Archive 2015

Jul 22
Empower

Implementing a cloud-based tool to track drug rehabilitation services and patients in Chile by Gaspar Rodriguez

by tuftsigl

Corporación La Esperanza (CLE) has been offering free outpatient and residential drug rehabilitation services to underserved communities across Chile since 1995. They’ve gone from one clinic to seven throughout this time, allowing them to provide a much needed resource for over 500 men and women every year.

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Jul 22
Africa

The Gambia: The ‘Smiling Coast of Africa’ by Nick Pfosi

by tuftsigl

My flight landed at 3AM and a man named Kebba Nyassi, a cab driver, was supposed to meet me at the airport exit. He was my ride. Stepping off the plane, all the passengers were immediately checked for fever, a likely Ebola-related precaution. Lining up at the passport check, I was able to buy my visa, find Kebba and be on my way.

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Jul 20
Global Research
Martel Scholars

Exploring Sino-Russian Relations by Sarah Golkar

by tuftsigl

When I tell new acquaintances in Moscow that I’m taking the Trans-Siberian Railway to Beijing this summer, with few exceptions, I receive a contorted facial expression followed by a line of questioning whose subtext contains a thinly veiled accusation that I’ve completely lost my mind.

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