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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One Word and a Huge Success
Janet Sebastian-Coleman
2015-10-31
October 28th 2015: My four-year-old brother Moussa loves to quiz me in Pularr. His favorite after dinner entertainment is to point to various body parts and say honnu o innete? (What is this called?). He always starts with his personal favorite, tinde (forehead). So I’ve got that word down pat. I learned pretty early on if I’m feeling...
Read MoreFood Glorious Food
Janet Sebastian-Coleman
2015-10-31
October 18th 2015: The romance of travel often rests in the food: the scents, tastes, spices of another part of the world. In Ibel, I live constantly surrounded by food. The okra that will be in today’s lunch is less than ten feet from my soodu (hut/room). Right now my compound is full of corn, okra, and millet...
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“I’m A Baby”
Noah Hapke
2015-10-27
Driving to Sayausi for the day, bus after bus, taxi after taxi, all I knew about the schedule was that we, Charlotte, Emery, Gabrielle, and I, were going somewhere to reforest something. This explanation basically sums up all things Ecuador, going somewhere unclear with little direction other than “vamos.” Sitting in the third and final...
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Me llamo
Talia Bailes
2015-10-24
I have struggled posting this blog because I find it difficult to accurately display everything that goes on in my life on a day to day basis. But as I adapt to my new life, this podcast accurately depicts some of my many thoughts and challenges. (Photo is of one of my weekend ballet classes...
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The Pink Mirror
Brooke Donner
2015-10-24
In the Kedougou region of Senegal, in the neighborhood of Lawol Tamba in Kedougou City, in my hut in my host family’s compound, hangs a pink mirror. It’s small, no bigger than an ordinary paperback book, and it hangs at just the right height that if I turn towards it as I walk out of...
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Two months down..Six to go
Elena Doss
2015-10-23
Two Months down..Six to go 7:15 A.M. I rose from my warm bed to greet the cold and I slowly slipped on my very, handy dandy, flip flops, as I make my way downstairs for breakfast. Breakfast Menu: Black coffee with sugar Rice An Egg or sausage 7:45 A.M. I waddle my...
Read MoreMindfulness, Happiness, and Gratitude, oh my!
Emery Harwell
2015-10-19
Have you ever been so happy you just wanted to RUN!? Because that’s how I felt after teaching my first English class on Thursday. I’ve now been in Pamar Chacrin for one month, and I am still constantly surprised at the small things that make me happy. In trying to figure out what exactly it...
Read More“So What Do You, Like, Do Everyday?
Makaleh Smith
2015-10-17
I start my day at about 5:45 a.m. with a flick of my light switch from either my brother or dad. The house rings with enough noise to force you to get out of your already sweltering hot bed. I walk zombie like across the hall to the bathroom I share with my sister. And...
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“Okay But Is it Really Pizza or is it Indian Pizza?” : The Homesick Girls Struggle for Food in India
Ivy Teglia
2015-10-13
I LOVE Indian food. Let me tell you, it’s my favorite. At home, I can’t get enough. I love going to Indian restaurants as much as I can. That’s one reason I was so excited to come to India – the food! I thought “Hey, go have fun in Ecuador eating guinea pigs and rice,...
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