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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Hamid Ahmed Abulrhman
2017-12-14
Hey Guys, Background Info: My name is Hamid Ahmed. I was born in Yemen , in the Middle East. I lived there six years, and then after that my family moved to Hungary. I spent the next 10 years of my life here. When I was 16 , I applied to a high school system...
Read MoreBottling Up the Small Moments
Elizabeth Ollila
2017-12-11
As my half point approaches (SATURDAY!!) I can’t help but have this sudden feeling that I’m not soaking up every moment the way that I should. I have this intense desire to be able to bottle up everything that I’m experiencing so that I can have it forever. I’ve started making lists of things...
Read More10 Reasons Why a Taking a Bridge Year is the Right Choice
Sarah Candee
2017-12-09
Trying to make a university decision at only eighteen years old is difficult — even more difficult if you don’t know what you want to do yet (and if you do, chances are it will change). The popularity of bridge years — also known as gap years — is growing amongst high school seniors. ...
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Serendipity and Obama
Phuong Nguyen
2017-12-08
This blog post is a little about two things I already knew intersecting to create a new lesson. Serendipity and Obama. Serendipity is a fortunate happenstance. I like to think of it as when you find a dollar on the street. Something good happens to you by chance, without you putting the effort...
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More Than Just Sightseeing
Tiffany Hurtado
2017-12-04
It’s already been three months since I’ve been here and it feels like time is passing by both fast and slow. During these three months, I’ve been both homesick and truly happy to be here. It’s hard to explain my experience, and what’s it’s like being here. So I decided to do a photo blog...
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Thankful For My New Life—My New Home
Shannon Yang
2017-11-30
Almost three months ago, I stepped off a plane in Dakar, a city I didn’t know much about, in a country that I didn’t know much about. I spent a week doing a seminar at the Tostan Training Center in Thiès, speaking English, using the Wi-Fi, eating westernized food, and then suddenly, that bubble...
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Leonardo Salvatore
2017-11-29
Soccer. It’s a big thing in Brazil. Everyone belongs to a team. Whether it be in Serie A or Serie B, from where they were born or where they grew up, everyone likes a team. Corinthians, Santos, Palmeiras, Flamengo, Cruzeiro: these are probably the most famous soccer teams, but the list keeps going, and it’s not...
Read MoreJust So Dang Grateful
Elizabeth Ollila
2017-11-26
Right now I am sitting in my living room watching my host dad make a nativity scene out of recycled boxes and my host mom string tinsel on the tree that they just cut from outside. Yesterday, my family celebrated Thanksgiving with me. They gave me a day to invite a friend and make the...
Read MoreIntegration vs. Assimilation
Shukura Babirye
2017-11-18
Global Citizen Year emphasises the idea that we need to integrate to our communities to feel like we have fulfilled this 8 month programme. However, what does that really mean? Integration is defined as enhancing the community that you are in due to the adaptation of both parties in forming a new and improved social...
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