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.


Saturday, June 7, 2008

Unrest in Nairobi, quiet day at the hospital


rs. The situation here in Kenya is still not very promising. Yesterday there was report of another riot in Nairobi after a student was killed. The students went on the street and demonstrated. Today another demonstration was announced in the Uhuru park. We can feel a lot of dissatisfaction in the country.

This morning I waited for a call of Maina Muhia from the WFP but there was none. I then went to the hospital to check everything there. Some relatives came to visit patients and brought cakes which is certainly not the right thing for the diabetes patients. Anyway it is not allowed to bring food to the hospital from outside. In general it is a quite day here at the Rhein-Valley Hospital and I am heading towards home when the daily rainfall is starting. Many things wait to be done at home too and I have to look after my health; I catched a little cold. So I will have some time watching the first fooball matches out of Switzerland.

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