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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A day in the life of Astou Ndao
Claire Amsden
2012-12-05
As I gradually make my way from my dreams to consciousness I become aware of a noise. I realize it’s my phone telling me it’s 6 AM. Ugh. Time to get the day started. I stay in bed a little longer, listening to the sounds of the village waking itself up. The sound of women pounding grain...
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Off to Joal
Barker Carlock
2012-12-05
Here is my second video documenting my year in Senegal! Off to Joal
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Happiness
Kalea Moore
2012-12-05
To be happy is what we all want in the end right? Happiness is the state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to joy. In the last month I have struggled extremely to find contentment and happiness in myself. From homesickness to real sickness its all been very hard. I find myself lonely...
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Competency
Meg Crenshaw
2012-12-05
I recently had a realization: While I was in the States, I was at least competent at the things I did in my daily life. Prepare breakfast? Check. Drive to school? Check. Lead a meeting? Check. Flush the toilet? Check. It’s a humbling experience to suddenly not be competent at everyday things. Flushing the toilet,...
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My Jungle Boogie
Sam Reeve
2012-12-05
My family of followers: Let me begin by apologizing for my poor, poor correspondence and updates with my blog. I have no excuse to give but that I’ve found it very easy to become caught up in the perfect weather, beautiful flora and fauna, and lovely people of Ecuador. To understate the last few months,...
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Presence
Tsion Horra
2012-12-05
This is my new host family. By far, they are the most welcoming and loving group of people I have met in Ecuador. My 18 year-old host sister is this athletic ball of energy that monopolized my attention the first time I met her. My host brother is a jokester. My host parents, caring and...
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A Day in My Life
Jayshawn Anderson
2012-12-05
5:30-7:30: Whenever my eyes have had enough of the early morning sunlight, it is time for my body to get up (yes, it’s sunny around 6 here in Salvador, Bahia). 8:00: Café da Manhã (breakfast), which usually consists of coffee, fruits, bread, cheese, and presunto (a slice of ham). 8:20: The Walk. My NGO is about...
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Settling In
Drew Hayes
2012-12-05
Often when I tell people I’ll be living in Diogo for the next six months, they tell me how privileged I am. They gush about the beach, the sand dunes, and the river. Now that I’m here, I can confirm that Diogo, Bahia, Brazil is a place worth gushing about. It makes an awesome postcard....
Read MoreJigsaw Puzzles
Julia Carter
2012-12-04
When I was younger, I loved working on jigsaw puzzles with my grandmother. I loved getting down to eye level with the table and seeing life from the eyes of the puzzle pieces. With half my face revealed, I would watch as a picture magically materialized from what used to be 1000 little pieces of...
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Aidan In Ecuador: The Reality
Aidan Holloway-Bidwell
2012-12-04
Many are wondering: “What does Aidan do in Ecuador on a daily basis? We’ve read his ingenious bog posts and seen his jaw droppingly spectacular photos on facebook, but who is the man behind the myth?” Wonder no more, for included in this blog post is a riveting chronicle of a day in the life...
Read MoreWaking Up
Ariel Vardy
2012-11-29
The same boy comes every morning. He sways in drunken tired, holding a thick piece of bark. He mutters the normal greetings, and then holds out the bark, showing his charming kid smile, three teeth missing in the front of his mouth— stained dust or food wiped across his lips and lower jaw. He wears...
Read MoreThe Red Crayon, or the Blue?
Mary Modisette
2012-11-29
“What activity do you think the kids should do?” Tonton Njame asked me in French, referring to the group of five and six-year-olds in the Grande Section of Casa de Tout Petit, a nursery school I had been formally working in for a not even a week. Naturally my mind seemed to run a total...
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