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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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.
Read MoreA La Cruz
Rosie Fitzsimmons
2015-06-02
I had already been living in my homestay for about 3 weeks before I met my host-dad. I didn’t exactly know what to expect. I sat across from him that morning for breakfast engaging in basic conversation when I asked, solely out of curiosity, about the giant cross atop a prominent mountain far off in...
Read Morebruised up kitchen table
Shaquerra Blackwell
2015-06-02
the kitchen table raised me, how to eat mito ( fried tilipia napo dish) understanding the complications of life in the rainforest. In the day I looked out at the gaps of the wood and tin roof where the tropical trees swayed; where children’s laughter and screaming voices echoed into neighboring houses.. That kitchen table...
Read Morebruised up kitchen table
Shaquerra Blackwell
2015-06-02
the kitchen table raised me, how to eat mito ( fried tilipia napo dish) understanding the complications of life in the rainforest. In the day I looked out at the gaps of the wood and tin roof where the tropical trees swayed; where children’s laughter and screaming voices echoed into neighboring houses.. That kitchen table...
Read MoreTo My Moms
Danielle Morales
2015-06-01
“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are” – Cheryl Lacey Donovan I believe that I am one of the luckiest people in the world because my best friend and role model happen to be the same person, my mom. We have the kind of relationship where I easily admit...
Read Morekitchen table
Shaquerra Blackwell
2015-05-31
the kitchen table raised me, how to eat mito ( fried tilipia napo dish )understanding the complications of life in the rainforest. In the day I looked out at the gaps of the wood and tin roof where the tropical trees swayed; where children’s laughter and screaming voices echoed into neighboring houses.. That kitchen table...
Read MoreMy favorite corner of Earth
Pooja Thekdi
2015-05-29
It’s funny because when I got there, September 24th, I didn’t think I would like it. Actually I was sure that I was going to hate it. I was resistant to any type of change in the idealistic picture that I had laid out in my mind for theåÊyear. It’s been 9 months since that...
Read MoreMy favorite corner of Earth
Pooja Thekdi
2015-05-29
It’s funny because when I got there, September 24th, I didn’t think I would like it. Actually I was sure that I was going to hate it. I was resistant to any type of change in the idealistic picture that I had laid out in my mind for theyear. It’s been 9 months since that...
Read MoreI’ll be back
Alice Brower
2015-05-27
Ami’s eyes glinted with warmth as she put her hand on my shoulder “Alice, are you going to come back?” she asked. “Of course!” I said with certainty. And then I stopped. Because we both know that’s not really true. I’m not sure that I’ll ever return. As April 7th, the day I leave Sandiara...
Read MoreImbaya as Home
Danielle Morales
2015-05-27
Home, to me, is familiarity. It’s the ability to shut your eyes and imagine a place, so clearly as if you can reach out and touch that fleeting memory. To me, home was 11 Ladbrook Grove, the place that I had established my roots and routines, the place where my family was. It was my...
Read MoreCandy, The Foreigner in Raas
Alejandro Sanchez
2015-05-26
Out of all my friends in Ecuador, I noticed that the one I connected with the most was Candy, and no, I don’t mean the Hershey’s or Twizzlers kind – her name was Candy. Candy simply understood me and was always ecstatic to see me, and vice-versa. We had so much in common that it...
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Adjustment
Diego Ramos-Meyer
2015-05-19
I۪m sure every Fellow (that wasn۪t sleeping) can remember the presentation on Culture Shock㢠that Andy, team leader from Ecuador, gave one of the final days of Pre-Departure Training. A graph of the process of immersion on the board, an upside-down parabola. The honeymoon phase of cultural awe and giddiness, the slow but relentless awkward...
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