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 23, 2008

Enough water thanks to our water tank

rs. After spending more than half a day in the Garage controlling and repairing my "Liseli" (how I call my car), I came late to the hospital and could witness various activities, that are part of our daily life in and around the Rhein-Valley Hospital. The gardener cleaned corn before it can be grinded in the machine, behind the house two workers are fixing our rain-water tank and Fundi is spraying the walls in the house against insects. The water-tank has quite some importance, especially now. For four days Nakuru is without water because the water authorities didn't pay the electricity bill and therefore couldn't activate the water pumps anymore. You can imagine how the situation currently is at the public camps of Nakuru, where 17,000 people live together. It is unbearable for them and if you pass the camp you can smell the stinking atmosphere. Here on the hospital ground we are fortunate to have water and also some happy people. Inside the house we are very busy with many patients and doing the needed vaccinations for the children.


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