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The Blog of the Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year and Tufts Civic Semester

2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows

by John, Tufts 1+4 Participant The Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve (IMBR) is what some people call “The Lung of Central America.” For good reason too: the reserve covers some 110 million acres (only slightly smaller than the state of Delaware.) Indio-Maiz has also been heralded as “the gem of Central American […]

Indio-Maiz

This entry was posted in 2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year Tufts 1+4 Nicaragua on June 20, 2018

by Elizabeth, Tufts 1+4 Participant When my parents came to visit me during la Semana Santa, one of the only plans I made beforehand was to take them to a market. Markets in Cuenca aren’t just places to see pretty arrays of fruit and buy 5 avocados for a dollar; […]

Video: Mercado

This entry was posted in 2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year Tufts 1+4 Ecuador Video Post on June 17, 2018

by Jonas, Tufts 1+4 Participant I decided to go to Brazil for one main motivation: football. Real football. Soccer. The country is ripe with football culture. Jerseys are sold in every shop; games are on televisions in every eating establishment; pitches exist in almost every neighborhood. Brazilian fans have been […]

Soccernomics in Brazil: How Socioeconomic Status Impacts The Beautiful Game

This entry was posted in 2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on June 14, 2018

by Henry, Tufts 1+4 Participant When I first sat down to eat with my family my host mom told me, slowly and clearly, that in their family they pray before every meal. “Is that ok?” she asked. “Si si si si si” (yes yes yes yes yes), I cleverly responded. […]

Why I Love Praying Before Meals

This entry was posted in 2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year Tufts 1+4 Ecuador on June 11, 2018

by Rujen, Tufts 1+4 Participant During my bridge year in Florianopolis, Brazil, I had a goal: to visit all the beaches on the island. This proved to be an extreme challenge because the island of magic has more than 40 beaches. I could not visit all the beaches. Thus, I […]

By the Beach, In the Sea

This entry was posted in 2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on June 8, 2018

by Nadia, Tufts 1+4 Participant From when I first arrived in Nicaragua, I was set in my expectations of what my work would be. I expected to be doing what some would call ‘’busy work’’- an extra helping hand for my organization so they could focus their efforts on bigger […]

On Expectations And Jobs

This entry was posted in 2017-2018 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year Tufts 1+4 Nicaragua on June 5, 2018

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