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.
Renewal of the Hospital's Main Power Cables
5. Jul. 2025 | Due to numerous additional devices and stations, the main power cables were severely overloaded.
New expansion of the photovoltaic system
25. Oct. 2024 | With the support of the government of Tirol and BEGECA, the solar plant is being expanded again
SUMMER BENEFIT EVENING
16. Jun. 2024 | It's time to sparkle and shine Under this motto, the Tyrolean School of Tourism and Trade has once again organized a completely successful benefit evening for our St. Francis Hospital.
Sr. Maria Paula has died in the Baldegg monastery
14. Jun. 2024 | Sr. Maria Paula Wicki, the founder and long-time director of the leprosy hospital in Ifakara, has died at the age of 96.
