Posts Tagged ‘cultural adaptation’

Reflections on a summer spent designing wheelchairs in Guatemala

Reflections on a summer spent designing wheelchairs in Guatemala

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELDJuly 29, 2011 Public Service Fellow Paul Lazarescu ’13 is working with Transitions Foundation in Antigua, Guatemala, helping to develop a hybrid wheelchair that can be used both for everyday and for active use. After spending almost a month and a half in Guatemala, I feel that we’ve accomplished a great deal. [...]


MIT students running Costa Rica’s first ever science camp

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD July 1, 2011: Out of the frying pan This last week has been one of the busiest times of my life (and that’s coming from a recent MIT grad!). Since our camps start in a few short days, this is crunch time and our preparation has been a bit of a [...]


Costa Rican Culture 101

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD June 23, 2011: Coffee, Sulfur, and Rrrrain Today’s post will involve some miscellany but I’ll tell you how the last couple days have been going (in no particular order). Volcanoes If there is one defining feature of the Costa Rican landscape, its the stretch of volcanoes that runs right down the [...]