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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Grounding
Julia-Braunig
2018-10-13
It’s been a little more than a month and I feel strangely normal and real in my routine. There’s my apprenticeship at the church and I feel so welcomed by the children there. They mostly come from low-income households and seem to lack a lot of attention at home, which is why they quickly opened...
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Fwd: Mi primer mes en Brasil. My first month in Brazil
Mauro Ramirez-Azofeifa
2018-10-12
El 2 de Septiembre llegué a Brasil. Después de un largo viaje de más de 30 horas desde la Universidad de Stanford. En mi primer semana estuve recibiendo capacitación en el sur de la Isla de Florianópolis. Desde el primer momento me sentí como en casa cuando comí arroz, frijoles, frutas, ensalada y carnes. El...
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Under the mora tree
Pamela Martinez
2018-10-10
[image: IMG_5532 copy.jpg] October 7th. It’s been a month since I moved to my new host family and tomorrow I will be moving again. I am moving because of circumstances I will not publicly mention since I rather saved the families’ privacy. From all the things I will leave here – and I will undoubtedly...
Read MoreDays get busier
Pamela Martinez
2018-10-10
I was biking (at 7 am) on my way to APAE when I met Kiko (my supervisor) who also works on a project called “monitoramento marino”, where they take kids to beaches like Gamboa with the hope of looking at whales. I went with them, and I finally saw whales! There were from 6 to...
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Mi primer mes en Brasil My first month in Brazil
Mauro Ramirez-Azofeifa
2018-10-09
El 2 de Septiembre llegué a Brasil. Después de un largo viaje de más de 30 horas desde la Universidad de Stanford. En mi primer semana estuve recibiendo capacitación en el sur de la Isla de Florianópolis. Desde el primer momento me sentí como en casa cuando comí arroz, frijoles, frutas, ensalada y carnes. El...
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Finding Joy
Natalie Glick
2018-10-09
“Comparison is the thief of joy”. We have all heard the saying before. Wether seeing it on a motivational poster in a classroom, or having someone tell it to us; it’s well known. I have heard it many times before with a passing ear. For maybe two minutes it would have an impact but then...
Read MoreExpectation V. Need
Giselle Esquer
2018-10-04
August 31, 2018 Global Launch was not what I expected but it was definitely something I needed. I’ve flipped through all the pages in my notebook at Global Launch and I see a pattern. Every inspiration wrote or idea I wrote down has to do with self reflection and expectations. What is it that I’m...
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Blog Post #5
Stephanie Duarte-Pedrosa
2018-10-02
This last week has defiantly been my most active week so far. The weather was perfect – not too hot, not too cold, so I got lots of biking in! It allowed me to explore the area with a new found sense of independence. Also, in one of my language classes, we learned a bunch...
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A Blunt Pencil
Laura Harvey
2018-09-30
Whilst drawing out in the landscape, an art teacher once told me that “you must draw faster, because every time you look up, what you see will have changed.” Pencil in hand, and sheltering my sketchpad from the late winter drizzle, I realise that this concept transcends much further than the Tuscan hills. On the...
Read MoreComparisons
Sophie Auvin
2018-09-25
Let’s talk about comparisons. I have spent a majority of my life entangled in this never-ending cycle of “he’s smarter than me”, “she’s faster than me”, “they’ll go to a better school than me”, and any other he/she/they is please fill in the blank here than me. It’s funny because everyone says not to compare...
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Blog Post #4
Stephanie Duarte-Pedrosa
2018-09-23
I have now spent two weeks in Garopaba with my host family. I have continued to eat truck-loads of papaya and can confidently say that I just about understand the public transit system. The three best Portuguese words that I learned this week: 1. roller coaster – montanha russa 2. ribs – costelas 3. wave...
Read MoreMY STRUGGLING PAST, MY BRIGHT PRESENT, AND MY UNCERTAIN FUTURE story
Haider Ali
2018-09-15
WELCOME TO MY 1st GLOBAL CITIZEN YEAR BLOG! This blog is separated in three parts of MY STRUGGLING PAST, MY BRIGHT PRESENT, AND MY UNCERTAIN FUTURE story. Here we go…. (if you find any English mistakes, please let me know if your comments. I have no Excellent English, by the way). MY STRUGGLING PAST, I...
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