by Girl Gone International | Oct 7, 2021 | Move, Must Reads
PSYCHOLOGIST, sam capon, on loneliness abroad Life abroad can be exhilarating. Dopamine, the chemical that provides pleasure, pumps through us as we explore different places, try new foods and have different experiences. What an achievement! We’ve left our old... 
by Kristyna Hoang | May 3, 2021 | GGI Real Life, Real Stories, May 2021
Early in the founding of Girl Gone International, we found that through the sharing of stories we forged and reinforced our identity as individuals and collectively as an organization. Over the years we have documented our journeys through the telling of our stories,... 
by Sina | Mar 11, 2021 | Live, March 2021
On 11th of March, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. At this point there were 118,000 cases in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are now, a year later, more than 122,524,424 cases and 2,703,620 reported... 
by Sonam Sanghvi | Feb 24, 2021 | February 2021, Travel
Oh COVID-19 (sigh)! To think that one little virus would change the world as we know it. Somehow it feels very much like the wartime stories I used to hear from my grandma — my 92-year-old, Indian grandmother who lived through the Second World War, the Indian... 
by Kristyna Hoang | Feb 1, 2021 | Connect, February 2021
Rachell was born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, but is currently living in Abu Dhabi, UAE and is a New Yorker at heart. She’s been a Girl Gone International Member since 2017, and has since volunteered to host multiple successful events for the GGI Abu Dhabi community....