Debre Berhan
Melody and I are now back “home” to Addis, after a short visit to the town of Debre Berhan. I… read more
Finishing Ras Desta Inventory
Now we’ve finished the Ras Desta inventory as well. On Friday we roamed around and rounded up all the remaining… read more
Cultural Exchanges
This whole inventory/biomedical curriculum project is being funded by a grant from the AIHA (American International Health Alliance), a non-profit… read more
On to Ras Desta!
We’ve almost finished inventory at Ras Desta Hospital! Like Zewditu, it went a lot more quickly than planned. It’s taken… read more
Working from home
Inventory at Zewditu is officially finished! The last room was the OR, which is in near constant use, so we… read more
We’re actually doing inventory now!
Our inventory work has been progressing nicely! We finished the basic tagging and cataloging of equipment at Zewditu in about… read more
Tour all the hospitals!
Before starting inventory we got to tour the two hospitals we’ll be working at, Zewditu and Ras Desta. The conditions… read more
A little background
Hi!! My name is Emily, and I’m working in Ethiopia this summer on an internship with Rice BTB. The internship… read more
On the road!
Leaving for Ethiopia was a really big deal for me; I’m originally from Texas so this is the farthest I’ve… read more
Back to school
First full day in Addis!! Today we were given a more extensive tour of Tebare-id university, and all the workshops… read more