Doctors for Ifakara
Help for self-help - a Tyrolean project in the heart of Africa
The members of the Association "Doctors for Ifakara" see their task in supporting St. Francis Referral Hospital, a hospitals founded in 1953 by the Capuchin Fathers of Switzerland and Dr. Karl Schoepf, an Austrian surgeon from Zams/Austria, in the town of Ifakara, in the south-east of Tanzania. Together with the provincial government of Tyrol and many private persons, our commitment centres on the improvement of medical care for the local population.
Our supporters are not only doctors, but also people from other institutions and professions, such as nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers, artists, technicians, civil servants, gastronomy people, entrepreneurs, schools and many others.
A new photovoltaic system
22. Oct. 2020 | In order to relieve the hospital financially, but also for environmental reasons, we installed a thermal solar system and a small photovoltaic system in 2010. This will now be expanded.
Irmengard Schöpf Memorial Exhibition in Landeck Castle
10. Dec. 2022 | The artist Irmengard Schöpf, wife of the founder of St. Francis Hospital Karl Schöpf, recently passed away at the age of 100. Her family arranged a commemorative exhibition of her most important works at Landeck Castle.
Christine with Florian and Fritz
2. Sep. 2022 | After a long Corona break, a visit to St. Francis Hospital was finally possible this year. (02.09. - 01.10.22)
Maintenance of the emergency generator
22. Jul. 2021 | The maintenance of the emergency generator The emergency generator that we made available to the hospital in 2005 requires constant maintenance.
Corona in St. Francis Referral Hospital
8. May. 2021 | Like everywhere else, St. Francis Hospital has also been dominated by Corona Pandemic.
