-Anna Brodmerkel, 2014 GGYF Fellow I don’t know. I don’t know how to write this blog. I don’t know how to accept the end of my gap year. I don’t know how I can say everything I need to in … Read more

-Anna Brodmerkel, 2014 GGYF Fellow Home. I’ve been here for a month now, and time has flown by just as quickly as I imagined it would, which was exactly one of the reasons I dreaded coming home from Nicaragua, from … Read more

-Anna Brodmerkel, 2014 GGYF Fellow “At forty-eight she has come to experience the solitude that her husband and son and daughter already know, and which they claim not to mind. ‘It’s not a big deal,’ her children tell her. ‘Everyone … Read more

by Anna Broadmerkel Anna Brodmerkel Matagalpa, Nicaragua Mayo 2014 Three weeks in Matagalpa and I already love it. Actually, I knew after just one week that I loved it. Matagalpa feels like home; I have a busy schedule, a fun … Read more

by Anna Brodmerkel What’s that word again? ….ummmmm….. Oh yeah! Um. It’s a pesky little word that seems to fall from our lips without us even realizing it until it’s too late. It’s a placeholder for the time we need … Read more

The following post is from Anna Brodmerkel, a 2014 Global Gap Year Fellow. UNC’s Global Gap Year Fellowship is housed in and staffed by the Campus Y. Find out more about the fellowship on our GGYF Facebook page! Honesty. Pure honesty. That’s hard.  … Read more

The following post is from Anna Brodmerkel, a 2014 Global Gap Year Fellow. UNC’s Global Gap Year Fellowship is housed in and staffed by the Campus Y. Find out more about the fellowship on our GGYF Facebook page! Where are you going?” The … Read more

Left, right! Ring, ring! Left, right! Ring, ring! At 5 AM my alarm sounds, announcing I should wake up, dress in my light blue YAP Ghana polo shirt and black pants, and supervise/help the children eat their breakfast. Today is … Read more