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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Final Thoughts
Allison Douma
2016-05-07
Everyone is talking about how Malia Obama is taking a bridge year and whether or not bridge years are beneficial or not. I, as a student who recently returned from a bridge year can attest to how meaningful and important bridge years are. I read a book recently called The Road to Character by David...
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From the Wide Open Place
Maria Morava
2016-05-05
The first thing I noticed when I returned were the trees. We rode in a bus through the Redwoods, my heart leaping anxiously every time I forgot we were in a vehicle, which was often (there were no bumps on this road). It was curvy, and with every turn I was irrationally convinced we would...
Read MoreUnderstanding
Trina Olsen
2016-04-27
Last week was Semana Santa, or Holy Week. My little sister had Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off from school. My host parents went to mass at night during the week instead of just on Sunday morning. On Thursday, after coming home from the tia’s (aunt’s) house at around 9:30, my whole host family (except my...
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NOSTALGIA, AFTER ALL
Khwanhatai Kongkapetch
2016-04-24
6th April, 2016. I remember on that day I didn't have the feeling that I was leaving at all even though my host mother's eyes were so red because she'd been crying. I thought I would break down on that day, but I didn't. I thought it would hit me during the times of Training...
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Allison Douma
2016-04-21
About 8 months ago, my parents dropped me off at the airport in San Francisco to begin this journey. Saying goodbye my parents obviously wasn’t easy, but knowing that I would be seeing them in 8 months again helped make it less sad. I knew that I was saying “see you later” rather than “goodbye”...
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In the Efforts of Being Honest
Talia Bailes
2016-04-21
There are tons of thoughts going through my mind now that I am back in Cincinnati. Listen to hear just a little bit about what it has been like to be back “home.”
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Allison Douma
2016-04-19
The last video and blog post in my Women of Senegal series is about my mom or “Nene”. The video focuses on the small community garden we made with the money that I got from Global Citizen Year for my final community project and the bigger community garden that we want to make in the...
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Janet Sebastian-Coleman
2016-04-19
Here's a short film: https://vimeo.com/163405776 How many roads must a man walk down? How many roads did Saint Augustine travel? 42? I didn't keep count but I've seen a lot of roads this year (and probably many more emotional and spiritual ones than physical), I don't think I've been called a man nor become Saint...
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Rosalie Bull
2016-04-19
Here we go; lets tell a goddam story. Eight months and you’d think I’d have the hang of this by now. Eight months and you’d think I’d have the hang of a lot of things. But anyways, I’m sitting here, my computer slowly burning out the last of its battery. And if I cant do...
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going home
Rosalie Bull
2016-04-18
I was still dressed in the tights I’d had on for my last meeting with the moon as I walked up to the bus this morning. My friends were ahead of me, loading luggage in the stale yellow light of a solitary lamp. Goodbyes were dulled by the heavy sleep we were pushing off. 4...
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Allison Douma
2016-04-18
This is the second blog in my series of high lighting Senegalese women that have inspired me. I created this video to highlight Aminata, a women who works in the GCY Dakar office and has inspired and all of my fellow fellows throughout the year. Thank you Aminata for all that you have done for...
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