Under the guidance and company of Professor Monti, I started going to Burundi about two and a half years ago, when my father suggested that I try this experience. Since then, I have been there four times, going twice a year, and in about a month I will go on another mission. I cannot stay away more than six months from the land, from the people, from that world totally different from the one in which we live. Of course, when I go there and spend almost three weeks (more or less the duration of each mission) I cannot wait to go home, because it is not easy to be away from one’s normal life and loved ones. But invariably, after a few months, I cannot wait to take that uncomfortable Ethiopian Airlines flight and throw myself heart and soul into what I like to do best, without any ulterior motives – being a doctor.
Dr. Stefano Carbone