Fellow Stories
True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!
Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!
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My Life is a Movie
Lindsey Sepulveda
2012-02-16
One of the most common experiences that I’ve had during my Global Citizen Year is that sometimes I have a whole bunch of slow days or a lot of busy days. A few days ago, I was having a really slow day so I decided to watch a movie called Rango. It’s about a lizard...
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Chicken Lips
Stephanie Dunning
2012-02-16
Caution to reader- could contain bothersome material. It is Sunday and I finally got to sleep in, 8:30am is a heavenly time to wake up. The extra hour and a half is good for the health. It’s not even bad to wake up around 7am every day, but working with the kindergarten takes a lot...
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My Estate
Nicolas Freschi
2012-02-16
Here it is, everyone. My long awaited video blog. This was taken way back in October, before I was a champion horse back rider. I have not fallen off the horse since. Enjoy!
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Wednesday Teacher
Elizabeth Warren
2012-02-16
Every Wednesday, I get up at 5a.m., get ready and I’m at the bus terminal by 6:15 am to take a bus that goes by the road to the school about 30 minutes outside of Ibarra. I have to pay attention to make sure I don’t miss my stop, because the school is in a rural...
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Not in Africa
Lydia Crush
2012-02-16
(January 23, 2012) On our seven hour drive from Quito to the beach, there were plenty of interesting scenes to capture. We passed cascades, and churches, and landscapes, and drying laundry, and African Palm groves. What? African Palm? I’m in the Andes. What is an African palm doing here? And why...
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It’s a Photo Shoot
Brian Baylor
2012-02-14
– Liquid hydration= acquired – Clothes (underwear, shorts, ripped t-shirt, socks, Senegalese jelly shoes)= ON – Space Time Continuator (watch)= Check – K-9 companions= Following Almost every day I like to try and maintain physical fitness by going on a thirty minute run through Senegal’s beautiful all natural landscape. The run provides a sense...
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Jambi Huasi
Jacob Stern
2012-02-13
February marks my sixth month in Ecuador, and I still haven’t posted something about my work. I guess that’s been a little difficult to describe because I’ve bumped around doing three different things. But here’s one of them: Main apprenticeship: Jambi Huasi: Intercultural Health Center (October – April). I work Monday-Thursday: working at the receptionist...
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Peace Only
Lucias Potter
2012-02-10
My experiences in Senegal have continued to enchant me to the point that I want to stay here forever. One thing that I have completely fallen in love with is the village I live in named Palmarin, Ngaloo. When I first came to Senegal and I was in Dakar I had thought that it was the most peaceful place I...
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The Perks of Learning to Breathe
Russell Bollag-Miller
2012-02-10
As I mentally prepared for this year, there were things I knew I’d have to learn. I would need to learn new customs, new languages, how to live independently, and other alien concepts yet to be discovered. In fact, the things I did know were few and far between. Among this abundance of unlearned material,...
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Alhamdulilah
Natalie Davidson
2012-02-09
About a month ago I was with my mom and my sister heading home from the market in Rufisque, a town 25 minutes from my village of Sebikotane. It was a balmy evening, around 8pm – the sky was clear and the stars were bright. We were returning after a successful afternoon of shopping with...
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Autumn in Ecuador
Galen Burns-Fulkerson
2012-02-09
I spent part of yesterday afternoon raking leaves into plastic bags. As pieces crunched underfoot, the smell of freshly fallen leaves wafted through the air. Ah, the start of autumn. But wait. I’m in Pimampiro, Ecuador, where springtime is eternal and the only real season change comes with the rain. In fact, the leaves that...
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Never the same in “Same”
Lydia Crush
2012-02-07
It is pronounced sam-eh, and is a small coastal town towards the north of Ecuador. We were told the coast would be our host for the mid-term retreat. Since I am from PA, I was expecting a beach like New Jersey. Instead, as we drove through the mountains, all of a sudden the mountains tumbled...
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