A path to higher education and employment for refugees
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0:03 - 0:06Saida Aden Said: I still have
this horrific image in my mind. -
0:06 - 0:08I could see people falling down,
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0:08 - 0:10gunshots.
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0:10 - 0:11I was so terrified.
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0:11 - 0:13Really, I was crying a lot.
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0:13 - 0:16Someone who knew my father and my mom
grabbed my hand, and he said, -
0:16 - 0:18"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"
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0:18 - 0:21And I was like, "Where's my mom?
My mom? My mom?" -
0:22 - 0:25Noria Dambrine Dusabireme:
During nights we would hear shots, -
0:25 - 0:27we would hear guns.
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0:27 - 0:28Elections were supposed to happen.
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0:28 - 0:31We had young people going in the street,
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0:31 - 0:33they were having strikes.
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0:33 - 0:35And most of the young people died.
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0:36 - 0:37SAS: We boarded a vehicle.
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0:37 - 0:39It was overloaded.
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0:39 - 0:41People were running for their lives.
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0:41 - 0:44That is how I fled from Somalia.
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0:44 - 0:46My mom missed me.
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0:46 - 0:48Nobody told her where I went.
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0:49 - 0:51NDD: The fact that
we did not go to school, -
0:51 - 0:53we couldn't go to the market,
we were just stuck home -
0:53 - 0:58made me realize that if I got an option
to go for something better, -
0:58 - 1:01I could just go for it
and have a better future. -
1:01 - 1:03(Music)
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1:03 - 1:05Ignazio Matteini: Globally,
displaced people in the world -
1:05 - 1:06have been increasing.
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1:06 - 1:10Now there are almost 60 million
people displaced in the world. -
1:10 - 1:13And unfortunately, it doesn't stop.
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1:13 - 1:16Chrystina Russell: I think
the humanitarian community -
1:16 - 1:18is starting to realize
from research and reality -
1:18 - 1:21that we're talking about
a much more permanent problem. -
1:21 - 1:24Baylie Damtie Yeshita: These students,
they need a tertiary education, -
1:24 - 1:27a degree that they can use.
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1:27 - 1:29If the students are living now in Rwanda,
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1:29 - 1:33if they get relocated,
still they can continue their study. -
1:33 - 1:37Still, their degree is useful,
wherever they are. -
1:38 - 1:41CR: Our audacious project
was to really test -
1:41 - 1:44Southern New Hampshire University's
Global Education Movement's -
1:44 - 1:46ability to scale,
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1:46 - 1:49to bring bachelor's degrees
and pathways to employment -
1:49 - 1:54to refugees and those who would otherwise
not have access to higher education. -
1:54 - 1:58SAS: It was almost impossible,
as a refugee person, -
1:58 - 2:01to further my education
and to make my career. -
2:01 - 2:03My name is Saida Aden Said,
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2:03 - 2:06and I am from Somalia.
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2:06 - 2:09I was nine years old
when I came to Kakuma, -
2:09 - 2:12and I started going to school at 17.
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2:12 - 2:15Now I am doing my bachelor degree
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2:15 - 2:16with SNHU.
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2:18 - 2:21NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme.
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2:21 - 2:26I'm doing my bachelor of arts
in communications -
2:26 - 2:28with a concentration in business.
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2:28 - 2:32CR: We are serving students
across five different countries: -
2:32 - 2:36Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi,
Rwanda and South Africa. -
2:36 - 2:42Really proud to have 800 AA grads
to over 400 bachelor's graduates -
2:42 - 2:45and nearly 1,000 students
enrolled right now. -
2:47 - 2:53So, the magic of this is that we're
addressing refugee lives as they exist. -
2:53 - 2:54There are no classes.
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2:54 - 2:56There are no lectures.
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2:56 - 2:57There are no due dates.
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2:57 - 2:59There are no final exams.
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3:00 - 3:04This degree is competency-based
and not time-bound. -
3:04 - 3:06You choose when you start your project.
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3:06 - 3:08You choose how
you're going to approach it. -
3:08 - 3:12NDD: When you open the platform,
that's where you can see the goals. -
3:12 - 3:15Under each goal, we can find projects.
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3:15 - 3:18When you open a project,
you get the competencies -
3:18 - 3:20that you have to master,
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3:20 - 3:22directions
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3:22 - 3:23and overview of the project.
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3:24 - 3:26CR: The secret sauce of SNHU
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3:26 - 3:30is combining that
competency-based online learning -
3:30 - 3:33with the in-person learning
that we do with partners -
3:33 - 3:36to provide all the wraparound supports.
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3:36 - 3:38That includes academic coaching.
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3:38 - 3:40It means psychosocial support,
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3:40 - 3:42medical support,
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3:42 - 3:45and it's also that back-end
employment support -
3:45 - 3:48that's really resulting
in the 95 percent graduation, -
3:48 - 3:50the 88 percent employment.
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3:50 - 3:53NDD: I'm a social media management intern.
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3:53 - 3:57It's related to the communications
degree I'm doing. -
3:57 - 4:02I've learned so many things
out of the project and in the real world. -
4:02 - 4:05CR: The structured internship
is really an opportunity -
4:05 - 4:07for students to practice their skills,
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4:07 - 4:10for us to create connections
between that internship -
4:11 - 4:13and a later job opportunity.
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4:14 - 4:16(Music)
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4:16 - 4:20This is a model that really
stops putting time -
4:20 - 4:23and university policies
and procedures at the center -
4:23 - 4:25and instead puts the student
at the center. -
4:26 - 4:31IM: The SNHU model
is a big way to shake the tree. -
4:32 - 4:33Huge.
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4:33 - 4:38It's a huge shake to the traditional way
of having tertiary education here. -
4:40 - 4:44BDY: It can transform
the lives of students -
4:44 - 4:47from these vulnerable
and refugee communities. -
4:47 - 4:48NDD: If I get the degree,
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4:48 - 4:52I can just come back and work
everywhere that I want. -
4:52 - 4:55I can go for a masters
confidently in English, -
4:55 - 4:58which is something that
I would not have dreamt of before. -
4:58 - 5:02And I have the confidence
and the skills required -
5:02 - 5:05to actually go out
and just tackle the workplace -
5:05 - 5:09without having to fear
that I can't make it. -
5:09 - 5:12SAS: I always wanted
to work with the community. -
5:12 - 5:14I want to establish a nonprofit.
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5:14 - 5:18We advocate for women's education.
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5:18 - 5:21I want to be someone
who is, like, an ambassador -
5:21 - 5:24and encourage them to learn
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5:24 - 5:27and tell them it is never too late.
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5:28 - 5:30It's a dream.
- Title:
- A path to higher education and employment for refugees
- Speaker:
- Chrystina Russell
- Description:
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Out of the more than 70 million displaced people worldwide, only three percent have access to higher education. The Global Education Movement (GEM) is on a mission to change that with the first large-scale initiative of its kind to help refugee learners get bachelor's degrees and create pathways toward employment. Hear from students and the program's executive director, Chrystina Russell, about how GEM's flexible, competency-based model sets graduates up for success and empowerment wherever they are.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 05:44
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