by Heather The worldwide postal system has become for us an interesting and impressive phenomenon.  Someone can drop something into a ma...

By John Cropsey These past 6 days, I have witnessed pure beauty.  The closest thing I can compare it to is the feeding of the 5,000...

by Jess Cropsey People often assume that our children are fluent in French and Kirundi (or at least one of them, right?)  Well our kid...

by John Cropsey In January 2014, the Department of Ophthalmology at Hope Africa University’s Kibuye Hospital opened its doors ...

By Nicole I’m quite new to the McCropder group, just beginning my third month in Burundi. I graduated from Renssealer Polytechnic Institu...

by Jess Cropsey One of the most recent projects to be completed here at Kibuye is the national doctor housing project.  Previously, the t...

By Alyssa We have been slowly developing a neonatology service here at Kibuye. We now have a renovated dedicated room for the service, fiv...

(by Eric) Several years ago, we did a BOTM post on Atul Gawande's book Better .   Gawande is a surgeon and writes with an incredi...

by Heather This past weekend, on a walk to visit some friends who live in the countryside, we learned about the verb kwikorera .  It mig...