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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What is work?
Lauren Guido
2014-02-03
As I reach my four month anniversary of living in Ecuador I realize that my perspectives of what is considered work have been challenged by the work experiences I have endured as well as observed. At my previous apprenticeship I worked at an ecotourism museum called Kamak Maki, which consisted of Kichwa artifacts, a zoo, a medicinal garden, a natural...
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Aissatou’s Wedding
Kaitlyn Johnke
2014-02-03
When holidays or special events arise, I view them with significantly more apprehension than excitement because for a whole day or even week, I have yet again landed in another world: different greetings are said, I am supposed to follow a course of actions everyone understands but me, we wear different clothes, and I am...
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Resolutions and Revelations
Lillie Mayfield
2014-02-03
Happy New Year everyone! I realize we’re halfway through January already, and I probably should have posted this earlier, but, if only for my own sake, I thought I would share with you all some of my New Year’s resolutions for 2014. I’ve never really been one for making New Year’s resolutions. In the past...
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Losing Sight of My Shore
Abigail Clavin
2014-02-03
I am from a small coastal town in New England. When I think of my childhood one of the first things that comes to mind is the ocean — days spent on the beach or fishing on our family boat. My whole life has somewhat been shaped by the ocean and I consider it my rock. The salty cool...
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R.I.P. Hamilton the Pig
David Morrison
2014-01-25
When I first arrived on the small family farm, I took a mental note of what animals and produce we have at the farm as I toured around. Cows, chickens, goats, sugarcane, beans, and one pig. I thought it was strange that we only had one pig as opposed to all the other animals we...
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A First-Class Program
Global Citizen Year
2014-01-25
My wife and I had the good fortune to visit our daughter, Jojo, in Florianopolis during the New Year’s holiday. We realize not every parent was able to visit their child and hope sharing our experiences will go a little way to setting your minds at ease about the work and impact of the Global...
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Reference to Home
Samuel Normington
2014-01-24
Home sickness is like a hurricane. You are only vaguely aware of it brooding in the distance but it is determined to not just be a bad day or a little storm, it’s determined to knock you off your feet, and leave you stunned and stinging, questioning everything in existence, physical or not. What is...
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Timeline
Emily Stevens
2014-01-24
I apologize for having not publicly documented anything for the past five and a half months. Hopefully this timeline will adequately catch you up on the most important points and periods. September: Smelly, sweaty September. I spent the first month in a Wolof family with two American study-abroad sisters. By day I went to French,...
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Finding Home
Conner Evans
2014-01-24
As a Global Citizen Year Fellow, the holidays are tough. At a time when you normally expect to be surrounded by family, friends, and the holiday spirit, it can be a little disconcerting to experience different customs in a different country surrounded by different faces. Throughout my life I have become used to certain traditions...
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