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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The Third Sector’s impact in Florianópolis
Carlos Henriquez
2018-03-24
During the first days of January 2018, several cities in Brazil’s state of Santa Catarina were hit by really heavy rains that gave rise to numerous floodings. This caused great material losses to families that live in the most vulnerable areas. After the first disastrous news started to spread in social media and local journals,...
Read MoreRegionl Recconect 3: Survival Style
Mae Reilly
2018-03-24
Throughout this seven months we had regional reconnects with the people in our immediate cohort. Our last one was about two weeks ago, the Garopaba cohort went into the woods with ex-military men to do an overnight survival course. This photo is us heading there and before seeing how intense the course leaders were. After...
Read MoreFood and Nutrition Insecurity in Brazil
Dominique Landinez
2018-03-22
Here I was, splitting a banana tree with a machete in the countryside of São Paulo. The pieces of banana tree, filled with water, were being strategically positioned in the dirt to aid the other crops for the rainless days. The other crops– chinese and lamb lettuce—would use the banana tree as a sort of...
Read MoreThe Unexpected Visitor
Mae Reilly
2018-03-20
Over these last seven months my greatest struggle has been all of the insects and creepy crawlies. I’ve become okay with ants in the house, spiders all over the place (as long as they’re not poisonous and don’t jump) and the little geckos that reside on the ceilings. The one type of creepy crawlies that...
Read MoreGood Friends, The Great Outdoors, and Amazing Food – an Introduction. Pt.1
Kara Esplin
2018-03-16
If you read my official profile on the Global Citizen website you’ll see the line “She [Kara] enjoys good friends, the great outdoors, and amazing food.” Seven months later this statement still stands true, but if I could just change it a bit. “Hello, I am Kara Esplin. I have made incredible friends. I live in a the...
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Home
Trevor Hall
2018-03-15
Where is home? Is it a country? A city? Or a thing? And how can I feel so wrong in a place, but simultaneously fit it like a glove? These are all questions I ask myself daily in Brasil, which is a country that I now can call home. This place is my home not...
Read MoreEnganação
Leonardo Salvatore
2018-03-03
Pessoas tem que roubar por um pedaço de pão Ou servir mula e sustentar o Estado Ter que todo dia trabalhar, ser explorado Não aguento mais ver isso pois me deixa revoltado Das migalhas do patrão poucos sobreviveram Se logo não acabarmos com esta enganação Where we live it’s not easy People have to...
Read MoreJourney In Photos
Chloe Cobb
2018-03-02
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Read MoreHello!
Chloe Cobb
2018-03-02
I've made it to Brazil! Haha. I know I haven't given an update since being here. Desculpa (means I'm sorry in Portuguese). I've been here for 6 months now and it seems like it's only been three. Time really has been flying by, it's like I blinked and now it's almost time to go back...
Read MoreHow I Almost Turned Down My Gap Year
Alexi Strike
2018-03-01
I was accepted into Global Citizen Year very early (the summer before my senior year of high school). Nobody in my family is an avid traveler, and I had previously only gone on short international trips, but I wasn’t phased. I was in the midst of planning another (short) international trip, and 7 months later,...
Read MoreBlog 6
Nicolas Livon-Navarro
2018-03-01
Today is March 1st, which is crazy because I have exactly 34 days until I leave my host family and 37 until I leave Brazil. It's kind of hard to wrap my head around it but its here, the final month of my journey. I have mixed emotions about leaving so soon. On the...
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Nicolas Livon-Navarro
2018-03-01
As a kid, I never took much pleasure in reading. I would do it when I had to, but it was never something I would do voluntarily. Dyslexia made it hard for me to read without giving me headaches, especially in English since it was my second language. Although I hated reading, I really...
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