Archives: Fellow Updates

Mailing address? Mailing address!

Drew Erickson

2019-10-16

I have had so many questions on where you can mail letters, this is it! Thank you in advance! Drew Erickson s/c Claire Ba BP 598 Thies CP 21000 Thies, Senegal

Alejandra Altamirano

2019-10-16

‘18 de Setiembre 2019’ Reading time/ tiempo de lectura aprox: 10 min or less it depends on how fast you read friend! -Español abajo- It is now 19 days after writing the first blog, 26 days since I left Costa Rica, a week and some more days of living with my host family and to...

Piece On The Climate Strike in Pune, India

Lily Turner

2019-10-15

September 21st, 2019 Almost everything about my India experience has been somewhat contradictory. You come out of a nice mall or coffee shop to wild pigs wandering across the road, you spend hours making fresh meals and eat them with only your hands, and in the same instant you will see a sign that says...

Finding Flow & Feelings of Family

Sadie Price-Elliott

2019-10-15

I have started to sing again. It came back slowly– at first, quietly humming the chorus of Cornelia Street to myself while peeling potatoes amid the afternoon chaos in the restaurant. Then, it grew louder and more persistent: at the table after almuerzo, in and out of the shower, while hanging my clothes on the...

Ian Porterfield

2019-10-14

When I applied for Global Citizen Year (GCY) in November of 2018, the first question they posed was to describe a hypothetical Youtube video of mine that had just reached its one-millionth view; “What is the video about and what is your role in it,” they inquired. With enthusiasm and humor, I responded that the...

A place full of opportunities

Rocio Yao

2019-10-13

Senegal, a young country with centuries of history. A home for 19 million people, and soon, a home for me and my new friends too. It’s a place where no one knows my name or story, and the place where I will learn not only about myself, but from people and the...

The Longest Week Ever

Amelia Joss