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Global Citizen Year

Global Citizen Year (GCY) is working to create a generation of globally conscious Americans dedicated to ending world poverty. To accomplish this goal, GCY sends recent American high school graduates on a "bridge year" to volunteer in the developing world.

Global Citizen Year participants are carefully selected. Once selected they begin an intensive 9 month program that includes 6 months of volunteering at a non-profit in a rural community in a developing country. Fellows then "bring their project home" by doing a capstone project in the US that connects their project abroad to their local community.

Founder Abby Falik has won a number of awards including the prestigious Draper Richards Award and the Mind Trust Fellowship. She has been selected as a Rainer Arnhold Fellow and a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow.

Click here to learn more or apply to become a fellow at GCY:

Global Citizen Year


 

 
 
 
 
     
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