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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Books
Allie Wallace
2013-01-03
I judge books by their covers. I’m not being euphemistic here, I just find that a book worth binding nicely and decorating with gold leaf and a ribbon bookmark is usually a book worth reading. You don’t see many books made like that anymore. But, surprisingly, these quality books pack the shelves of the little...
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Taking Candy From a Baby
Allie Wallace
2013-01-03
When I moved in with my host family, one of my biggest concerns was being polite in a culture that was completely foreign to me. This challenge was complicated by my extremely limited language skills. I can’t say whether or not I stepped on any toes in my first few weeks here, but I was...
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Threads
Claire Amsden
2013-01-03
My soul is a tapestry – the threads are all of my experiences and memories. As the pattern takes shape my personality is shown. I’ve been using a lot more Senegalese threads recently; their textures and colors are different and it’s changing the way I’m weaving myself – because aren’t we all in the process...
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A Day In The Life
Ella Wegman-Lawless
2013-01-02
Howdy Folks, Here is a video that I made documenting what I usually do during a day here in Pinchincha Ecuador. Also here are a few pictures I have compiled during my time here.
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Another Reality
Ava Hoffman
2012-12-18
Two million, nine hundred ninety eight thousand and fifty six people live in the city of São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos ₁. Of that population, six hundred and eight thousand and nine hundred seventy six inhabitants live in extreme poverty. — Salvador is beautiful in its own way. Always bustling, Salvador never...
Read MoreMy Journey to Senegal
Emily Collins
2012-12-17
Here’s the link to watch my video about my first few months in Senegal!
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A Day In My Life
Josh Thompson
2012-12-13
Every morning I eat breakfast (my favorite breakfast thus far has been the pancakes, french fries, rice and guinea pig combination) with this view. That’s the volcano Mt. Imbabura. It’s visible from pretty much everywhere in Pijal. This is the home of the “Sumak Pacha” tourism organization, which I work for. It is also...
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Single Parenthood in the Andean Mountains
Tsion Horra
2012-12-11
One morning my host mother in Nizag and I were eating breakfast when I noticed the unusual abundance of eggs in the kitchen. Eggs, at $0.15 each, are expensive for my family. For this reason we eat eggs only occasionally. So I asked my host mom how we got them. My host mom bought the...
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True Poverty
Gabe Jackman
2012-12-11
I was at school one day, working with the other English teacher. We in between classes, and had some time to hang out and talk for a bit. While we were talking, a girl no more than seven years old came up to us and asked for 10 cents. She has done this before, and...
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Snippets of Life
Benito Aranda-Comer
2012-12-11
I find that when I actively look for something amazing, interesting, or out of the ordinary to happen in my life I come up short. My actions remind me of the saying, “a watched kettle does not boil.” There are so many beautiful and wondrous things to glimpse, learn, and understand here in Brazil it’s sometimes hard to get...
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Being Happy with Where You Are
Joshua Reason
2012-12-11
After our cohort’s first training seminar I was sick. It wasn’t anything serious, but nevertheless I decided that once I got back to Lençóis I would take it easy for a little while. I have been taking jiu jitsu classes for about a month now. I just bought a jiu jitsu kimono from Salvador before...
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The Pith and The Pit: Biting Deeper Into The Essence Ecuador
Aidan Holloway-Bidwell
2012-12-07
Having spent two months in Los Bancos, I have come to a time of analysis and reflection. This experience has thrown so many new and unexpected situations at me daily, that only until recently have I felt qualified to categorize events, reflect on similar aspects, and make certain comparisons. To bring life to these reflections...
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