2012-02-03
In partnership with the University of the Americas (UDLA) and the US Embassy in Quito, Global Citizen Year in Ecuador hosted an event, entitled “From Freedom Riders to Freedom Drivers: Cultivating Young Leaders for Freedom in Ecuador,” to commemorate the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. The event was held on the UDLA campus in Quito on the...
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2012-02-03
No matter who you are or where you come from, you are always trying to Find Your Tribe, to find family in any corner of the world. The link above is my attempt to share a little taste of the Ecualife I’ve found here in the Amazon since I arrived in Ecuador…hope you enjoy it as much...
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2012-02-02
This post was written by Nancy Bales Anderson, mother of GCY Fellow Erica Anderson, following her trip to visit Erica in Senegal. How can you properly prepare yourself for a visit to a developing country? Iver and I thought we were prepared. Visiting the Travel Clinic, we had five immunizations, Typhoid doses, and had Malaria...
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Standing on a rocky cliff overlooking the pacific-ocean, we, the Global Citizen Year Fellows and staff, watched the orange sun dissolve into the horizon… quite an idyllic setting for a mid-term retreat. We all stood in soft awe at the scene where we would set aside the daily challenges of our immersion experience and work life,...
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Although Global Citizen Year is a non-denominational organization, we all come from different places, different backgrounds, different beliefs. Which is exactly why his words echoed in my mind that night as I tried to determine if I had heard, let alone understood, correctly. “You have no idea, but you came at exactly the right moment. I...
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The Senegalese Go on Strike!! January 27th will be the defining moment in Senegalese politics, of this decade. It seems like every time you turn on the TV someone, somewhere is protesting, going on strike, and/or launching complaints at the current administration. Teachers have gone on strike at least twice since the school year started in...
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Tea time here in Senegal is nothing like you would expect it to be, no crumpets and fancy dresses, and definitely no elaborate china and pinkies in the air. It’s more like a group of 6 or 7 people sitting around a coal stove for nearly an hour drinking Chinese green tea called Ataya from...
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