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.


Friday, March 28, 2008

Nakuru town: expensive and dangerous

rs. This morning I went to Nakuru to make some payments and was looking for mattresses, but I couldn't find any. Before the elections, normal foam mattresses cost 235 Kenya Schilling, now they are 3 x more. It's unbelievable how the prices rose, also in regard to food. People try to steel money wherever they can, especially those who are not town residents, but come from other villages and from the show-ground. You have to be very careful when walking in the town and you have to carefully close all zippers of your jacket. The situation in the street is getting very unsafe and quickly I went back to my car where my boy "body guards" took care of my car. As recompense they usually get milk and bread. After returning from town I quickly checked the hospital before returning home.

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