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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Departure!

2019-08-24

Dear other Fellows and supporters,   It’s official! It’s a wonder I even made it this far–but I am to board a plane to California on Sunday (flying American, please pray for me) to partake in Global Launch with GCY. This will be my first time to California and the west coast. Although I won’t...

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"A Poor Country"

2019-08-24

Ecuador pops into my head every day. I think of the mountains, the soft skin of Alizee’s face, and how laundry day depended on the weather. My time there feels like it took place in another dimension. It happened somewhere else. Another world, another plane of existence. It happened.  When I got back to the...

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In the Present

2019-08-23

When I left home for a small boarding school in the mountains of New Mexico, I didn't realize what I was doing until I was 30,000 feet in the air and in utter panic. Had I, a few weeks earlier, realized that I would never truly live with my family again, I might have backed...

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my first blog

2019-08-22

Savoring Salt Lake City The closer I get to the Global Launch becomes more and more surreal. As I sit with my friends in conversation I have started to take a step back and appreciate all of the love and support around me. Everything from a small smile to a passionate hug has filled my...

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The Journey Begins

2019-08-21

As I’m saying goodbye to friends and family, finishing up last minute tasks, and running around grabbing last minute essentials, it’s starting to sink in that I will soon be in another country doing things I never thought I would be doing in my life. It’s one of those feelings where I can’t tell if...

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Shea Kerry’s First Blog!

2019-08-21

Hello! Welcome to my first blog. I have no clue how all my blogs will be structured. It may be about what I am experiencing, what I observe, notes to my future/past self, or random things I am thinking about. Being honest, I usually have everything planned out, but I do not have a solid...

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The Mind of an Anxious, Pre-departing Fellow

2019-08-20

The Big Question: am I crazy or just crazy faithful? This question skips through my head day in and day out as the move to Senegal quickly approaches. In moments of pure joy and excitement, I find a voice in the back of my mind asking… is this too crazy? This decision to GO and...

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The Power of Daydreaming

2019-08-20

It is exactly 5 days until my 18th birthday, and 10 days until I embark on my journey to halfway across the world– a fact that has only just crashed upon my unsuspecting psyche. For my first blog, I want to reflect on the things that have led to this upcoming adventure: rejection, an Instagram...

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The stages of coming home and leaving home

2019-08-19

      As the date of my departure to San Francisco moves closer (It’s now only 4 days!), I’ve been reflecting a lot on the process of coming home, knowing I’ll have to leave again. Home is a concept with which I have a very complex relationship – that probably deserves its own post...

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The Power of Friendships

2019-08-19

The picture above is one that my best friend Bia (from the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo) and I took during the Brazilian Carnival celebrations at UWC Dilijan. Our friendship began during our school’s induction and it has continued to grow ever since. Being best friends with a Brazilian has a lot of perks- abrupt...

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Taking The Long Way

2019-08-19

When I was still small enough to hide behind my mom during encounters with new people and panic during school fire drills, my parents began to invite strangers to my house. Loaded with sets of panniers and powered by two wheels, gears, and their body strength, our guests would coast into our driveway on touring...

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Why I chose Ecuador

2019-08-19

From: Aniska Bitomsky Sent: Monday, 19 August, 10:49 Subject: Why I chose Ecuador To: updates@globalcitizenyear.com Hey folks, Writing my first blog post is kind of exciting and scary, but here we go. I came back from the Ecuadorian consulate in London yesterday and finally received my visa, wuhu. Getting that visa was such a struggle...

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