RHEIN-VALLEY HOSPITAL NEWS: Stephan and Dutch friend visit the Hospital

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.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Stephan and Dutch friend visit the Hospital

sh. Stephan Hoderegger, the founder of the Rhein-Valley Hospital and his Dutch friend Hennie arrived in Kenya yesterday. Only 10 people left the plane in Nairobi. At the airport as well as on our route to Nakuru, not many people were on the streets. The population still lives in fear and from 7 pm to 7 in the morning there is a curfew. Stephan and Hennie visited the poor today and realised how severe the situation is. The world only saw the brutal pictures of the fights but does not see the calamity behind the scenes. So many people - women, children and men - are on the run. Die big organisations are

completely overstrained. Ruth Schäfer of the Rhein-Valley Hospital gave food to 3000 people in one day alone and took 100 childern in her shelter. She also plays with the children, teaches them in mathematics and still tries to remain happy! The pictures were all taken today.