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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Pictures From Hyderabad
Anthony Romain Jr.
2019-01-31
When GCY takes us anywhere I take full advantage of the opportunity to capture my surroundings. Enjoy! Nikon D3400 Lens: 18-35mm 55-200mm
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AJ Blues U10 Makes The Playoffs
Anthony Romain Jr.
2019-01-30
Along with helping in the classroom at Appa Jahav Primary school, I’ve also been assisting their football team since the season started. The played well during the regular season and playoffs but unfortunately the didn’t make it to the finals. They had a great run but practice isn’t over. Everyday I practice with them after...
Read More¿Conscious Consumption?
William Shain
2019-01-28
What did you eat for breakfast this morning? How many of the products in your meal could you have driven to with a tank of gas and harvested yourself? I’m going to be presumptuous and assume few if any of the products were grown close to you. I’m also going to assume that not only...
Read MoreWhy I Stopped Identifying as American
Jacqueline Oeschger
2019-01-27
Because I’m furious with the government that calls itself freedom. Because families seeking asylum are finding a worse hell at the border. Because poverty is an induced cycle that the government oppresses minorities in to. Because education is a right that is treated as a privilege. Because gun drills are normal. Because guns are normal....
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Magical Kerala
Leonie Tollefson
2019-01-23
Some places I travel to leave me reluctant to write, hesitant to spoil the magic of a place. Not Kerala. The beauty of this southern Indian state is so incredibly overpowering, yet at the same time extremely subtle, and it begs to be written about. I spent 4 days exploring various parts of Kerala with...
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Feel Guilty About Doing "Nothing" On My Gap Year
Sophia Alfaro
2019-01-23
When I applied to Global Citizen Year, it was with the intention of exploring a country different from the ones I know, meet like-minded individuals and increase my opportunities in life. It was never to delay my education, to escape, or to enforce what I believe is best onto strangers. I never thought of what...
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Do you know how to fish?
Pamela Martinez
2019-01-21
[image: IMG_7563.JPG][image: IMG_7527.JPG] January 21st I often used to go to the beach in Venezuela but I never went fishing. My Brazilian family is native from Garopaba and they still crave to maintain their traditions of fishing fish and crabs at the Lagoa near to our house. These photographic series narrate the visuals of my...
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What do I do? What do I not do?
Jovana Jovanovska
2019-01-21
Cultural appropriation The act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture. Senegalese culture is very different from my own in many aspects. Some of those differences are the everyday long greetings on the street, eating the meals from a...
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GROWTH
Brandon Richards
2019-01-18
I’m in an Uber with Jack and Luciana on my way home from our second regional reconnect when Luciana says “Do you think this is the best year of your life?” We had just come back from exploring Old City on a heritage walk, walking through Charminar, having several men come up to us and...
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TO PAINT A PICTURE
Brandon Richards
2019-01-18
I’ve been struggling to sit myself down and write a blog post. I’ve written a bunch, but nothing with the intention of sharing it with the internet. Maybe with my friends, or my mom, or my cohort. The reason I haven’t published a blog is because talking about India, and painting a picture of India...
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Alexander Taylor’s Blog-Senegal
Alexander Taylor
2019-01-17
> > > In Wolof, one of the languages I’ve learned while in Senegal, there is a word, ‘Teranga’, that means hospitality. Hospitality, not just in the sense of welcoming, but in welcoming so graciously that one feels at home. The Terenga of my host family in Senegal and of my community has made me...
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Wolof 101
Peter Dull
2019-01-17
[image: DSCN0738.JPG] (A candid picture of the best person in Senegal aka Yaye Bouba Diop Fall) How do I get around Senegal with a language only spoken by 10 million people globally? Here are some common phrases I use daily and my favorite words that are fun to say. How much is this? -> ñaata...
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