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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Hold On, We’re (Going) Home
Caroline Smith
2018-05-01
My definition of home has expanded more than I could have imagined in the past two years. 24 months ago, home meant living in a house with the number 102 and a best friend living in house 103 on that same street. It meant a hammock hung between two dogwood trees, and a treehouse I...
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WHY I QUIT SOCIAL MEDIA?
Rujen Amatya
2018-04-30
;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial”> A year ago, I was a social media addict. I loved using Facebook, Instagram and, Snapchat. I enjoyed sharing updates through my photo and video posts. I was often busy with my cell phone messaging friends and being updated about the lives of hundreds of followers. However, as I took a bridge year after...
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BY THE BEACH, IN THE SEA
Rujen Amatya
2018-04-30
During my bridge year in Florianopolis, Brazil, I had one objective: to visit all the beaches on the island. This proved to be an extreme challenge because the island of magic has more than 40 beaches. I could not visit all the beaches. Thus, I decided to go for the most beautiful beaches which are on the east...
Read More1 Second Everyday
Alexi Strike
2018-04-25
A quick, yet nostalgic video showcasing one second from (almost) everyday of my journey in Brazil. [vc_video link=’https://youtu.be/KXFJXhBmZjo’]
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Writing while experiencing mixed emotions, I want to feel at home
Juliana Trujillo Mesa
2018-04-25
So here I am, back to Colombia, trying to put into blogs the last eight months of my life. This has proven to be an extremely hard task as while I try to adapt to my new life in a country that doesn’t quite feel like my own anymore every time I think of Brazil...
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Coming Home
Dominique Landinez
2018-04-23
The reverse culture shock is a very strange and very real thing. I am on a bus, looking through my window, and taking in the vast redwood forests in California. My mind is still in Brazil. My hand is fidgeting with the cap of my water bottle. I am thinking about taking a shower, rinsing...
Read MoreUma Carta
Sophie Winter
2018-04-17
Dear Mum and Dad, My hair is longer and my skin darker. My family has expanded, stretching from America, England, Australia and Brazil. I have friends who speak several languages, who have grown up in the Middle East, South America, and Europe. I have argued, agreed and changed. I learned how to cook rice...
Read MoreCame home family already arguing. Bringing my stuff away all I here…
Ezekiel Alford
2018-04-15
Came home family already arguing. Bringing my stuff away all I here is shouts. I just wanna be alone, but I can’t the noise is to much but I’m not giving up. I have to relive stress but I have to hold mine in. Looks like I might get kicked out it’s not even there...
Read MoreUma Receita Brasileira
Alexi Strike
2018-04-13
Surprisingly enough, cake made up a huge part of my gap year. The first thing I ate when I gave up veganism was Bolo de Cenoura. Whether or not it was the culprit of my weight gain is unknown (but likely; cake was almost always a part of cafe da tarde (afternoon coffee break), and often...
Read MoreThe time when I was crucified and kissed by a priest
Filip Carnogursky
2018-04-06
The diversity of Brazil is ubiquitous: myriad of sweet juicy fruits, numberless species in the fertile oceans and influences of cultures and religions from around the world. Through colonization, African religions mixed with European ones, mainly with Christianity, and formed unique religions found only here. Still, Brazil is predominantly Christian with 80 percent of...
Read MoreAmigo de fe
Carlos Henriquez
2018-04-04
This year I've been away from my dearest friends. I've stayed in touch with the ones I love the most and a Brazilian song that has helped me the most to kill the "saudades" has been Amigo de fe by Roberto Carlos. And because it means so much to me I decided to share the...
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Final Community Project
Carlos Henriquez
2018-04-04
Projeto Manezinho Global For my final community project I had a series of presentations about opportunities to study abroad for public high schools students in Brazil. People were extremely welcoming and many were fascinated to hear about programs like UWC, Youth Ambassadors and Empoderándo a Latinoamérica.
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