Fellow Stories

Escola 29 de Março

Isabel Garcia

2016-04-09

A big part of my apprenticeship was a film project. I went to partnered schools and interviewed the directors about the impact ASID has had on them. Here is one of the videos I got to put together before my laptop broke down.  

NeNe Gallay

Allison Douma

2016-04-07

Upon coming to Senegal I decided I wanted to highlight women that inspired me and my fellow fellows because many people in the states believe that women in Muslim countries are oppressed, forced to serve their husbands and not allowed to get an education. While there is definitely some of that in the world I...

Stories in the Stars

Mason J. Sedlack

2016-04-05

I have this friend back home. He’s one of my best friends. I met him when I was ten, over a discussion on how myself, another friend, and he would take over the world using, and I quote: “A box of puppies, C4, and duct tape.” A wonderful way to start a friendship in my...

Video Blog

irene subervi

2016-04-05

Rebuilding You

Jordan.t.brett

2016-04-04

Let me set the scene. You’re 18. You have a dog. You killed that 5th grade state capital test seven years ago You’ve had 5 Jobs You’re a hard worker You broke your arm in 3rd grade You got steady grades throughout school And everyone knows about that time you saved david down the street....

An Ode to Bus Stops (A photo journal, not a poem)

Charlotte Robbins

2016-04-03

This year, finding, walking to, waiting at, and getting off at bus stops has become an incredibly important part of my life. No matter where I've lived in the Cuenca area, I have always been on the blue city bus line, and I've been able to connect the map of bus routes each time I've...

Live From The Field

Celina L. Ma Kwan

2016-04-03

water struck by celina ma kwan the news says “el niño has arrived.” and mornings have made these walls hues of suppression my back has limboed it’s way in the return of emptiness where my body has spilled itself remain here where these sheets are now stained of me and everything that is lost there...

Timeline of a Flower

Momo Manalang R.

2016-04-03

“And the day came when the risk to remain in a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin   August     September October   November   December   January   February          March        

7 Months in Awe

Mila Le

2016-04-02

Most times it still does not feel real. I constantly remind myself I am actually living right here, in a foreign country, in Ecuador, in my campo that is Bella Union, and am astonished by everything that suddenly becomes real in the moment of that thought. The after-rain mud slides under the soles of my...

On love

Makaleh Smith

2016-04-02

Often with blogs there is a sense of falseness, but not in a negative way. It is a natural occurrence that happens when you know other people are reading your work. I can personally say I do it; romanticise daily life or events to make them seem more interesting. To me it comes as no...

An Homage to R3 Animal

Zoe Barnes

2016-04-02

Yesterday, April 1, was my last day working at R3 Animal. Yesterday, it hit me that this is the end. I’d be lying to say there weren’t numerous times throughout the past seven months I thought about the month of April, the month I’d be going home. Moreover, I’d be lying to say there weren’t...

Muñyo

Abigail Foy

2016-04-02

February 24 I have five running lists in the back of my journal. One of them I titled “Things I Want to Bring Home”. This list isn’t a collection of items I want to transport back to the States, but instead phrases and cultural customs I want to integrate back into my life permanently. I’d...