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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The Power of a Single Word
Eliza Stowe
2018-11-28
A picture can tell a thousand words, but sometimes a single word can paint an entire picture. If my time here in Ecuador has taught me anything, it’s the importance of a single word. Living in a Spanish-speaking community while speaking a limited amount of Spanish, has made me realize how important words are. On...
Read MoreGarden
Manuel Quesada Nylen
2018-11-21
My family’s garden represents the time I’ve spent and will spend, here in Senegal. We arrived here during the rainy season, and now it has transitioned into the dry season, when the weather gets a bit colder, (Not as harsh as Boston cold, I can tell you that). I never considered the symbolism this garden...
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My Apprenticeship (the past, the present, the future)
Jeffrey Fishman
2018-11-18
As I sit on my bed writing this blog post, I am currently stuck in my house due to a citywide transportation strike in Ibarra. Not only are the taxi and bus systems not running, but the taxi drivers have also lined up their vehicles to blockade the highway and other parts of the city....
Read MoreI’m only 18
Manuel Quesada Nylen
2018-11-18
November already. WHAT THE HECK. As of recently, I’ve been having existential crises every other hour of the day, where I ponder several things to what seems like no end. Every thought, no matter how random, always somehow manages to connect back to home. Not my home in Senegal, my home in Malden MA, and...
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Lighting Up Diwali!
Leonie Tollefson
2018-11-18
Diwali is the festival of light, and easily one of the biggest celebrations of the year in India. It celebrates the triumph of good versus evil, and it is essentially the Indian Christmas, or in some parts of India, the new year. It’s 5 days, starting on the 5th of November. I had nearly a...
Read MorePUEDE LLAMARME MERI (YOU CAN CALL ME MERI)
Meredith Jones
2018-11-17
Me llamo Meredith. I have called myself Meredith for 18 years. I have never shortened it. Occasionally in conversation or introductions, people asked me if I had a preferred nickname. The truth is that Meredith was my preferred name. Every shorter variation of my name did not feel like me. Upon meeting my host family...
Read MoreAlgae Bloom
Avry Richter
2018-11-16
If you had the opportunity to live, learn, and breath the air of another people, culture, family and country, would you? So, here I am. Here I am taking in this world as the moments pass. I sit here with Yolanda, Domenicha and myself in a car in a city called Ibarra while the spacious...
Read MoreChapter 6: A Taste of Senegal
Xandra Coleman
2018-11-15
Considering November contains a holiday where the main event is eating a meal with one’s family, I thought it is only fair I focus on the sense of taste this month. When brainstorming for this blog, I realized how difficult it is to capture taste through words on a paper. If someone wants to put...
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The Volcanoes
Jeremy Chan
2018-11-15
Closing seminar just ended, meaning no more catch and release, also meaning we are spending more time with our families and apprenticeships. For the past month and a half, catching the 8:45am bus has been the norm every single day. As I wake up and leave the house, the 2 volcanoes welcome me out of...
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