A path to higher education and employment for refugees | Chrystina Russell

Translator: Emma Gro Helles Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

Saida Aden Said: I still have this horrific image in my mind.

Jeg har stadig et forfærdeligt billede i mit hoved

I could see people falling down,

Jeg kunne se folk falde,

gunshots.

skud.

I was so terrified.

Jeg var så rædselsslagen.

Really, I was crying a lot.

Jeg græd meget.

Someone who knew my father and my mom grabbed my hand, and he said,

Nogen som kendte min far og mor greb min hånd og han sagde,

"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"

"Kom med! Kom med!"

And I was like, "Where's my mom? My mom? My mom?"

Og jeg var sådan, "Hvor er min mor? Min mor? Min mor?"

Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots,

Om nætterne kunne vi høre skud,

Vi kunne høre geværer.

we would hear guns.

Elections were supposed to happen.

Det var meningen, der skulle være valg.

We had young people going in the street,

Vi havde unge mennesker der gik på gaden,

they were having strikes.

de strejkede.

And most of the young people died.

Og de fleste af de unge mennesker døde.

SAS: We boarded a vehicle.

Vi gik ombord på et fartøj.

It was overloaded.

Det var overfyldt.

People were running for their lives.

Folk løb for livet.

That is how I fled from Somalia.

Det var sådan jeg flygtede fra Somalia.

My mom missed me.

Min mor savnede mig.

Nobody told her where I went.

Ingen fortalte hende hvor jeg tog hen.

NDD: The fact that we did not go to school,

Det faktum, at vi ikke gik i skole,

we couldn't go to the market, we were just stuck home

og ikke kunne gå på markedet, men bare sad fast derhjemme,

made me realize that if I got an option to go for something better,

fik mig til at indse, at hvis jeg fik chancen for at gå efter noget bedre,

I could just go for it and have a better future.

kunne jeg bare gå efter det og få en bedre fremtid.

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Ignazio Matteini: Globally, displaced people in the world

På global skala, er antallet af fordrevne folk steget.

have been increasing.

Now there are almost 60 million people displaced in the world.

Nu, er der næsten 60 millioner fordrevne folk i verden.

And unfortunately, it doesn't stop.

Og desværre stopper det ikke.

Chrystina Russell: I think the humanitarian community

Jeg tror, det humanitære samfund

er begyndt at indse, udfra forskning og virkeligheden,

is starting to realize from research and reality

at der er tale om et meget mere permanent problem.

that we're talking about a much more permanent problem.

Baylie Damtie Yeshita: These students, they need a tertiary education,

De her studerende har brug for en tertiær uddannelse,

a degree that they can use.

En afsluttende eksamen, de kan bruge.

If the students are living now in Rwanda,

Hvis disse studerende bor i Rwanda nu,

if they get relocated, still they can continue their study.

og de bliver forflyttet, kan de stadig fortsætte deres studier.

Still, their degree is useful, wherever they are.

Deres eksamen kan stadig bruges, hvorend de er.

CR: Our audacious project was to really test

Vores dristige projekt var at teste

Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement's

Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement's

ability to scale,

evne til at skalere,

to bring bachelor's degrees and pathways to employment

til at bringe bachelorgrader og muligheder for ansættelse

to refugees and those who would otherwise not have access to higher education.

til flygtninge og de, der ellers ikke ville have adgang til højere uddannelse.

SAS: It was almost impossible, as a refugee person,

Som flygtning, var det næsten umuligt

to further my education and to make my career.

at fortsætte min uddannelse og gøre karriere.

My name is Saida Aden Said,

Mit navn er Saida Aden Said,

and I am from Somalia.

og jeg er fra Somalia.

I was nine years old when I came to Kakuma,

Jeg var ni år gammel da jeg kom til Kakuma

and I started going to school at 17.

og jeg startede i skole som 17-årig.

Now I am doing my bachelor degree

Nu er jeg i gang med min bachelor

with SNHU.

hos SNHU.

NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme.

Mit navn er Noria Dambrine Dusabireme.

I'm doing my bachelor of arts in communications

Jeg er i gang med min bachelor i kunst og kommunikation

with a concentration in business.

med fokus på business.

CR: We are serving students across five different countries:

Vi hjælper studerende på tværs af fem forskellige lande:

Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa.

Libanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda og Sydafrika.

Really proud to have 800 AA grads to over 400 bachelor's graduates

Vi er meget stolte over at have 800 AA dimittender til over

and nearly 1,000 students enrolled right now.

400 bachelor dimittender og næsten 1.000 studerende indskrevet lige nu.

So, the magic of this is that we're addressing refugee lives as they exist.

Så det magiske her er, at vi adresserer flygtninges liv mens de eksisterer.

There are no classes.

Der er ingen undervisningstimer.

There are no lectures.

Der er ingen forelæsninger.

There are no due dates.

Der er ingen afleveringsdatoer.

There are no final exams.

Der er ingen afsluttende eksaminer.

This degree is competency-based and not time-bound.

Denne uddannelse er kompetencebaseret og ikke tidsbunden.

You choose when you start your project.

Du vælger hvornår du vil starte dit projekt.

You choose how you're going to approach it.

Du vælger hvordan du vil gå til projektet.

NDD: When you open the platform, that's where you can see the goals.

Du kan se målene når du åbner platformen.

Under each goal, we can find projects.

Under hvert mål kan vi finde projekter.

When you open a project, you get the competencies

Når du åbner et projekt, får du kompetencerne,

that you have to master,

som der kræves,

directions

vejledning

and overview of the project.

og overblik over projektet.

CR: The secret sauce of SNHU

SNHU's hemmelighed

is combining that competency-based online learning

er at kombinere den kompetencebaserede online læring

with the in-person learning that we do with partners

med den læring vi får af at arbejde sammen

to provide all the wraparound supports.

for at sørge for al den støtte der er nødvendig.

That includes academic coaching.

Det inkluderer akademisk coaching.

It means psychosocial support,

Det inkluderer psykologisk støtte,

medical support,

medicinsk hjælp

and it's also that back-end employment support

og det er også støtte til beskæftigelse efter uddannelsen.

that's really resulting in the 95 percent graduation,

Det er dét, der resulterer i de 95 procent beståelse,

the 88 percent employment.

de 88 procent ansættelse.

NDD: I'm a social media management intern.

Jeg er en social media-management praktikant.

It's related to the communications degree I'm doing.

Det relaterer sig til dén kommunikations- grad, jeg er i gang med.

I've learned so many things out of the project and in the real world.

Jeg har lært så mange ting af projektet og i den virkelige verden.

CR: The structured internship is really an opportunity

Det strukturerede praktikforløb er virkelig en mulighed

for students to practice their skills,

for studerende til at øve sig i deres evner

for us to create connections between that internship

for at vi kan skabe forbindelser mellem praktikforløbet

and a later job opportunity.

og en senere jobmulighed.

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This is a model that really stops putting time

Det her er en model der ikke sætter tid

and university policies and procedures at the center

og universitetspolitikker og procedurer i centrum

and instead puts the student at the center.

men i stedet sætter den studerende i centrum.

IM: The SNHU model is a big way to shake the tree.

SNHU-modellen er en vigtig måde at skabe en ændring.

Huge.

Enormt vigtig.

It's a huge shake to the traditional way of having tertiary education here.

Det er en stor ændring på den traditionelle form

for tertiær uddannelse her.

BDY: It can transform the lives of students

Den kan forandre studerendes liv

from these vulnerable and refugee communities.

fra disse skrøbelige flygtningesamfund.

NDD: If I get the degree,

Hvis jeg får min uddannelse,

I can just come back and work everywhere that I want.

kan jeg bare komme tilbage og arbejde hvor jeg vil.

I can go for a masters confidently in English,

Jeg kan tage en kandidatuddannelse med selvsikkerhed på engelsk,

which is something that I would not have dreamt of before.

hvilket er noget, jeg aldrig ville have drømt om før.

And I have the confidence and the skills required

Og jeg har selvtilliden og evnerne der skal til

to actually go out and just tackle the workplace

for at kunne gå ud og tackle arbejdspladsen

without having to fear that I can't make it.

uden at behøve frygte at jeg ikke kan klare det.

SAS: I always wanted to work with the community.

Jeg har altid villet arbejde med lokalsamfundet.

I want to establish a nonprofit.

Jeg vil gerne etablere en non-profit.

We advocate for women's education.

Vi er fortalere for kvinders uddannelse.

I want to be someone who is, like, an ambassador

Jeg vil være én som er ligesom en ambassadør

and encourage them to learn

og anspore dem til at lære

and tell them it is never too late.

og fortælle dem, at det aldrig er for sent.

It's a dream.

Det er en drøm.