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.


Showing posts with label IDP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IDP. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Despite rain 3000 IDP's got their weekly food

sh. Today we had our big food distribution with corn, sugar, lentils, biscuits and baby food, and everybody was registered. The weather was not very favorable and we had a heavy rain for 1 1/2 hours, so we had to interrupt our distribution and the people found shelter under the roof of the new fire place and in the hospital. Finally, by 5 pm we had served everybody. During the day I also had the opportunity to meet the patients currently being treated in the hospital and learned why they were there. 3/4 of the patients are displaced persons (IDP) and get the treatment as well as the medications free of charge. - Today a DHL truck finally brought the latrines and soaps for our sanitary installations.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Invited by Mr.Muhia and his family

sh. After enjoying our Sunday morning in the Nakuru park we could meet Mr. Meina Muhia (UN World Food Program) and his family in Nakuru town. We had lunch together and also could talk about the current situation in Kenya and tomorrow's food distribution to the IDP's - as we call them. Interdependent displaced people are in fact are not refugees. They will get again the portions for a full week. And Mr. Muhia promised that the sanitary installations also should arrive at the hospital by tomorrow. Although Monday will be a long working day I plan to go to Nairobi again to check the situation with the Container from kidstokids Switzerland who is blocked there since months. Perhaps we also get the licence plate for Mama Matata's car. We asked for it more than two years ago... Strong nerves are a big advantage in Kenya.

All those who are using Apple's new
OS X Leopard operating system;
this is a real one, taken in the Nakuru park by Stephan Holderegger

Kenya, also a paradise for zebras