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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HI I’M ALIVE
Anthony Romain Jr.
2019-01-17
Just a few pictures of my adventures in Bharat so far. These are just 5 out of many pictures that I’ve taken and will take in the near future. For a while, I was trying to get over this mental block and was hesitant to put out any content. Everything is okay now, I’m getting...
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On the Road
Jeremy Chan
2019-01-16
After our wonderful retreat at the beach of Atacames in Northern Ecuador, I went on another adventure. This time it was without any team leaders, but just other fellows. As a fellow from the northern cohort of Ecuador, we travelled all the way down to the middle of Ecuador, to a beautiful city called Latacunga....
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Fwd: Elecciones en Brasil Elections in Brazil
Mauro Ramirez-Azofeifa
2019-01-16
———- Forwarded message ——— From: Mauro Ramirez Subject: Elecciones en Brasil Elections in Brazil To: Durante el mes de Octubre aprendí mucho sobre la situación política. Brasil es un país hermoso, rico en cultura y tradiciones. Un país muy grande y extenso donde cada estado tiene diferentes necesidades. Durante el proceso de las elecciones converse...
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Photos of December in Ecuador
Bihotza James-Lejarcegui
2019-01-15
Host brother Pedro’s 11th birthday Performing with my dance academy “Paradigma Dance Crew” at a Quinceañera 4) Walking through the city of Cuenca Retreat on the coast of Puerto Lopez. Along with presentations, speakers, and discussions about the various effects of “voluntourism”, we got mud masks, played soccer on the beach, and visited a National...
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A quick note about natural hair/ hablemos de cabello
Ndenda Mutsaku
2019-01-14
English then Spanish Ingles despues español I had never though that wanting to wear my natural hair would be an every day battle. There is not a single day I’m not asked When are you going to braid your hair? Why you don’t braid it?. I had heard multiple time “it looks ugly like that”,...
Read MoreDe una familia de 3 a una de 9 o 11 no 13 en realidad 16 / From a family of 3 to a family of 9… 11 …13, actually 16
Ndenda Mutsaku
2019-01-14
Español despues ingles Spanish then English Me tomó tiempo publicarlo, escribí este blog en mi primer mes en Senegal It took me time to post it, I write this in my first month in Senegal GCY me dijo que estaría en una casa +9 y no exageraban cuando me dijeron que no podían responder con...
Read MoreTrazas de pensamientos mañaneros
Paula Medina
2019-01-14
January 14th 2018 Today we don’t have Wolof class in the morning. So I take the path to the outskirts of my town, what I call the forest. I walk exchanging some ¨Salammalekum¨, I open my eyes to the beauty of the baobabs and I discover a new small town surrounded by peace and calmness....
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Fight and Flight
Khalil Laltoo
2019-01-14
It was a warm Sunday morning and I had just made my way down the bustling and noisy Nagar Road, to the front of Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary. When you hear sanctuary, you probably get images of grand landscapes of preserved natural beauty. Not Salim Ali. This small park no more than a few kilometers...
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1579 Kilometers (981 miles) South
Gema Benavides Jimenez
2019-01-14
Grains of sand between my toes, whistling waves that softly caress my legs when hitting the shore, rays of sun that my cheeks and chest and the taste of salt in my skin-small pleasures of life that I only came to truly appreciate when I left my city in the coast of Spain 3 years...
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Minha familia
Pamela Martinez
2019-01-12
Since I moved haven’t taken the actual time to reflect about the family I am living with and there is a non-excusable reason but a pretty good one: I have been enjoying spending time with them. Since October, wow. November, December, January. We are now in January. I want to present you the characters that...
Read MoreIt’s been a while
Manuel Quesada Nylen
2019-01-11
Haven’t written a blog post since before the holidays, which is at least two months. Reading some of the blogs of the Fellow Roundup is not something I do quite often but today I read Ecuador fellow Melinda’s recent post where she talked about the best way she can describe her experience to people asking,...
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