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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Celebrations, Coworkers, and Cuy
Molly Owens
2012-02-16
December for me was marked by three things: celebrations, coworkers, and cuy. CUY Cuy for the people who don’t know, is guinea pig. I ate cuy. I’m a great vegetarian, right? I figured I had to at least try this bizarre dish that is somewhat of a delicacy in...
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Encuestas en el Mercado
Adolfo Leon Jr
2012-02-16
My apprentenship has been working with with a credit union called ¨Buscando Un Amigo¨ or Looking for A Friend in English. The office is located in the city of Ibarra, in mercado Amazonas. My work day consist of working from 8am to 12pm, Monday through Friday. However, I must wake up at 6:40 a.m. to...
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My Life is a Movie
Lindsey Sepulveda
2012-02-16
One of the most common experiences that I’ve had during my Global Citizen Year is that sometimes I have a whole bunch of slow days or a lot of busy days. A few days ago, I was having a really slow day so I decided to watch a movie called Rango. It’s about a lizard...
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Chicken Lips
Stephanie Dunning
2012-02-16
Caution to reader- could contain bothersome material. It is Sunday and I finally got to sleep in, 8:30am is a heavenly time to wake up. The extra hour and a half is good for the health. It’s not even bad to wake up around 7am every day, but working with the kindergarten takes a lot...
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My Estate
Nicolas Freschi
2012-02-16
Here it is, everyone. My long awaited video blog. This was taken way back in October, before I was a champion horse back rider. I have not fallen off the horse since. Enjoy!
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Wednesday Teacher
Elizabeth Warren
2012-02-16
Every Wednesday, I get up at 5a.m., get ready and I’m at the bus terminal by 6:15 am to take a bus that goes by the road to the school about 30 minutes outside of Ibarra. I have to pay attention to make sure I don’t miss my stop, because the school is in a rural...
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Not in Africa
Lydia Crush
2012-02-16
(January 23, 2012) On our seven hour drive from Quito to the beach, there were plenty of interesting scenes to capture. We passed cascades, and churches, and landscapes, and drying laundry, and African Palm groves. What? African Palm? I’m in the Andes. What is an African palm doing here? And why...
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Jambi Huasi
Jacob Stern
2012-02-13
February marks my sixth month in Ecuador, and I still haven’t posted something about my work. I guess that’s been a little difficult to describe because I’ve bumped around doing three different things. But here’s one of them: Main apprenticeship: Jambi Huasi: Intercultural Health Center (October – April). I work Monday-Thursday: working at the receptionist...
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Autumn in Ecuador
Galen Burns-Fulkerson
2012-02-09
I spent part of yesterday afternoon raking leaves into plastic bags. As pieces crunched underfoot, the smell of freshly fallen leaves wafted through the air. Ah, the start of autumn. But wait. I’m in Pimampiro, Ecuador, where springtime is eternal and the only real season change comes with the rain. In fact, the leaves that...
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Never the same in “Same”
Lydia Crush
2012-02-07
It is pronounced sam-eh, and is a small coastal town towards the north of Ecuador. We were told the coast would be our host for the mid-term retreat. Since I am from PA, I was expecting a beach like New Jersey. Instead, as we drove through the mountains, all of a sudden the mountains tumbled...
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Find Your Tribe
Joan Hanawi
2012-02-03
No matter who you are or where you come from, you are always trying to Find Your Tribe, to find family in any corner of the world. The link above is my attempt to share a little taste of the Ecualife I’ve found here in the Amazon since I arrived in Ecuador…hope you enjoy it as much...
Read MoreWhy I Still Believe
Joan Hanawi
2012-01-31
Although Global Citizen Year is a non-denominational organization, we all come from different places, different backgrounds, different beliefs. Which is exactly why his words echoed in my mind that night as I tried to determine if I had heard, let alone understood, correctly. “You have no idea, but you came at exactly the right moment. I...
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