1 00:00:02,753 --> 00:00:06,008 Saida Aden Said: I still have this horrific image in my mind. 2 00:00:06,032 --> 00:00:08,322 I could see people falling down, 3 00:00:08,346 --> 00:00:09,510 gunshots. 4 00:00:09,534 --> 00:00:10,862 I was so terrified. 5 00:00:10,886 --> 00:00:13,095 Really, I was crying a lot. 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,455 Someone who knew my father and my mom grabbed my hand, and he said, 7 00:00:16,479 --> 00:00:18,443 "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" 8 00:00:18,467 --> 00:00:21,324 And I was like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?" 9 00:00:22,245 --> 00:00:25,341 Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots, 10 00:00:25,365 --> 00:00:26,558 we would hear guns. 11 00:00:26,582 --> 00:00:28,276 Elections were supposed to happen. 12 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:30,847 We had young people going in the street, 13 00:00:30,871 --> 00:00:32,697 they were having strikes. 14 00:00:32,721 --> 00:00:34,738 And most of the young people died. 15 00:00:35,627 --> 00:00:37,428 SAS: We boarded a vehicle. 16 00:00:37,452 --> 00:00:38,652 It was overloaded. 17 00:00:38,676 --> 00:00:41,181 People were running for their lives. 18 00:00:41,205 --> 00:00:43,662 That is how I fled from Somalia. 19 00:00:44,221 --> 00:00:45,685 My mom missed me. 20 00:00:45,709 --> 00:00:47,780 Nobody told her where I went. 21 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,554 NDD: The fact that we did not go to school, 22 00:00:50,578 --> 00:00:53,309 we couldn't go to the market, we were just stuck home 23 00:00:53,333 --> 00:00:57,937 made me realize that if I got an option to go for something better, 24 00:00:57,961 --> 00:01:00,855 I could just go for it and have a better future. 25 00:01:01,448 --> 00:01:02,540 (Music) 26 00:01:02,564 --> 00:01:05,274 Ignazio Matteini: Globally, displaced people in the world 27 00:01:05,298 --> 00:01:06,452 have been increasing. 28 00:01:06,476 --> 00:01:10,414 Now there are almost 60 million people displaced in the world. 29 00:01:10,438 --> 00:01:12,791 And unfortunately, it doesn't stop. 30 00:01:13,410 --> 00:01:15,984 Chrystina Russell: I think the humanitarian community 31 00:01:16,008 --> 00:01:18,273 is starting to realize from research and reality 32 00:01:18,297 --> 00:01:20,981 that we're talking about a much more permanent problem. 33 00:01:21,005 --> 00:01:24,386 Baylie Damtie Yeshita: These students, they need a tertiary education, 34 00:01:24,410 --> 00:01:26,900 a degree that they can use. 35 00:01:26,924 --> 00:01:29,268 If the students are living now in Rwanda, 36 00:01:29,292 --> 00:01:32,579 if they get relocated, still they can continue their study. 37 00:01:32,603 --> 00:01:36,806 Still, their degree is useful, wherever they are. 38 00:01:37,778 --> 00:01:40,537 CR: Our audacious project was to really test 39 00:01:40,561 --> 00:01:43,662 Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement's 40 00:01:43,686 --> 00:01:45,720 ability to scale, 41 00:01:45,744 --> 00:01:48,979 to bring bachelor's degrees and pathways to employment 42 00:01:49,003 --> 00:01:53,577 to refugees and those who would otherwise not have access to higher education. 43 00:01:54,402 --> 00:01:57,543 SAS: It was almost impossible, as a refugee person, 44 00:01:57,567 --> 00:02:01,330 to further my education and to make my career. 45 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:03,231 My name is Saida Aden Said, 46 00:02:03,255 --> 00:02:05,824 and I am from Somalia. 47 00:02:05,848 --> 00:02:08,550 I was nine years old when I came to Kakuma, 48 00:02:08,574 --> 00:02:11,635 and I started going to school at 17. 49 00:02:11,659 --> 00:02:14,510 Now I am doing my bachelor degree 50 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:16,360 with SNHU. 51 00:02:17,896 --> 00:02:21,165 NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme. 52 00:02:21,189 --> 00:02:25,583 I'm doing my bachelor of arts in communications 53 00:02:25,607 --> 00:02:27,971 with a concentration in business. 54 00:02:27,995 --> 00:02:31,694 CR: We are serving students across five different countries: 55 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:36,021 Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa. 56 00:02:36,045 --> 00:02:41,615 Really proud to have 800 AA grads to over 400 bachelor's graduates 57 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,051 and nearly 1,000 students enrolled right now. 58 00:02:47,391 --> 00:02:52,563 So, the magic of this is that we're addressing refugee lives as they exist. 59 00:02:52,587 --> 00:02:54,004 There are no classes. 60 00:02:54,028 --> 00:02:55,735 There are no lectures. 61 00:02:55,759 --> 00:02:57,239 There are no due dates. 62 00:02:57,263 --> 00:02:58,976 There are no final exams. 63 00:02:59,573 --> 00:03:03,503 This degree is competency-based and not time-bound. 64 00:03:03,527 --> 00:03:05,928 You choose when you start your project. 65 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:08,475 You choose how you're going to approach it. 66 00:03:08,499 --> 00:03:11,977 NDD: When you open the platform, that's where you can see the goals. 67 00:03:12,001 --> 00:03:15,253 Under each goal, we can find projects. 68 00:03:15,277 --> 00:03:18,358 When you open a project, you get the competencies 69 00:03:18,382 --> 00:03:20,235 that you have to master, 70 00:03:20,259 --> 00:03:21,584 directions 71 00:03:21,608 --> 00:03:23,191 and overview of the project. 72 00:03:23,754 --> 00:03:25,953 CR: The secret sauce of SNHU 73 00:03:25,977 --> 00:03:30,197 is combining that competency-based online learning 74 00:03:30,221 --> 00:03:33,379 with the in-person learning that we do with partners 75 00:03:33,403 --> 00:03:35,793 to provide all the wraparound supports. 76 00:03:35,817 --> 00:03:38,123 That includes academic coaching. 77 00:03:38,147 --> 00:03:39,969 It means psychosocial support, 78 00:03:39,993 --> 00:03:41,586 medical support, 79 00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:44,630 and it's also the back-end employment support 80 00:03:44,654 --> 00:03:48,138 that's really resulting in the 95 percent graduation, 81 00:03:48,162 --> 00:03:50,257 the 88 percent employment. 82 00:03:50,281 --> 00:03:53,214 NDD: I'm a social media management intern. 83 00:03:53,238 --> 00:03:56,937 It's related to the communications degree I'm doing. 84 00:03:56,961 --> 00:04:02,229 I've learned so many things out of the project and in the real world. 85 00:04:02,253 --> 00:04:04,832 CR: The structured internship is really an opportunity 86 00:04:04,856 --> 00:04:07,118 for students to practice their skills, 87 00:04:07,142 --> 00:04:10,493 for us to create connections between that internship 88 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:13,038 and a later job opportunity. 89 00:04:13,703 --> 00:04:15,693 (Music) 90 00:04:16,110 --> 00:04:20,091 This is a model that really stops putting time 91 00:04:20,115 --> 00:04:22,791 and university policies and procedures at the center 92 00:04:22,815 --> 00:04:25,354 and instead puts the student at the center. 93 00:04:26,158 --> 00:04:30,730 IM: The SNHU model is a big way to shake the tree. 94 00:04:31,770 --> 00:04:32,922 Huge. 95 00:04:32,946 --> 00:04:37,899 It's a huge shake to the traditional way of having tertiary education here. 96 00:04:39,610 --> 00:04:43,525 BDY: It can transform the lives of students 97 00:04:43,549 --> 00:04:46,545 from these vulnerable and refugee communities. 98 00:04:46,569 --> 00:04:48,006 NDD: If I get the degree, 99 00:04:48,030 --> 00:04:51,541 I can just come back and work everywhere that I want. 100 00:04:51,565 --> 00:04:55,060 I can go for a masters confidently in English, 101 00:04:55,084 --> 00:04:58,384 which is something that I would not have dreamt of before. 102 00:04:58,408 --> 00:05:01,795 And I have the confidence and the skills required 103 00:05:01,819 --> 00:05:05,356 to actually go out and just tackle the workplace 104 00:05:05,380 --> 00:05:09,239 without having to fear that I can't make it. 105 00:05:09,263 --> 00:05:11,779 SAS: I always wanted to work with the community. 106 00:05:11,803 --> 00:05:14,420 I want to establish a nonprofit. 107 00:05:14,444 --> 00:05:17,725 We advocate for women's education. 108 00:05:17,749 --> 00:05:21,227 I want to be someone who is, like, an ambassador 109 00:05:21,251 --> 00:05:23,968 and encourage them to learn 110 00:05:23,992 --> 00:05:27,086 and tell them it is never too late. 111 00:05:28,206 --> 00:05:29,777 It's a dream.