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.


Monday, May 5, 2008

Discipline brings the refugee camp to flourish

rs. Today, we first discussed how we can rationalize the food distribution because after 2 pm it often starts to rain and we have to continue in the wet. So the proposition for next week is to devide the group in two on two days, Monday and Tuesday. Like this we are finished by lunch time and have the weather on our side. For today we still had the old system and luckily it stayed dry until we gave out the past portion. It is great to see that the displaced people slowly start to show some joy in their faces. The men sometimes need a little bit more discipline because the group has to work together and all duties have to be done by both genders equally. Finally, after explaining it to everybody, it worked well. The men also took part in cooking and washing dishes afterwards. The older children could start school today in Kasambara and they have been well accepted by the teachers. Our small patient with the head operation could leave the hospital today and only has to come back for periodical controls. By the end of the day, some men came to us and were looking for a volley ball. So playing, having joy and getting back to a more or less normal life are of paramount importance to bring a better atmosphere to the camp. We make our best to help them wherever we can.

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