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, April 26, 2008

Mattresses will bring some help for the people

rs. This morning we went to Nakuru to get the ordered 200 mattresses. They were already waiting for us in front of the warehouse. After counting them we loaded them into the truck and had to wait quite some time until the driver was ready beacuse he needed to fill up his tank. Anyway, everything arrived at our place in good condition. After storing the mattresses in a tent, a mother with her three teenage boys grabbed my attention; her husband had been killed and all she has is a small oven, some dishes and some clothes. Luckily we now have the mattresses so that people like them can get a place to sleep. Still many refugees have to rest on a piece of card board or a plastic sheet. I finally gave them some food enough for today and tomorrow. Later in the afternoon again the daily thunderstorm seemed to be imminent. Not that I fear the rain, but with the water the streets are transformed in a dangerous slippery path and even with my Landrover it's hard to stay in line. In the car I got a call from Fundi who told me that the woman with the 1 month old child just arrived. So many things are waiting to be done and I don't think I will have a long weekend...

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