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.


Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Working hard for our camp installatations

sh. Today we had a busy day with all the works for the finish of the central fire places, the building of a roof for it and the last earth digging for the sanitary installations. In addition we are planning some laundry strings. As it will rain more often in this season, all these works are more than necessary. Currently about 40 workers are involved, 25 from our own crew, the rest recruited from the refugees. All workers have now the same T-Shirt so it is visible who is part of the group. We still have to control a lot because we have a lot of equipment around and especially in the night our protection personnel is needed. Tomorrow Mr. Muhuia from the UN will visit us again to help us with the final decisions and installations. On our way home, we met some women and girls carrying heavy wood sticks for their fires at home. It is not rare that they have to complete distances of 15-20 k with loads of 30-40 kg!

Last minute news: The political situation here in Kenya is not getting better for the time being. Today 18 people were killed in Nairobi and many cars burnt. The fight of the Mungiki's seem to continue and the military together with the police are present. In the Cabinet again an incident occured: when Odinga wanted to take his seat, he was pushed away and had to sit where his other group members are. Only next Tuesday the final seating order will be announced.

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