WEBVTT 00:00:02.753 --> 00:00:06.008 Saida Aden Said: I still have this horrific image in my mind. 00:00:06.032 --> 00:00:08.322 I could see people falling down, 00:00:08.346 --> 00:00:09.510 gunshots. 00:00:09.534 --> 00:00:10.862 I was so terrified. 00:00:10.886 --> 00:00:13.095 Really, I was crying a lot. 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:16.455 Someone who knew my father and my mom grabbed my hand, and he said, 00:00:16.479 --> 00:00:18.443 "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" 00:00:18.467 --> 00:00:21.324 And I was like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?" NOTE Paragraph 00:00:22.245 --> 00:00:25.341 Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots, 00:00:25.365 --> 00:00:26.558 we would hear guns. 00:00:26.582 --> 00:00:28.276 Elections were supposed to happen. 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:30.847 We had young people going in the street, 00:00:30.871 --> 00:00:32.697 they were having strikes. 00:00:32.721 --> 00:00:34.738 And most of the young people died. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:35.627 --> 00:00:37.428 SAS: We boarded a vehicle. 00:00:37.452 --> 00:00:38.652 It was overloaded. 00:00:38.676 --> 00:00:41.181 People were running for their lives. 00:00:41.205 --> 00:00:43.662 That is how I fled from Somalia. 00:00:44.221 --> 00:00:45.685 My mom missed me. 00:00:45.709 --> 00:00:47.780 Nobody told her where I went. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.554 NDD: The fact that we did not go to school, 00:00:50.578 --> 00:00:53.309 we couldn't go to the market, we were just stuck home 00:00:53.333 --> 00:00:57.937 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 --> 00:01:02.540 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:02.564 --> 00:01:05.274 Ignazio Matteini: Globally, displaced people in the world 00:01:05.298 --> 00:01:06.452 have been increasing. 00:01:06.476 --> 00:01:10.414 Now there are almost 60 million people displaced in the world. 00:01:10.438 --> 00:01:12.791 And unfortunately, it doesn't stop. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:13.410 --> 00:01:15.984 Chrystina Russell: I think the humanitarian community 00:01:16.008 --> 00:01:18.273 is starting to realize from research and reality 00:01:18.297 --> 00:01:20.981 that we're talking about a much more permanent problem. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:21.005 --> 00:01:24.386 Baylie Damtie Yeshita: These students, they need a tertiary education, 00:01:24.410 --> 00:01:26.900 a degree that they can use. 00:01:26.924 --> 00:01:29.268 If the students are living now in Rwanda, 00:01:29.292 --> 00:01:32.579 if they get relocated, still they can continue their study. 00:01:32.603 --> 00:01:36.806 Still, their degree is useful, wherever they are. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:37.778 --> 00:01:40.537 CR: Our audacious project was to really test 00:01:40.561 --> 00:01:43.662 Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement's 00:01:43.686 --> 00:01:45.720 ability to scale, 00:01:45.744 --> 00:01:48.979 to bring bachelor's degrees and pathways to employment 00:01:49.003 --> 00:01:53.577 to refugees and those who would otherwise not have access to higher education. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:54.402 --> 00:01:57.543 SAS: It was almost impossible, as a refugee person, 00:01:57.567 --> 00:02:01.330 to further my education and to make my career. 00:02:01.354 --> 00:02:03.231 My name is Saida Aden Said, 00:02:03.255 --> 00:02:05.824 and I am from Somalia. 00:02:05.848 --> 00:02:08.550 I was nine years old when I came to Kakuma, 00:02:08.574 --> 00:02:11.635 and I started going to school at 17. 00:02:11.659 --> 00:02:14.510 Now I am doing my bachelor degree 00:02:14.534 --> 00:02:16.360 with SNHU. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:17.896 --> 00:02:21.165 NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme. 00:02:21.189 --> 00:02:25.583 I'm doing my bachelor of arts in communications 00:02:25.607 --> 00:02:27.971 with a concentration in business. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:27.995 --> 00:02:31.694 CR: We are serving students across five different countries: 00:02:31.718 --> 00:02:36.021 Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa. 00:02:36.045 --> 00:02:41.615 Really proud to have 800 AA grads to over 400 bachelor's graduates 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.051 and nearly 1,000 students enrolled right now. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:47.391 --> 00:02:52.563 So, the magic of this is that we're addressing refugee lives as they exist. 00:02:52.587 --> 00:02:54.004 There are no classes. 00:02:54.028 --> 00:02:55.735 There are no lectures. 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:57.239 There are no due dates. 00:02:57.263 --> 00:02:58.976 There are no final exams. 00:02:59.573 --> 00:03:03.503 This degree is competency-based and not time-bound. 00:03:03.527 --> 00:03:05.928 You choose when you start your project. 00:03:05.952 --> 00:03:08.475 You choose how you're going to approach it. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:08.499 --> 00:03:11.977 NDD: When you open the platform, that's where you can see the goals. 00:03:12.001 --> 00:03:15.253 Under each goal, we can find projects. 00:03:15.277 --> 00:03:18.358 When you open a project, you get the competencies 00:03:18.382 --> 00:03:20.235 that you have to master, 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:21.584 directions 00:03:21.608 --> 00:03:23.191 and overview of the project. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:23.754 --> 00:03:25.953 CR: The secret sauce of SNHU 00:03:25.977 --> 00:03:30.197 is combining that competency-based online learning 00:03:30.221 --> 00:03:33.379 with the in-person learning that we do with partners 00:03:33.403 --> 00:03:35.793 to provide all the wraparound supports. 00:03:35.817 --> 00:03:38.123 That includes academic coaching. 00:03:38.147 --> 00:03:39.969 It means psychosocial support, 00:03:39.993 --> 00:03:41.586 medical support, 00:03:41.610 --> 00:03:44.630 and it's also that back-end employment support 00:03:44.654 --> 00:03:48.138 that's really resulting in the 95 percent graduation, 00:03:48.162 --> 00:03:50.257 the 88 percent employment. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:50.281 --> 00:03:53.214 NDD: I'm a social media management intern. 00:03:53.238 --> 00:03:56.937 It's related to the communications degree I'm doing. 00:03:56.961 --> 00:04:02.229 I've learned so many things out of the project and in the real world. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:02.253 --> 00:04:04.832 CR: The structured internship is really an opportunity 00:04:04.856 --> 00:04:07.118 for students to practice their skills, 00:04:07.142 --> 00:04:10.493 for us to create connections between that internship 00:04:10.517 --> 00:04:13.038 and a later job opportunity. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:13.703 --> 00:04:15.693 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:16.110 --> 00:04:20.091 This is a model that really stops putting time 00:04:20.115 --> 00:04:22.791 and university policies and procedures at the center 00:04:22.815 --> 00:04:25.354 and instead puts the student at the center. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:26.158 --> 00:04:30.730 IM: The SNHU model is a big way to shake the tree. 00:04:31.770 --> 00:04:32.922 Huge. 00:04:32.946 --> 00:04:37.899 It's a huge shake to the traditional way of having tertiary education here. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:39.610 --> 00:04:43.525 BDY: It can transform the lives of students 00:04:43.549 --> 00:04:46.545 from these vulnerable and refugee communities. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:46.569 --> 00:04:48.006 NDD: If I get the degree, 00:04:48.030 --> 00:04:51.541 I can just come back and work everywhere that I want. 00:04:51.565 --> 00:04:55.060 I can go for a masters confidently in English, 00:04:55.084 --> 00:04:58.384 which is something that I would not have dreamt of before. 00:04:58.408 --> 00:05:01.795 And I have the confidence and the skills required 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:05.356 to actually go out and just tackle the workplace 00:05:05.380 --> 00:05:09.239 without having to fear that I can't make it. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:09.263 --> 00:05:11.779 SAS: I always wanted to work with the community. 00:05:11.803 --> 00:05:14.420 I want to establish a nonprofit. 00:05:14.444 --> 00:05:17.725 We advocate for women's education. 00:05:17.749 --> 00:05:21.227 I want to be someone who is, like, an ambassador 00:05:21.251 --> 00:05:23.968 and encourage them to learn 00:05:23.992 --> 00:05:27.086 and tell them it is never too late. 00:05:28.206 --> 00:05:29.777 It's a dream.