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.


Thursday, February 21, 2008

Meeting with the Red Cross in Nakuru

sh. Today we me the head of the Red Cross in Nakuru and had a meeting for 1 1/2 hours discussing the situation around the Rhein Valley Hospital. They were surprised hearing all the figures of the hospital's aid programme and how much Ruth Schäfer already did for the people at this mountain region. They were full of gratitude for all the help and requested that we would speak with the refugees to convince them to be transfered to another camp in Naivasha. The people certainly will not be forced, but it would improve their situation. The Red Cross promised to support us, but should have some patience be- cause everybody seems to be over- burdened. The pho- to above shows an empty street in Nakuru where there is still a curfew from 7 pm to 7 am; the picture below is from today's meeting with the Red Cross offi- cials. All photos by Stephan Holderegger.


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