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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Road to Ibel
Janet Sebastian-Coleman
2015-09-29
At five in the morning on September 19th Abby and I hustled through the dark streets of Dakar. We crossed the familiar highway, now void of the car rapides, taxis, horses, and buses that usually zip by as we make the trek to school and the office. Abby and I reach the office early and sit on the stoop...
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New Settings
Zoe Barnes
2015-09-26
Exactly one week ago I left my temporary home in Curitiba. It was here where, athough I ultimately really enjoyed spending time with my host family, I experienced my first “low,” (clearly shown in my previous post). Luckily, almost immediately after posting, I made it out of the trough and began to feel much more comfortable in...
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The Struggle with Sexuality: An Article from an Openly Gay Individual Living in Ecuador
Noah Hapke
2015-09-26
If you had asked me if I was going to come out to my host family in Ecuador last year, or even last month, I would have said “duh” and left it at that. But now, it just doesn’t really matter. During Pre-Departure Training in August, I talked a lot about being...
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GHOST CHILDREN
Indiana Nunez Sharer
2015-09-25
Amongst the city span there are children who seep out of every niche and corner. Silent they are as they approach you with outstretched arms and haunting, wanting eyes. It is not until after that you notice the pitter-patter of their teensy bare feet as they trail along behind you. Pit-pat-pit-pat-pit-pat. Almost a nonexistent sound yet...
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I’m Here
Gabriella Westcott
2015-09-24
Well, it happened. I’m here. I am officially in my permanent homestay In San Bartolomé, Azuay, Ecuador. Right now my life consists of never-ending laughter with my host nephews, working with the best apprenticeship supervisor ever (looking at you, José), and daily cups of café at an attempt to keep me warm ( which unfortunately...
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Rosalie Bull
2015-09-23
I just want to make sure everyone has a clear idea of what it is I’m doing here. I’m not here to “help” Ecuador. I have about as much cultural understanding of this place as Buddy the Elf had for New York City when he first arrived. I have limited language ability. I...
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This is Senegal.
Josue Morales Vivas
2015-09-20
As I listen to my favourite song, and sit on my rooftop contemplating the endless sky coloured by the sun almost like on fire by all its energy around it, I decided to write my first post for you all. It’s almost been three weeks since I left Stanford, on an cold but promising morning,...
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que pasa
Katherine Brooke-Davidson
2015-09-16
First, some basic updates: Friday is my last day in Quito! On Saturday I will be moving to northern Ecuador to the region of —–Imbabura. I’ll be living in a small town in the Andes called Pimampiro and doing an apprenticeship in nearby Paragachi with an international NGO called Vibrant Village Foundation. The past two...
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The Voices Not Many Hear
Munyaradzi Munyati
2015-09-12
As I enter my second week in Quito Ecuador, I feel that I have only just scrapped off the surface of what the Quitenian life is; knowledge that I use to construct the summaries that I send home in reply to the question of “How’s it going?” Most times conversations end with me talking about...
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