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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Escola 29 de Março
Isabel Garcia
2016-04-09
A big part of my apprenticeship was a film project. I went to partnered schools and interviewed the directors about the impact ASID has had on them. Here is one of the videos I got to put together before my laptop broke down.
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Allison Douma
2016-04-07
Upon coming to Senegal I decided I wanted to highlight women that inspired me and my fellow fellows because many people in the states believe that women in Muslim countries are oppressed, forced to serve their husbands and not allowed to get an education. While there is definitely some of that in the world I...
Read MoreStories in the Stars
Mason J. Sedlack
2016-04-05
I have this friend back home. He’s one of my best friends. I met him when I was ten, over a discussion on how myself, another friend, and he would take over the world using, and I quote: “A box of puppies, C4, and duct tape.” A wonderful way to start a friendship in my...
Read MoreRebuilding You
Jordan.t.brett
2016-04-04
Let me set the scene. You’re 18. You have a dog. You killed that 5th grade state capital test seven years ago You’ve had 5 Jobs You’re a hard worker You broke your arm in 3rd grade You got steady grades throughout school And everyone knows about that time you saved david down the street....
Read MoreAn Ode to Bus Stops (A photo journal, not a poem)
Charlotte Robbins
2016-04-03
This year, finding, walking to, waiting at, and getting off at bus stops has become an incredibly important part of my life. No matter where I've lived in the Cuenca area, I have always been on the blue city bus line, and I've been able to connect the map of bus routes each time I've...
Read MoreLive From The Field
Celina L. Ma Kwan
2016-04-03
water struck by celina ma kwan the news says “el niño has arrived.” and mornings have made these walls hues of suppression my back has limboed it’s way in the return of emptiness where my body has spilled itself remain here where these sheets are now stained of me and everything that is lost there...
Read MoreTimeline of a Flower
Momo Manalang R.
2016-04-03
“And the day came when the risk to remain in a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin August September October November December January February March
Read More7 Months in Awe
Mila Le
2016-04-02
Most times it still does not feel real. I constantly remind myself I am actually living right here, in a foreign country, in Ecuador, in my campo that is Bella Union, and am astonished by everything that suddenly becomes real in the moment of that thought. The after-rain mud slides under the soles of my...
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On love
Makaleh Smith
2016-04-02
Often with blogs there is a sense of falseness, but not in a negative way. It is a natural occurrence that happens when you know other people are reading your work. I can personally say I do it; romanticise daily life or events to make them seem more interesting. To me it comes as no...
Read MoreAn Homage to R3 Animal
Zoe Barnes
2016-04-02
Yesterday, April 1, was my last day working at R3 Animal. Yesterday, it hit me that this is the end. I’d be lying to say there weren’t numerous times throughout the past seven months I thought about the month of April, the month I’d be going home. Moreover, I’d be lying to say there weren’t...
Read MoreMuñyo
Abigail Foy
2016-04-02
February 24 I have five running lists in the back of my journal. One of them I titled “Things I Want to Bring Home”. This list isn’t a collection of items I want to transport back to the States, but instead phrases and cultural customs I want to integrate back into my life permanently. I’d...
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