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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It’s Been 3 Months…
Noah Hapke
2015-11-22
It’s crazy to think it has already been over three months. I initially would write ‘I have been away from home,’ but I have come to find that San Juan has become my home. To wake up every morning, having a bladder more than full, and rush downstairs to the restroom brings such beauty from...
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What To Do When: A Guide To Living
Talia Bailes
2015-11-22
Dance has been and will always be an important aspect of my life. So is smiling. Listen below to hear how the combination of these is allowing me to flourish in Ecuador. My guide to living…
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Capoeira
Maria Nazarova
2015-11-21
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I have the opportunity of participating in a Capoeira class. Capoeira is defined as “a system of physical discipline and movement originating among Brazilian slaves, treated as a martial art and dance form”. It is well known throughout all of Brazil and allows me to be a part of...
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Lust for Life
Kristine Koehler
2015-11-20
My morning routine for my past four years living in Hong Kong went a little like this: an alarm going off at 6:10, a tired body would lay still but a knowing hand would make its way to the snooze button, usually more than once. Around 7 o’clock I’d be dressed and pulling my...
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Khwanhatai Kongkapetch
2015-11-20
One day, I woke up and walked to my apprenticeship (which was 5 seconds walk from my house) as normal. I arrived at the school and was told that I will be working with the new class today. I used to work with the kindergarten class(4 year olds) and my new class was 4th grade...
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A Summit without Silicon
Daniel Lewis
2015-11-19
I’ve always wanted to go to a keynote presentation. You know, those events that happen a few times every year where Google or Apple proclaims to unveil the future in front of the gaping eyes of thousands of tech nerds and pundits. After hours of anxiously waiting, they pull back the curtain and the world gasps at...
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Mutirao
Maria Nazarova
2015-11-19
The program placed me in a small, historical town in the south of Brazil called Morretes that has population of about 16,500 people. I started working in an organic farming cooperative that consisted of about thirty different families. I participate in weekly Mutiraos (community work) at the sites of the various families. These consist...
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To the Girl in O’Hare
Maria Morava
2015-11-16
Two months ago I stood small in O’Hare International Airport. In a layover on my way to San Francisco, I had a sandwich and congratulated myself on surviving my first plane ride. I had unceremoniously began my year of firsts: just two months shy of graduating from my small high school in my small town,...
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“If you like Colada Morada, getting caught in the rain…”
Kamilah Hayes-Lewis
2015-11-14
Then Ecuador is the place for you especially the Amazon. It rains about nine feet of rain every year. The east coast where I am from receives about five feet of rain every year. So chances of getting caught in the rain are very likely here. Now you must be wondering what is Colada Morada....
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