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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From my Journal, 13th December 2018
Sophia Youngdahl
2019-02-02
Teranga. I feel as though I am surrounded in warmth. I know I am as sweat careens down my cheek, making pathways in the light dusting of sand that has laid there to rest from its windy whereabouts. It is more than that simple, easily defined warmth, however; it is a peculiar one, a delectable...
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Anna Denniston
2019-02-01
Some afternoons, when our mom kicks us out of the house and tells us to go play, my younger brother and I will trudge up the road and then off into the woods, where there is a waterless river we like to walk in. We slowly bumble our way along the riverbed, searching for nice-looking...
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10 Things I am Thankful for in Ecuador (and Will Inevitably Miss when I Return to the U.S.)
Jeffrey Fishman
2019-01-31
It has been awhile since I last posted to my blog, and I don’t really have a good excuse. Honestly, I have just been trying to soak up every moment of my life here in Ecuador, and I lost track of time. Through the good days, and even the bad ones, I try to stay...
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GROWTH
Brandon Richards
2019-01-18
I’m in an Uber with Jack and Luciana on my way home from our second regional reconnect when Luciana says “Do you think this is the best year of your life?” We had just come back from exploring Old City on a heritage walk, walking through Charminar, having several men come up to us and...
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Minha familia
Pamela Martinez
2019-01-12
Since I moved haven’t taken the actual time to reflect about the family I am living with and there is a non-excusable reason but a pretty good one: I have been enjoying spending time with them. Since October, wow. November, December, January. We are now in January. I want to present you the characters that...
Read MoreIt’s been a while
Manuel Quesada Nylen
2019-01-11
Haven’t written a blog post since before the holidays, which is at least two months. Reading some of the blogs of the Fellow Roundup is not something I do quite often but today I read Ecuador fellow Melinda’s recent post where she talked about the best way she can describe her experience to people asking,...
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Responsible Storytelling
William Shain
2019-01-10
“Expectation vs reality” is one of the most iconic GCY catchphrases, on par with “you get the year you need, not the year you want,” “curiosity before judgment,” and “discovering a world ahead.” Yet I find that the more I experience here in Ecuador, the more I identify with the meaning behind the phrase “expectation...
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4 Spontaneous Days in Pondicherry!
Leonie Tollefson
2019-01-10
After a fantastic week in Bangalore, I took an overnight bus east, to the state of Tamil Nadu, where I spent 4 amazing days in the French colonial town turned union territory, Pondicherry (or Puducherry for locals). The Indian/French fusion vibe that the whole city took on was amazing, from the food to the language,...
Read MoreChapter 9: Welcome to My Yankee Candle Store (Senegal Edition)
Xandra Coleman
2019-01-10
We were floating on the Pink Lake, a lake with a higher salt concentration than the dead sea. Around me, friends were harping on the strong saltine smell, I, on the other hand, closed my eyes and found myself transported to the inside of a Philly Pretzal Factory. Back in September the smell of Lac...
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