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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Gatherings
Clarissa Bury
2015-06-19
In my second week in Ecuador, my family invited me to a velatorio, which, in that sense, was a Kichwa Ecuadorian memorial service. I was exhausted from work and it was about 8 at night already, so I hesitantly asked how long we would be out. No mas que una hora. No more than one...
Read MoreEu Agradeco
Na'ilah Harris
2015-06-15
Brasil… Obrigada por seu tempo sua terra sua ÌÁgua sua beleza seu povo e sua cultura Obrigada por samba capoeira pagode forro axe e tambÌ©m o funk Obrigada por arroz e feijÌ£o a̤aÌ_ pastel acaraje maracuja e pinhao Obrigada por Curitiba Floripa SÌ£o Paulo Salvador e Rio Obrigada por falando comigo lidando comigo me escutando,...
Read MoreThe Importance of Family
Noah Applebaum
2015-06-08
Written November 2014 —- My host family picked me up from my program today. I was nervous at first but mi mami, Rosanna, came up to me, smiled, and said ÛÏmijo!Û (my son). She hugged me as if I was her own. We arrived back at the apartment and my brain was already so tired...
Read MoreWhen the Sun Falls
Lucas Weber
2015-06-08
Written January 3, 2015 — Always the one invited to parties, never the one to go. Which in turn, made me into the one never invited to parties. I didn’t mind it too much, but I did get a sort of hipster pleasure by denying fun. I can’t say I never went to parties, in...
Read MoreMornings
Pooja Thekdi
2015-06-08
Mornings are beautiful. I’m not a morning person but I can admit there’s something about the lighting in the morning that gives you this kind of feeling that you really don’t get at any other point in life. I mean, those few moments in bed are always a struggle. I imagine what I’m going to...
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Pooja Thekdi
2015-06-08
Mornings are beautiful. I’m not a morning person but I can admit there’s something about the lighting in the morning that gives you this kind of feeling that you really don’t get at any other point in life. I mean, those few moments in bed are always a struggle. I imagine what I’m going to...
Read MoreEXPERIENCE
Isaac King
2015-06-08
I believe it’s the perfect time for me to give my readers a look into my Brazilian experience. This culture is something similar to abstract art from different view points the object changes. When first arriving to Brazil, I thought I would be able to place a label over Brazil that fit it to a...
Read MoreMy Two Families
Jaxom Moore
2015-06-08
I have two families. I have 2 brothers, a sister, 2 mothers, 2 fathers and a whole bunch of aunts, uncles and cousins. The greatest things about these families is that there’s so much in common. Between cachaca and beer, both my dads make some form of alcohol. EVERYONE has a love of beer. Sports,...
Read MoreA List: The Best and the Worst
Charlotte Reider-Smith
2015-06-03
Challenges food machismoism Best family friends
Read MoreMeu querido Brasil
Azul Diaz
2015-06-03
Meu Brasil querido, Em pouco tempo eu vou ter que te deixar, eu vou ter que continuar com o meu comino longe d’aqui mas, meu Brasil, eu quero te dizer que foi tÌ£o bom te encontrar nessa vida. Foi o destino mesmo que me tro̤o perto de vocÌ». Eu prometo que vou te guardar dentro...
Read MoreAn Attempt at Gratitude
John Spence
2015-06-02
Thank you. Thank all of you. Thank you to those who read my blog during the year. Thank you to the folks who messaged me on Facebook. Thank you to the people who posted pictures of their smiling faces so that I could feel their happiness from thousands of miles away. All the time now...
Read MorePhoto Gallery
John Spence
2015-06-02
Here’s a visual look at all the people and connections that made this experience incredible. I hope you enjoy the pictures of all my loved ones. s.
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