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.


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Many duties before the rain started again

rs. Today I was in Nakuru the whole day. First we bought some chamber pots for the small children in the camp. Then we made some administrative work for registering the mattresses and blankets we gave out yesterday. Suddenly John, our doctor called and informed me about his visit to the general hospital. He brought a child there that had some unidentified problems as described by his mother. The boy was not going to school and could hardly walk. So I heard that there will be some examinations tomorrow and I had to fetch them in the hospital to bring them both back home for tonight. As we arrived in the hospital dark clouds announced the next rain...

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