2019-10-01
Today, three months after my high school graduation, I jumped on a green coach bus — the most common form of transportation in my area — and started on my way to work. I peered out the curtained window, watching the thick fog fade at the mountaintops to reveal pastel blue skies at the peaks...
Read More
2019-09-29
When we embark on a new adventure, there are stories we expect to be telling. How we tried new food for the first time maybe, or how we got lost with public transportation. And then there are stories that are so weird that we could have never imagined them to happen. This is...
Read More
2019-09-29
Dear tree in my yard, Thank you for providing shade from the blistering hot days. In this shade I have been able to bond with my family. In this shade I have been able to speak broken Wolof. In this shade I have seen the care children have for each other, as well as the...
Read More
2019-09-29
Before leaving Sweden I made a post on Instagram preparing my audience for an unstoppable flow of content, or in other words, spam, of my life in India. It has now been 29 days since I arrived, and I have only made one upload which consisted of a photo of a street in Pune, explaining...
Read More2019-09-28
Before coming to Ecuador, I had no idea what to expect. That was a terrifying feeling. I wanted to make that feeling disappear as much as possible, so I read as many stories as I could about what previous Global Citizen Year had experienced during their time. I started to get a picture in my...
Read More
2019-09-28
Two weeks ago today I arrived at my host family ‘s and a lot has happened since then. I explored the area, started working in the town’s municipality and had my first debrief circle in the warm Yungilla valley. A couple of things have surprised me about Ecuador in these two weeks. (To be honest,...
Read More2019-09-26
BLOG # 2 .mp4 Too much was happening for the past three weeks , I discovered that my spiciness resistance has increased, I met my host family , I started my job at a primary school with 5th grade kids , I already know how to take the bus to my apprenticeship and to my...
Read More