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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The moment I reconnected with a long lost sense of magic
Joana Mouzinho
2019-03-26
And it went like this: Mei Mei, Papa Shaei i mei, Shaei i mei, Ahh ud ka kpoh Ahh kwah ja noh Shaei i mei Ahh to wan noh Kloi kloi ban ban ja noh Shaei i pa, Shaei pa, Ahh kua lea kai Lea kai la-luh Shaei i pa ‘fi jat in nju Lor...
Read MoreO poema de quem me tornei / The poem of who I’ve become
Joana Mouzinho
2019-03-26
Escrevi este poema em Shillong, nordeste da Índia, olhando o sol descer sob um rio que acabava em si mesmo. Ao longe, um homem remava. Tanta paixão que eu sinto vendo um homem remar embora a enormidade dos seus sonhos. Tanta paixão que eu sinto dentro do meu corpo, congelado e permanente, pelo mágico paralisado...
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Senegal #1 – Dakar
Nicholas Bassetti
2019-03-26
*Some pictures of the first week's in Senegal, where it was spent in capital of Senegal, Dakar. *
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Inaara Habibo
2019-03-26
March 2019 “às vezes. às vezes é difícil às vezes não consigo distinguir a mágoa da tristeza às vezes esqueço-me e volto a amar e a perdoar às vezes sinto-me irritada com a vontade que tenho de voltar voltar a momentos, a sitios, voltar a sensações e a pessoas às vezes perco-me no passado passado...
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Inaara Habibo
2019-03-26
I wrote this as I reflected on my independent travel days in Pondicherry. It was refreshing to look at the sea, feel the sand on my feet, breath the salty wind. As life goes on, we encounter many people. Some amazing, others not so much. We build relationships, ones that make us grow, others that...
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My Hindi Journey
Jack Swartzentruber
2019-03-26
My Hindi Journey One of my goals when I set out for India was to learn a language. I believed that language and culture are linked at their core, and that it is often difficult to understand one without the other. So, I wanted to make learning Hindi a central part of my experience here....
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Inaara Habibo
2019-03-26
March 26th 2019 Only a week. As I sit in this roof, I think: this is my last full moon here. There’s been times when I looked at moon from this same spot and told myself there are only x days left, you can do it. Today I cry. Today I don’t want to go....
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First carnival
Jeremy Chan
2019-03-25
A thing that Hong Kong really needs to learn from Ecuador and South America is their 4 day long carnival. My first carnival started one day before it should have started when we got into an intense but fun fight at the office of where I worked. Paint, ink, flour, eggs, foam and water were...
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Overview of Apprenticeship– Quilloac
Bihotza James-Lejarcegui
2019-03-25
Intro Teaching is hard, and the first few weeks I wasn’t sure how I felt about my job. When I entered the elementary school classroom, the teacher handed me the text book and asked me to teach, since she knows basically no English. My first week on the job, this teacher had an appointment and...
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College Decision Day (One Year Later!)
Jeffrey Fishman
2019-03-25
It’s crazy how much can change in a year. I began my senior year of high school as your typical overscheduled, overstressed, and overworked student. I was president of the National Honor Society and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper. I played the flute in my school’s band and soccer for my travel team. I was taking...
Read MoreBahubali: My Favorite Bollywood Film
Jaime Givens
2019-03-24
[image: Image result for bahubali] अमरेंद्र बाहुबली यानि के मैं, माहेश्मती की असंख्य प्रजा, धन, मान और प्राण की रक्षा करूंगा। और इसके लिए अगर अपने प्राणों की आहूति भी देनी पड़े तो पीछे नहीं हटूंगा। राजमाता शिवगामी को साक्षी मानकर मैं यह शपथ लेता हूं। एक राजा का धर्म सिर्फ शत्रु को मारना ही...
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Environmental Activism in Brazil: Saving our Oceans from Plastic.
Marco Barracchia
2019-03-24
During the last three months, the NGO I work with launched a new project in southern Brazil: raising awareness on the use of plastic and its effects in the ocean ecosystems. Having been an environmental activist for some time now, I couldn’t be happier to be part of this project, which in the end had...
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