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, May 2, 2008

11 year old girl and grandma join our camp

rs. Today again was a log day. The sanitary installations are almost finished. A new supply of medications arrived. And we made the final listing for the camp. Each tent gets a number which will be visible from outside. So it's like a little town, each tent will have his "house number". As we were writing down the list, an old woman and a young girl came and asked us if they could also join the tent camp. It was the 70 year old grandmother that we knew from before. They are the remaining members of the family. The girl lost both parents during the fights and is now together with her grandma. It's hard to believe if you hear all these tragic stories. Sure enough, we found a tent for them and gave them mattresses and blankets. The only things they had was a small bag with clothes. At 6 pm our doctor John came back with the boy who had a serious operation in the Kijabe hospital. The intervention was successful and we can now take over the after-treatment. It suddenly was after 6 pm and Njaga reminded me that it is high time to go home, because it's no more safe, once it is dark. Jokingly he said, that I should take my cat with me and start living in one of the tents, then I could work and discuss the whole night...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My deepest respect and gratitude to Mama Matata, Stephan and all those brave people who are so selflessly caring for the refugees to make their life easier.