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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Stairs to Nowhere
Emily Hanna
2012-03-23
They’re a common sight along the road to my village, the stairs to nowhere. They dot the shoulder, sturdy cement constructions that lead only to thin air. Once upon a time, someone thought it would be a good idea to build pedestrian overpasses at the locations these stairs now occupy – but the money ran...
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Sounds Like Me
Priyanka Rao
2012-03-22
In my little wooden room in the Amazon, I will sometimes spend hours under the cracks of light that sift through the wooden boards, and watch as my three lives begin to make sense. The Hindi, the Spanish, the English. Maybe you can take a minute, to lay there with me. In the Amaden, District...
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Priyanka Rao
2012-03-22
Thoughts are woven together in interesting patterns. Perhaps this string of journal clippings will give you a snapshot of the passing of time in Ecuador, and even a sense of that tentative undying hope we Global Citizen Fellows seemed to be imbued with: Sunday 16th October: Hello again. It’s late at night and I wanted...
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Giving Thanks… Training Seminar 3
Mariah Donnelly
2012-03-21
Every seven weeks the fellows come together in a unique or an important place within the country that are staying in to discuss different aspects of their gap year and their journey thus far. During the days the fellows usually engage in what we like call “modules” where we focus on different aspects of our...
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Security- SEC-URITY
Albamarina Nahar
2012-03-21
I had no idea that Brazil used to be ruled by military dictatorships and governments for a long period of time in history. Many blame America for its influence on military and torture. Although that was in the past, today still lives some type of military practice in everyday life of all the...
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Seeing is Believing
Taylor Lawson
2012-03-20
“Take me with you when you go.” It’s a request I hear often enough, and I’m fairly sure that most of the other Fellows aren’t strangers to it. It brings up a dilemma. I give them information about how to contact me and where I live, in case they ever find themselves in the states....
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Community
Lukas Brenard
2012-03-17
While being in country my view of the importance of community has been greatly strengthened. In the daily connections with members of my village the inherent connections between strong community and happiness become clear to me. We live practically on top of each other in comparison to life in America and this brings out the...
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And In the End, the Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make.
Natalie Davidson
2012-03-14
My (American) mom is rather sentimental. One might even say she is the definition of sentimentality. Just two days before my departure my parents presented me with a going away gift – a beautiful book titled “Love Letters to Senegal.” My mom had compiled 33 letters from my loved ones – family members, “honorary” family...
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Finding Humor in a New Language
Winson Law
2012-03-12
In the ongoing adventure to gain proficiency in Portuguese, there are times when I have to make the universal face of confusion and times when I really get a kick out of learning. Below are three accounts of my daily, hilarious trek through the Portuguese language. The Difference Between Puxe and Pull Besides the obvious...
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