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Jul 03
Empower

Quito by Ananda Paez

by tuftsigl

June 2015 will be remembered as a historic month for Quito, and having the opportunity to learn about mobility in this particular context has been invaluable. Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is a city of about 1 million inhabitants nestled in a small valley surrounded by the Andes mountains.

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Jun 24
Empower

Leaner Research for Social Businesses by Maya and Benji

by tuftsigl

Maya Ranganath and Benji Moncivaiz are two students in between their first and second year at the Fletcher School. This summer, they are based in Ecuador interning for the international jewellery business The Faire Collection. 

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Jun 19
Global Research

Public Affairs Intern, U.S. Mission to the EU by Allison Aaronson

by tuftsigl

I started my internship on May 27, I cannot believe I have been working here for almost four weeks!   The first two weeks were rather difficult because I felt like I didn’t have enough to do at my internship and was feeling purposeless.  At the same time, I was constantly confused because the State Department, the EU, and Brussels in g

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Jun 10
NIMEP

Hospitality in Morocco by Ariel Barbieri-Aghib

by tuftsigl

As we were winding through the blue streets of Chefchaouen, I thought back to all of the people we interviewed; the different interesting facts we learned and the overall experience. For me, the most fulfilling part was experiencing the intersection of Moroccan hospitality coupled with the interesting interviews we had.

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Jun 07
Human Rights

Human Rights Foundation in NYC by Caitlin Thompson

by tuftsigl

I write my first blog post after my first days at both internships. For the first month of the summer, I will be working both at the Institute of Modern Russia (IMR) and the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), splitting my time equally between the two.

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