My Nonprofit Reviews

Bridges to Understanding is an organization that absolutely sucks you in! I come away from every interaction inspired to do more and be further involved. One of my favorite aspects of the Bridges program is how it utilizes, and even requires, exposure to foreign cultures as a way to better understand your own. Interactions with interns and with sites around the world encourage students to critically examine their own communities. The juxtaposition of students' own culture with others leads them to recognize their own unique qualities while at the same time connecting with foreign students over the similarities that exist throughout humanity and across all cultures. The Bridges program teaches youth that they can take pride in their own culture without looking down upon other cultures and that they can learn from their differences rather than feeling threatened by them.

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