Hospital, CH - 9450 Altstätten, Switzerland.
rs. A Christas Tree is not common in Kenya so our patients are always astound. And also astound and happy was this father: his child Jasmin was just born.
rs. As a symbol of oneness each worker could plant a tree today. Our Fundi helped Marie to dig the whole. When the trees are large, they will be of great help to protect the people. This little tree is called "Artemisia" and has some healing power. When the leaves are well dried and stored, you get a healthy tea with a lot of Artemisin.
rs. Today, our workers went to Thugunui to build a hutch for our new goat that Eddie got a couple of weeks ago. Our Fundi is a carpenter so he was happy to do it. Last year I bought a water-level but these people do not know how to use them. And the result are uneven levels...
rs. These three women came to me with this little girl, called Wambu. She played with a puppet that I gave her and then an arm was broken, so I tried to fix it. Luckily no bigger problems today...