Mr Harald Pfeiffer came to Sierra Leone as a physiotherapist at Masanga Leprosy Hospital in 1988.
Sierra Leone was a country not only lacking in infrastructure but also poor sanitation and limited health facilities.
The Swiss Sierra Leone Development Foundation was established as an NGO in 1996 with its Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. In 2001 it was transferred to Sierra Leone.
Between 1991 and 2001 the civil war brought misery to the whole country but Mr Harald continued to visit regularly every year.
When Masanga Leprosy Hospital was destroyed by rebel troops during the war, there was an urgent demand for a bush hospital near Makeni, the Northern Province capital.
Directly after the war ended, in 2002, a piece of land was purchased and the construction of Magbenteh Community Hospital began.
The hospital was finally inaugurated in 2006 in the presence of the late President Ahmad Tejan Kabba.
A group of individuals from Holland provided financial assistance from 2006 until 2011.
In 2012 a strategic plan was settled, restructuring the NGO, reviewing the projects and their sustainability.
1988: Mr Harald Pfeiffer arrived in Sierra Leone
Mr Harald on his way to Masanga Leprosy Hospital 1990
Masanga Hospital, Tonkolili district, Northern Province, Sierra Leone.
2002: the land purchased in Magbenteh
2003: Construction took 4 years.
2006: Magbenteh Community Hospital Wards
2006: the inauguration of Magbenteh Community Hospital
2007: Magbenteh Community Hospital starts expanding
2008: Construction of The Lord Our Hope Seventh Day Adventist Church
2016: construction of bridge between the villages of Magbenteh and Mathinka
