State Secretary Heike Raab presents funding approval to Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Otto Georgens

Rhineland-Palatinate is continuing its long-standing commitment to its partnership with Rwanda and is supporting the expansion of the Mibilizi Hospital in the Rusizi District (Western Province of Rwanda) with an additional €60,000. The aim is to improve medical care for pregnant women by building a new maternity ward and to reduce maternal and infant mortality.

When State Secretary Heike Raab presented the grant notification to Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Otto Georgens, she praised the extraordinary commitment of the dioceses of Speyer and Cyangugu in Rwanda, which are making the project supported by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate possible (source: StK RLP press release dated 15 May 2015). Otto Georgens, she praised the extraordinary commitment of the dioceses of Speyer and Cyangugu in Rwanda, which are making the project supported by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate possible (Source: StK RLP Press Release dated 16 December 2025, Photo: Diocese of Speyer, Klaus Landry).

Further information can be found in the official Press Release of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate.