Tag: Summer 2016

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Student Blogs

Kaitlyn Turner – Uganda

The summer between McCourt School of Public Policy graduate school years, I interned for gui2de on their road safety project Zusha! In Uganda. By the end of my first year at…

December 1, 2016

Student Blogs

Jimmy Graham – Rwanda

From hikes up to lava lakes in the Congo to data collection at insurance companies, my internship this summer in Rwanda has provided me with a wide range of experiences. And…

December 1, 2016

Student Blogs

Paula Mian – Tanzania

Before boarding the plane to Dar Es Salaam, in beautiful Tanzania, I truly had no idea how much my life was about to change. After having finished my first year in grad school, I…

November 30, 2016

Student Blogs

Beatrice Leydier – Uganda

Kampala,  I’ve sacrificed three pairs of shoes to your dusty roads and muddy streets, but this is merely the visible side of the mark you imprinted on me. The permanent…

November 30, 2016

Student Blogs

Summer 2016 – East Africa

During the Summer 2016 term, several undergraduate and graduate students from the economics department at Georgetown and the McCourt School of Public Policy traveled to…

November 30, 2016

Student Blogs

2016 Blog Post

Today we showed the first round of Makutano Junction episodes in Mukuru.  Despite some expected first days kinks, overall it was a tremendous logistical success.  We had videos…

August 29, 2016