WEBVTT 00:00:00.930 --> 00:00:05.572 Saida Aden Said: I still have this horrific image in my mind. 00:00:05.572 --> 00:00:08.046 I could see people falling down, 00:00:08.046 --> 00:00:09.625 gunshots. 00:00:09.795 --> 00:00:11.186 I was so terrified. 00:00:11.186 --> 00:00:13.335 Really, I was crying a lot. 00:00:13.335 --> 00:00:15.181 Someone who knew my father and my mom 00:00:15.181 --> 00:00:18.667 grabbed my hand, and he said, "Let's go. Let's go. Let's go." 00:00:18.836 --> 00:00:21.637 And I was, like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?" NOTE Paragraph 00:00:21.939 --> 00:00:25.365 Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots, 00:00:25.365 --> 00:00:26.527 we would hear guns. 00:00:26.527 --> 00:00:28.468 Elections were supposed to happen. 00:00:28.468 --> 00:00:30.940 We had young people going in the street. 00:00:30.940 --> 00:00:32.901 They were having strikes, 00:00:32.901 --> 00:00:35.013 and in most of them, people died. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:35.013 --> 00:00:37.349 SAS: We boarded a vehicle. 00:00:37.349 --> 00:00:38.821 It was overloaded. 00:00:38.821 --> 00:00:41.405 People were running for their lives. 00:00:41.581 --> 00:00:43.934 That is how I fled from Somalia. 00:00:44.467 --> 00:00:46.206 My mom missed me. 00:00:46.206 --> 00:00:48.600 Nobody told her where I went. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:50.791 NDD: The fact that we did not go to school, 00:00:50.791 --> 00:00:53.604 we couldn't go to the market, we were just stuck home 00:00:53.604 --> 00:00:57.961 made me realize that if I got an option to go for something better, 00:00:57.961 --> 00:01:00.855 I could just go for it and have a better future. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:01.448 --> 00:01:03.196 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:03.196 --> 00:01:05.407 Ignazio Matteini: Globally, displaced people in the world 00:01:05.407 --> 00:01:06.548 have been increasing. 00:01:06.548 --> 00:01:10.312 Now there are almost 60 million people displaced in the world. 00:01:10.312 --> 00:01:13.267 And unfortunately it doesn't stop. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:13.267 --> 00:01:15.318 Chrystina Russell: I think the humanitarian community 00:01:15.318 --> 00:01:17.871 is starting to realize from research and reality 00:01:17.871 --> 00:01:20.648 that we're talking about a much more permanent problem. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:20.648 --> 00:01:24.820 Baylie Damtie Yeshita: These students, they need a tertiary education, 00:01:24.820 --> 00:01:27.020 a degree that they can use. 00:01:27.020 --> 00:01:29.344 If the students are living now in Rwanda, 00:01:29.344 --> 00:01:32.506 if they get relocated, still they can continue their study. 00:01:32.770 --> 00:01:36.806 Still, their degree is useful, wherever they are. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:38.048 --> 00:01:40.697 CR: Our audacious project was to really test 00:01:40.697 --> 00:01:43.735 Southern New Hampshire University's global education movement's 00:01:43.735 --> 00:01:45.204 ability to scale, 00:01:45.204 --> 00:01:49.327 to bring bachelor's degrees and pathways to employment 00:01:49.327 --> 00:01:53.577 to refugees and those who would otherwise not have access to higher education. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:54.775 --> 00:01:57.647 SAS: It was almost impossible, as a refugee person, 00:01:57.647 --> 00:01:59.306 to further my education 00:01:59.306 --> 00:02:01.108 and to make my career. 00:02:01.108 --> 00:02:03.470 My name is Saida Aden Said, 00:02:03.470 --> 00:02:06.095 and I am from Somalia. 00:02:06.344 --> 00:02:08.837 I was nine years old when I came to Kakuma 00:02:08.837 --> 00:02:11.634 and I started going to school at 17. 00:02:11.961 --> 00:02:14.506 Now I am doing my bachelor degree 00:02:14.506 --> 00:02:16.645 with SNHU. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:16.645 --> 00:02:21.456 NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme. 00:02:21.625 --> 00:02:25.607 I'm doing my bachelor of arts in communications 00:02:25.607 --> 00:02:27.550 with a concentration in business. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:27.772 --> 00:02:31.979 CR: We are serving students across five different countries: 00:02:31.979 --> 00:02:35.294 Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa. 00:02:35.899 --> 00:02:41.020 Really proud to have 800 AA grads to over 400 bachelor's graduates, 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:44.432 and nearly a thousand students enrolled right now. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:47.646 --> 00:02:49.262 So the magic of this 00:02:49.262 --> 00:02:52.857 is that we're addressing refugee lives as they exist. 00:02:52.857 --> 00:02:54.231 There are no classes. 00:02:54.231 --> 00:02:55.961 There are no lectures. 00:02:55.961 --> 00:02:57.594 There are no due dates. 00:02:57.594 --> 00:02:59.483 There are no final exams. 00:02:59.827 --> 00:03:03.157 This degree is competency-based and not time-bound. 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:06.183 You choose when you start your project. 00:03:06.183 --> 00:03:08.729 You choose how you're going to approach it. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:08.729 --> 00:03:12.289 NDD: When you open the platform, that's where you can see the goals. 00:03:12.289 --> 00:03:14.993 Under each goal, we can find projects. 00:03:15.277 --> 00:03:18.382 When you open a project, you get the competencies 00:03:18.382 --> 00:03:20.494 that you have to master, 00:03:20.494 --> 00:03:21.426 directions, 00:03:21.426 --> 00:03:23.218 an overview of the project. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:23.218 --> 00:03:25.977 CR: The secret sauce of SNHU 00:03:25.977 --> 00:03:29.891 is combining that competency-based online learning 00:03:30.121 --> 00:03:33.590 with an in-person learning that we do with partners 00:03:33.590 --> 00:03:35.817 to provide all the wrap-around supports. 00:03:35.817 --> 00:03:37.893 That includes academic coaching. 00:03:37.893 --> 00:03:40.191 It means psychosocial support, 00:03:40.191 --> 00:03:41.631 medical support, 00:03:41.631 --> 00:03:44.151 and it's also the back end employment support 00:03:44.687 --> 00:03:47.729 that's really resulting in the 95 percent graduation, 00:03:47.729 --> 00:03:50.356 the 88 percent employment. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:50.356 --> 00:03:53.364 NDD: I'm a social media management intern. 00:03:53.364 --> 00:03:56.540 It's related to the communications degree I'm doing. 00:03:56.824 --> 00:04:01.548 I've learned so many things out of the project and in the real world. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:01.812 --> 00:04:04.856 CR: The structured internship is really an opportunity 00:04:04.856 --> 00:04:06.969 for students to practice their skills, 00:04:06.969 --> 00:04:10.358 for us to create connections between that internship 00:04:10.358 --> 00:04:12.583 and a later job opportunity. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:14.314 --> 00:04:16.328 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:16.328 --> 00:04:19.869 This is a model that really stops putting time 00:04:19.869 --> 00:04:23.053 and university policies and procedures at the center 00:04:23.053 --> 00:04:25.600 and instead puts the student at the center. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:26.515 --> 00:04:28.342 IM: The SNHU model 00:04:28.342 --> 00:04:31.767 is a big way to shake the tree. 00:04:31.767 --> 00:04:33.578 Huge. 00:04:33.578 --> 00:04:38.084 It's a huge shake to the traditional way of having tertiary education here. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:39.497 --> 00:04:43.797 BDY: It can transform the lives of students 00:04:43.797 --> 00:04:46.666 from these vulnerable and refugee communities. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:46.913 --> 00:04:48.572 NDD: If I get the degree, 00:04:48.572 --> 00:04:51.942 I can just come back and work everywhere that I want. 00:04:51.942 --> 00:04:55.369 I can go for a masters confidently in English, 00:04:55.369 --> 00:04:58.622 which is something that I would not have dreamt of before, 00:04:58.622 --> 00:05:01.819 and I have the confidence and the skills required 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:05.208 to actually go out and just tackle the workplace 00:05:05.473 --> 00:05:08.954 without having to fear that I can't make it. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:09.565 --> 00:05:11.942 SAS: I always wanted to work with the community. 00:05:11.942 --> 00:05:14.524 I want to establish a nonprofit. 00:05:14.524 --> 00:05:16.990 We advocate for women education. 00:05:16.990 --> 00:05:19.344 I want to be someone 00:05:19.344 --> 00:05:21.251 who is, like, ambassador 00:05:21.251 --> 00:05:23.768 and encouraging them to learn 00:05:23.768 --> 00:05:27.452 and tell them it is never too late. 00:05:27.452 --> 00:05:29.451 It's a dream.