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, March 23, 2009

Buschbrände in Kasambara

Feuer richtete grossen Schaden in Kasambara an. Kurz bevor ich heute das Spital erreichte, sah ich linker Hand ein völlig abgebranntes Gelände. Die Hitze entfachte ein Buschfeuer das kaum zu löschen war. Der Wind entfachte das Feuer immer wieder aufs Neue. Viele Sträucher, Bäume und kleine Häuser wurden in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Unsere Angestellten sagten mir, sie hätten grosse Angst gehabt das das Feuer bis zum Spital reichen würde. Zur Vorsorge fingen sie an rund um das Spital Wasser zu sprühen. Doch wir hatten Glück. Das Feuer stoppte etwa 300 Meter davor.

Today a fire damaged large parts of countryside in Kasambara. Shortly before I reached the hospital today, I saw the burned region The heat sparked a bush fire that was hard to extinguish. The wind, lit the fire and over again. Many trees and small houses were damaged. Our employees have told me that they had great fear. But we were lucky. The fire stopped about 300 meters before our hospital.


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