Tag: Summer 2019
12 Articles
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Summer 2019 – Kenya
Ana Gabriela Tamayo “Karibu Kenya! (Welcome to Kenya) and so the summer begins…” Read Ana’s Blog Devin Olmack “Here is a short list of the financial…
November 11, 2019
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Summer 2019 – Tanzania
Rafael Contreras Gomez “This is one of those lessons that could not have been learned in the classroom and for that, I’m grateful I was given this opportunity.”Read…
November 11, 2019
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Rafael Contreras Gomez
As I suspect it was the case for many of my classmates, I applied to the gui2de summer internship seeking an experience that would allow me to connect the analytical work I was…
November 11, 2019
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Devin Olmack
Here is a short list of the financial transactions I make in one day in Nairobi — In the morning, I buy a coffee at coffee shop around the corner from the office. Then I…
November 11, 2019
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Ana Gabriela Tamayo
Karibu Kenya! (Welcome to Kenya) and so the summer begins Culture is different. Obviously, when you are traveling abroad you expect culture to be different from your own. As a…
November 11, 2019
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Shilpa Rao
This past summer, I spent ten weeks in Dar es Salaam supporting the Tanzania Country Research Team of Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), a multi-country research…
November 9, 2019
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Odiche Nwabuikwu
My summer working with RISE in Tanzania was one of the most challenging and rewarding of my life. The past ten weeks were fast paced, but they also gave unique experiences I…
November 9, 2019
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Isaac Liu
My internship in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania was with Dr. Richard Shukia of UDSM, the University of Dar es Salaam. As one of the two undergrads on the team in Tanzania, I completed a…
November 9, 2019
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Summer 2019 – India
Rachel Leeds Masters in International Development Policy “Over the course of eight weeks, India revealed itself to me in an endlessly enthralling array of experiences. From…
November 6, 2019
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Aruj Shukla
“South Africa doesn’t count”. Such was the retort I heard from my taxi driver after he’d asked if this was my first time in Africa, as we drove away from the Kigali…
November 5, 2019