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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Khalil Laltoo
2019-08-19
Watch this first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtR9_xxVAdQ&feature=youtu.be My host mom recently sent me this video from my last night in India. In it, I am dressed in a kurta, standing on stage in front of many host families, reciting a poem in Hindi titled “Ode to Dal Rice”. My feet are bare, my skin is dark, and there...
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Luke Field
2019-06-09
The first thing everyone asks after not seeing you for 8 months is, "So how was it?". After hearing this question time and time again, I now have a method of explaining my year abroad. I usually start off with saying it was a mix of everything, making sure to let my audience know that...
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Luke Field
2019-06-09
Wow I am 3 months into my experience and I can say "good morning" , "goodnight", and "Can I order a sandwich". Haha okay not actually but around 3 months into my experience I was starting to question my language learning capabilities. I felt like I was in rut and wouldn't break through. Once I...
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Luke Field
2019-06-09
Language Learning: Wow I am 3 months into my experience and I can sat "good morning" , "goodnight", and "Can I order a sandwich". Haha okay not actually but around 3 months into my experience I was starting to question my language learning capabilities. I felt like I was in rut and wouldn't break through....
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Luke Field
2019-06-09
The Homestay: When I was first dropped off at my original homestay, I was overwhelmed with curiosity and excitement for being in a foreign country about to meet the people I would stay with for the remainder of my time in Brazil. My Family was amazing to say the least. I lived with an older...
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Luke Field
2019-06-09
The Apprenticeship: 4 days a week, Monday through Thursday I would work at APAE, a School for Special-Needs Students. The specific school that I worked at was the largest in my region of Brazil, with around 600 students attending aging from 2 years old to 89 years old. I worked in helping the Physical education...
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Luke Field
2019-06-08
Since coming back from Brazil I feel a greater sense of gratitude. After spending some time thinking about why I might feel this way, I have come to the conclusion that it was mainly due to my apprenticeship during my year abroad. I worked at the largest special-needs school in my region of Brazil. I...
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An Entry from my Journal. On the way back Home
Tenzin Gyalmo
2019-06-03
18th April, 2019 Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India. It was an amazing experience. On the way back home to Bhutan, I find myself answering to people in Portuguese involuntarily. It is a beautiful language and I hope I never lose it. With 7 months in Brazil, I sometimes feel like I could have...
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Oh, The Places You’ll Go And The People You’ll Meet
Hannah Dang
2019-06-02
As my 9 month adventure has come to an end, I am currently sitting back in my own bed in California looking at all the pictures I have taken throughout this year on my phone and/or disposable camera. Here are some of my favorite people and places I've seen and met this year. Conan! Pam! ...
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Ethan Gomes
2019-06-02
Re entry training So re entry training was a unique thing like you come back to the U.S. finally after 8 months of a trip and like all some of us wanted to do was go home. But we had to stay one more week with the global cohort in a camp in the woods...
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Last Blog: Gratitude
Surabhee Arjunwadkar
2019-06-02
Being home has given me time to reflect. I do not know yet what I have experienced, nor do I know how to make sense of it. I know, however, that I have grown a lot, grown into someone I am proud of. And I am so incredibly grateful for the opportunity I was given...
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