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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Happiness
Kalea Moore
2012-12-05
To be happy is what we all want in the end right? Happiness is the state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to joy. In the last month I have struggled extremely to find contentment and happiness in myself. From homesickness to real sickness its all been very hard. I find myself lonely...
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Competency
Meg Crenshaw
2012-12-05
I recently had a realization: While I was in the States, I was at least competent at the things I did in my daily life. Prepare breakfast? Check. Drive to school? Check. Lead a meeting? Check. Flush the toilet? Check. It’s a humbling experience to suddenly not be competent at everyday things. Flushing the toilet,...
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My Jungle Boogie
Sam Reeve
2012-12-05
My family of followers: Let me begin by apologizing for my poor, poor correspondence and updates with my blog. I have no excuse to give but that I’ve found it very easy to become caught up in the perfect weather, beautiful flora and fauna, and lovely people of Ecuador. To understate the last few months,...
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Presence
Tsion Horra
2012-12-05
This is my new host family. By far, they are the most welcoming and loving group of people I have met in Ecuador. My 18 year-old host sister is this athletic ball of energy that monopolized my attention the first time I met her. My host brother is a jokester. My host parents, caring and...
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Aidan In Ecuador: The Reality
Aidan Holloway-Bidwell
2012-12-04
Many are wondering: “What does Aidan do in Ecuador on a daily basis? We’ve read his ingenious bog posts and seen his jaw droppingly spectacular photos on facebook, but who is the man behind the myth?” Wonder no more, for included in this blog post is a riveting chronicle of a day in the life...
Read MoreDay in Yambiro!
Jackie Brown
2012-11-29
My average day in my community of Yambiro, Ecuador! Hope you enjoy 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoWqKJoQzOU&feature=youtu.be
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Last day of Quito, Reflections
Graham Collins
2012-11-29
[This was written months ago during my last day in Quito. Here are my thoughts of then, and I will try to do a new blog around the 1st of December with my current thoughts and activities. Even the inserts in this post from after writing are from months ago. I will literally copy and...
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An Assortment of Thoughts from September
Graham Collins
2012-11-29
Thoughts: I could have sworn I heard the “nyan cat” when I was walking down the street today. I was in the middle of Mindo when Ecuador scored a goal against Chile, and the whole town up and down the street just started yelling. It was pretty awesome. The recurring mistake I make in Spanish...
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Various Thoughts
Nathan Edwards
2012-11-29
Hello family and friends!! Greetings from Ecuador! I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving’s, whether it was passed with family or friends. This was my first Thanksgiving away from my family, and although I missed them dearly, I had a fantastic Thanksgiving. The fellows of my region and of another region (24 total) got together to...
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Ely Kadish
2012-11-28
7:00 am I wake up and begin my day Mornings consist of helping get Valentina (the baby) dressed, cleaning my half of the room and setting the table for breakfast 8:40am I wait for my bus to come speeding down the road.. In the background I watch Volcán Imbabura peak out through the...
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A Day in My Life
Chloe Bash
2012-11-27
See the gallery below for what my typical day looks like!
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An Immediate Response
Kimberly Nerea Tellez
2012-11-27
As I was calmly finishing up my 50 cent lunch at school the other day, which consisted of a small bowl of rice with potatoes, I glanced down to my cellphone to see what time it was. 10:39 They ring the school bell, signaling what I thought was the end of recess. Surprised at their...
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