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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Settling In
Drew Hayes
2012-12-05
Often when I tell people I’ll be living in Diogo for the next six months, they tell me how privileged I am. They gush about the beach, the sand dunes, and the river. Now that I’m here, I can confirm that Diogo, Bahia, Brazil is a place worth gushing about. It makes an awesome postcard....
Read MoreJigsaw Puzzles
Julia Carter
2012-12-04
When I was younger, I loved working on jigsaw puzzles with my grandmother. I loved getting down to eye level with the table and seeing life from the eyes of the puzzle pieces. With half my face revealed, I would watch as a picture magically materialized from what used to be 1000 little pieces of...
Read MoreThe Red Crayon, or the Blue?
Mary Modisette
2012-11-29
“What activity do you think the kids should do?” Tonton Njame asked me in French, referring to the group of five and six-year-olds in the Grande Section of Casa de Tout Petit, a nursery school I had been formally working in for a not even a week. Naturally my mind seemed to run a total...
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Waste Not, Want Not
Emily Ford
2012-11-29
The singular light bulb in my room went out. No big deal, I thought. It was late in the evening when I noticed and I didn’t want to disturb my family. Using my flashlight, I simply went to sleep, vowing to ask for a light bulb the next morning. However I didn’t remember until I returned home from...
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“Everyone eats today”
Marisa Comeau-Kerege
2012-11-29
We all sat around two long tables in anticipation of our Thanksgiving feast. “There is going to be so much food,” we were told over and over again. We were all bubbling with excitement. When our meals came, one thing stuck out to me. There was a lot of food, but there were also 33...
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Dafa Metti
Emily Ford
2012-11-29
I find myself wishing for rougher hands so that I wouldn’t wince from the heat of the rice as I eat. I want my spine to be perfectly aligned to avoid the sore back I endure after spending hours picking bissap. And I curse my eyes for being so sensitive that they tear up from the smoke as I...
Read MoreEighteen
Talia Katz
2012-11-29
Tang Aning Segi — Malinke Eighteen — English Dix-huit — Francais Fuk ak Djurom Nyet — Wolof Maybe it’s because we scrutinize that which is closest to us, but I think I’ve begun to over analize the number 18. Although logically 18 is a number and thus should retain a certain universal meaning, I’ve...
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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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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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