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, October 18, 2008

New banks for Thugunui Children

sh. Today we organized a big gathering of all school children up in the mountain village of Thugunui on 3000 m. Reason was the transportation of the chairs and tables that we got by container from the Swiss "kids-to-kids" organization. As it had rained last night, it was not easy to bring the two trucks up the mountain on the wet dirt streets. And once we had to push the truck by hand thanks to our hospital crew. As we approached the school, excitement among the young people was big. The children greeted us with palm branches and sang and danced for us. Also all the other inhabitants of the village joined the children and we had a real feast. Luckily the weather was also nice besides a small 5-minute rain. The children brought their old banks out of their classrooms and compared them with the new ones. The joy was visible in all their eyes and they were full of gratitude for all the gifts. The whole event started at 10 am and lasted until 5 in the afternoon. Watch our pictures!

Before...

... and afterwards


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