Between 2010 and 2016, approximately 4,500 North Americans relocated to Cuenca, Ecuador (CuencaHighLife, 2017). Expatriates and Cuencanos experience social separation due to cultural and language barriers. Our goal is to design a program that pairs Cuencanos and expatriates in an attempt to integrate the communities. We used a human- centered design approach and conducted interviews, surveys, social mapping, and a pilot test. We produced a guidebook for a tandem program for the Dirección de las Relaciones Externas which includes methods of advertising, pairing participants, organizing orientation, conducting monthly meetings, and getting feedback.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Collucci, Nicole M.
• McGlone, Emily
• Musumeci, Shealyn Marie
• Ottey, Daniel Timothy

Subject

• Well-Being
• Culture
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030218-164047

Keyword

• Equality--Social aspects
• Community development

Advisor

• Elgert, Laureen
• Pollice, Gary F.

Year

• 2018

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Department of External Relations in Cuenca

Date created

• 2018-03-02

Location

• Cuenca

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright