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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Foods of Brasil!
Natalie Kirunda
2020-03-06
Nearly seven months in Brasil and here are my favorites 🙂 I’ve the chance to discover new foods through restaurant dates with friends, and pleasant family lunches & dinners 🙂 both my parents are awesome cook (s/o to them) COXINHA ~In the form of a teardrop, and filled with shredded chicken or meat- all fried...
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Ready or Not
Natalie Kirunda
2020-03-06
1:30AM thoughts and vibing to daniel caesar, sufjan stevens, & sleeping at saturn, some of my favorite artists. I feel emotional because I understand that my time is wrapping up here. I am more than excited to see my family again, but I know I’m not ready to leave the country I now consider my...
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Roads
Geraldo Sibinde
2020-02-28
I have been away from home for three years now. I only visit during summer, I turned 17, 18, 19 away from home, 3 Christmas away from home. Sometimes I feel like hitting the road, but my heart races everytime I begin a journey. I don't drive and I can't fly a plane. Travelling is...
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Torai Ruddy Hoey
2020-02-09
I’ve been meaning to write this blog update for… a while, now. I wasn’t sure what to say or how exactly I could represent my time here in Brazil as honestly as possible, and despite starting to write this post I still don’t really know. But we’re coming into these last two months in-country- the...
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Some things I would like to remember
Anupama Sanjith
2020-02-07
I had heard about this time from many people …… “Lupi, you will have a lot of free time during this gap year. You must put it to good use.” But no one can really prepare you for what all these people meant. After the initial excitement of being in this new environment, I experienced...
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A new way to communicate
Geraldo Sibinde
2020-02-04
There are thousands of languages out there, some only a few hundred can people speak them, I used to wonder how people used to communicate when they did not have a common language, even sign language is not universal, it varies within countries, certainly you will comprehend the basics, maybe easier to go around using...
Read MoreCockroach Apocalypse
Andromeda Yahoudy-Macner
2020-02-03
So, this was an event. It consumed an entire day and resulted and a small discount on the Airbnb. It all started with a trip to Rio with three other fellows. It was Grace, Michele, and Graham- for future reference. We all booked this Airbnb that had glowing reviews. I’m talking like 2 paragraphs of...
Read MoreWhat to pack for your gap year
Sofia Dragoti
2020-01-29
Via Usually when you think what to pack for 8 months, your minds gets a little bit chaotic (Chaos(χάος) is a Greek word 😉 ) Via But it is simplest than you think! Believe me! Via Lets start with the basics. 1.You will take clothes that are comfortable ,you use and you like! (keep those 3...
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Christmas Poem
Geraldo Sibinde
2020-01-20
That was my third Christmas away from home, and the past three years have been different, I miss the vibes, my family and their love and affection, home is the best place to be. I was curious about Christmas traditions here in Brazil, and when it was the time, I felt home, because Christmas is...
Read MoreEu Não Entendo
Andromeda Yahoudy-Macner
2020-01-14
In my high school language was not prioritized. People could take a simple three years of either Spanish or French and then they’d fulfill that requirement to graduate. I took four and a half years of French, but alas I came out with having no ability to converse with anyone in French. Part of that...
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Graham Markert
2020-01-14
11/1/2020 “E aí?!” The howl came from a man 12 feet above me, delicately balanced on the Black Pearl’s center mast. One hand clutching the climbing net, the other a microphone, Captain Jack Sparrow let out his most ferocious cry yet. “QUEM GOSTA DE BARULHO!?!!?” The ship’s deck doubled as a dance floor as more...
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Family Outings
Andromeda Yahoudy-Macner
2019-12-26
So, I’m not sure how other countries are when it comes to going out with their families, but this is what my experience in Brazil has been so far. When your family tells you that you are going out or you going on a trip with them they usually give you some general details. They...
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