Fellow Stories

In Conclusion: A Stool

Sinead Nardi-White

2020-05-13

I’ve been back home in Virginia for about 2 months, and due to quarantine, I’ve had more time to myself than I expected to reflect on my experience as a Global Citizen Year fellow. I’ve looked through all my pictures on my phone repeatedly, chatted with fellow fellows about how re-entry is going, accidentally almost...

7 months in a 10-minute video!

Abdallah Salha

2020-05-08

Dear all, Thank you for subscribing to my Senegal experience closely and that were supportive all throughout this amazing experience. I’m more than glad to tell you that I finally made it to Gaza, Palestine on May 5, 2020, after 2 months of tough travels and quarantines. I am again put in a quarantine facility...

March 18, 2020. Damay nebe – I’m leaving.

Abdallah Salha

2020-04-15

March 18, 2020. Damay nebe – I’m leaving. Written on my flight from Senegal to Tunisia stopping in Mali to pick up and drop off passengers.   Yesterday was such a rushed and a dramatic day and I came to leave the country that I am really being welcomed in. (Other than the Arab identity...

home.

Drew Erickson

2020-03-30

Home.   Since August, home meant Senegal. It was not where my family or friends lived, it was not where I grew up, but I quickly had to learn to call it home. My room had to become my sanctuary, the office had to become my place of productivity, and the people there had to...

bissap 101

Angie Flores

2020-03-11

Blog 4: Salam Malekoum

Silvia Craig

2020-03-11

Salam Malekoum Mangi tudd Salka Fall (sama torondo Mauritania la dekk). Am naa fuki at ak jorom n ̃ent. Tivaouane laa dekk. Dafa tang ge ̈r! Janti bi dafa forte. Mangi n ̃ew a Se ́ne ́gal Septembre. Se ́ne ́gal laa dekk pour jorom beni wer yi. Americk laa joge wante sama Yaay mexique...

Blog 6: Poetry

Hadley Duquette

2020-03-08

I've restarted this blog at least 5 times now.  I feel like I've written all I can about this experience. I can't even express the happiness and gratitude I have for this experience and everyone involved.  It just feels like I am repeating it over and over again, so I will share this poem I...

Thoughts on leaving and telling my story

Sinead Nardi-White

2020-03-08

Just last week, I was sitting at my carpentry apprenticeship with my boss and the other apprentices, waiting for the heat to let up before we got back to work (it never really does, you just have to power through). I decided to use this time to read through my old blog posts. What struck...

Porque soy Mujer

Lola Ibanez

2020-03-07

Me acuesto y me levanto siendo Mujer. Me encuentro entre la suciedad del espejo y solo veo una Mujer. Abro el armario y rebusco entre las ropas largas porque soy Mujer.   Ellas miran mi blanca piel y acarician mi pelo. Preparo el alfabeto y practicamos escribir. Repetimos los números también. Porque soy Mujer y...

To all the names I will never forget

Lola Ibanez

2020-03-07

I didn´t know where to place you in my family tree. I didn´t know why you acted like my mum and how you became my closest friend. I didn´t know how we encountered ourselves within the cultural gap. I didn´t know why you can read my eyes so easily. I didn´t know why you decided...

Finding my peace regardless

Wonu Falae

2020-03-06

Why did you choose Senegal? I want my answer to be simple. But I also want it to be complete. The reason I think I chose Senegal was that I might never get the chance to come here again. Speaking on behalf of all Nigerians is impossible, so I speak for most of my friend...

PACKING LIST

Sophie Librett

2020-03-06

PACKING LIST  toothbrush  toothpaste  malaria pills contentment sweatshirt phone charger global perspective  being comfortable being uncomfortable  shampoo  bravery  humbleness socks underwear a sense of time that is more natural to nature knowledge that children are some of the best people to learn from shirts  pants  jewelry  smiles tears self awareness  a passion for absorbing the...