Fellow Stories
True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!
Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!
Category
Class Year
Country
February- The month of sharing
Isabelle Szabo
2017-06-02
Getting ready to share a presentation with my cohort Sharing my life in Ecuador with my family from home
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January- The month of exploring
Isabelle Szabo
2017-06-02
Independent travel to Salinas Independent travel to Guayaquil Day trip to local lakes with host aunt and uncle.
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December- Finding a sense of home
Isabelle Szabo
2017-06-02
My new job working on an organic farm. Developing strong relationships Christmas eve
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November- A month of comfort
Isabelle Szabo
2017-06-02
Putting our christmas tree up! Cohort Thanksgiving Ecuador cohort goes to the coast!
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October- The month of “firsts”
Isabelle Szabo
2017-06-02
First time going fishing! First time making bread. First full month with my host sisters. First time (and last time) eating Cuy. First time going to an indigenous wedding
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September
Isabelle Szabo
2017-06-02
For my blog posts I’ve decided to do a photo journal where I share my favorite photos from each month of my time abroad! My amazing host family in Quito! Ice cream in Ibarra with Quito host parents The day trip my family and I took to a waterfall.
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7 Days of Gratitude: Day #4
Fernanda Savaris Nunes
2017-06-02
DAY #4: Food. YES, FOOD!!! I have loved Senegalese food from the first time I ate it. Yes, it is mostly rice and fish, and yes, it is sometimes so spicy you will sweat a lot for the next hour, but that is exactly why I loved it. The almost unimaginable amount of oil they...
Read MoreHighly unqualified…and loving it.
Abi Bethke
2017-06-02
Since September I've been kind of baffled, and I've never really blogged about it. Baffled by the fact that I was a teacher for 7 months. Even though I just graduated from high school…this is something that hit home even stronger when I came back to Wisconsin. I had no degree, no experience, just barley...
Read MoreBeing Back
Kari Hoegh
2017-06-01
Its been almost two months since i left Peguche in Ecuador. And still i feel that being home is surreal. My surroundings are comfortable, my friends and familiy welcoming, and it is becoming easier and easier to forget and let Ecuador go. And a part of me wants to forget, knows that that is easier,...
Read MoreHow have I changed?
Amanda Hawks
2017-06-01
Since I've come back, I've found myself thinking about this question a lot. I want to know if my attitude has changed, or even if little things about me have changed since I've gotten back from Brazil, and I've had this conversation with a lot of people. I think the simple answer is that yes,...
Read MoreJUST DO IT
Marvellous John
2017-06-01
My life is made up of reminders and to-do-lists. I write down a lot of things for two reasons – so that I don’t forget, and so that I actually do them – the latter being the inspiration for this article seeing as I’ve had this draft and light bulb moment for about a month now. Being...
Read MoreReflection
Christopher Iba
2017-06-01
After being back in the US for about 2 months I have had time to reflect on my journey and I just wanted to share a couple of my thoughts with you. I want to start off by saying that it is honestly hard to be back in Huntington Beach. The first few days were...
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