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

Translator: Joachim Mangilima Reviewer: Hanningtone Omollo

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

Saida Aden Said: Bado nina taswira hii mbaya katika kumbukumbu zangu.

I could see people falling down,

ningeweza ona watu wakianguka chini,

gunshots.

milio ya risasi.

I was so terrified.

Niliogopa sana.

Really, I was crying a lot.

Kwa kweli, nililia sana.

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

Mtu aliyewajua baba na mama yangu akanishika mkono, akisema,

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

"Twenda! Twende! Twende!"

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

Nikawa nasema," Mamangu yuwapi? Mama yangu? Mama yangu?"

Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: During nights we would hear shots,

Noria Dambrine Dusabireme: Usiku tungesikia milio ya risasi,

we would hear guns.

tulisikia bunduki,

Elections were supposed to happen.

Uchaguzi ulitakiwa kufanyika.

We had young people going in the street,

Vijana walienda barabarani,

they were having strikes.

walikuwa na migomo.

And most of the young people died.

Na vijana wengi walifariki

SAS: We boarded a vehicle.

SAS: Tulipanda gari.

It was overloaded.

Lilikuwa limejaa sana

People were running for their lives.

Watu walikimbia kunusuru maisha yao,

That is how I fled from Somalia.

Hivi ndivyo nilivyochipuruka Somalia.

My mom missed me.

Mama yangu alinimisi sana.

Nobody told her where I went.

Hakuna yeyote aliyemweleza nilikokwenda.

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

NDD:Ukweli ni kwamba, hatukusoma,

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

Hatukuweza kwenda sokoni, tulibaki nyumbani tu

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

ikanifanya nijue kuwa ningepata nafasi ya kuchagua kitu kizuri,

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

ningeweza kukichagua na kuwa na maisha bora mbeleni.

(Music)

(Muziki)

Ignazio Matteini: Globally, displaced people in the world

Ignazio Matteini: Duniani, idadi wa watu walio uhamishoni

have been increasing.

imekuwa ikiongezeka

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

Sasa takriban watu Millioni 60 wako uhamishoni duniani

And unfortunately, it doesn't stop.

Na kwa bahati mbaya, haipungui.

Chrystina Russell: I think the humanitarian community

Chrystina Russell:Nafikiri jamii ya misaada kibinadamu

is starting to realize from research and reality

inaanza kugundua kutokana na utafiti na uhakika

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

tunaongelea tatizo la kudumu zaidi

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

Baylie Damtie Yeshita: Wanafunzi hawa, wanahitaji elimu ya juu,

a degree that they can use.

shahada wanayoweza kuitumia.

If the students are living now in Rwanda,

Ikiwa wanafunzi wanaishi Rwanda sasa,

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

Ikiwa watahama, bado wataendelea na masomo yao.

Still, their degree is useful, wherever they are.

Bado, shahada yao itakuwa na maana, kokote wako

CR: Our audacious project was to really test

CR: Mradi wetu wa kijasiri ulikuwa ni kwa ajili ya kupima

Southern New Hampshire University's Global Education Movement's

Vuguvugu la Elimu Ulimwenguni la Chuo cha New Hampshire ya Kusini

ability to scale,

uwezo wa kukuza

to bring bachelor's degrees and pathways to employment

shahada za kwanza na mifumo ya kupata ajira

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

kufikia wahamiaji na wale ambao wasingeweza kufikia elimu ya juu

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

SAS: Kama mhamiaji, ni changamani

to further my education and to make my career.

kujiendeleza kielimu na kitaaluma.

My name is Saida Aden Said,

Jina langu ni Saida Aden Said,

and I am from Somalia.

Na ninatokea Somalia,

I was nine years old when I came to Kakuma,

Nilikuwa na miaka tisa, nilipokuja Kakuma,

and I started going to school at 17.

na nikaanza shule nikiwa na miaka 17

Now I am doing my bachelor degree

Kwa sasa nafanya shahada yangu ya kwanza

with SNHU.

na SNHU.

NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme.

NDD: My name is Noria Dambrine Dusabireme.

I'm doing my bachelor of arts in communications

Ninasomea shahada ya kwanza ya sanaa katika mawasiliano

with a concentration in business.

nikijikita katika masuala ya biashara.

CR: We are serving students across five different countries:

CR:Tunahudumia wanafunzi kutoka nchi tano tofauti:

Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and South Africa.

Lebanon, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda na Afrika ya Kusini.

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

Tunafurahia wahitimu wa kiwango cha AA 800 na zaidi ya 400 wa shahada ya kwanza

and nearly 1,000 students enrolled right now.

na karibu wanafunzi 1000 walioandikisha kwa sasa.

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

la ajabu, tunaangazia maisha ya wakimbizi kama yalivyo.

There are no classes.

Hakuna ubaguzi kitabaka

There are no lectures.

Hakuna mihadhara.

There are no due dates.

Hakuna tarehe za mwisho

There are no final exams.

Hakuna mitihani ya mwisho.

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

shahada hili linapima uwezo na haujafungwa na muda.

You choose when you start your project.

Unachagua muda wa kuanza mradi wako.

You choose how you're going to approach it.

Unachagua utakavyoikabili

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

NDD:Unapofungua jukwaa, ndipo unapoweza kuona malengo.

Under each goal, we can find projects.

Kwenye kila lengo, tunaweza kupata miradi.

When you open a project, you get the competencies

Unapofungua mradi, unakutana na uweza

that you have to master,

ambao unatakiwa kumudu,

directions

uelekeo

and overview of the project.

na muhtasari wa mradi,

CR: The secret sauce of SNHU

CR: Kiungo muhimu cha SNHU

is combining that competency-based online learning

ni kujumuisha usomaji kwa kuangalia uwezo

with the in-person learning that we do with partners

pamoja na usomaji wa pamoja na washirika

to provide all the wraparound supports.

ili kuwa na msaada pande zote

That includes academic coaching.

Hii ni pamoja na ufundishaji kitaaluma.

It means psychosocial support,

Inamaanisha msaada saikolojia-jamii,

medical support,

msaada wa kimatibabu,

and it's also that back-end employment support

na pia ni ule msaada wa mlango wa nyuma wa ajira

that's really resulting in the 95 percent graduation,

ndiyo inasababisha hitimu kwa asilimia 95,

the 88 percent employment.

na asilimia 88 kuajiriwa,

NDD: I'm a social media management intern.

NDD: mimi mzoezi wa vitendo ya kuratibu mitandao ya kijamii.

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

Inahusiana na shahada ya mawasiliano ninayoifanya.

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

Nimejifunza mambo mengi katika mradi huu na dunia halisi.

CR: The structured internship is really an opportunity

CR: Mazoezi ya vitendo yanayoongozwa ni nafasi

for students to practice their skills,

kwa wanafunzi kufanyia mazoezi ujuzi wao

for us to create connections between that internship

kwa sisi kutengeneza daraja katika mazoezi kwa vitendo

and a later job opportunity.

na upatikanaji wa nafasi za kazi baadae.

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(Muziki)

This is a model that really stops putting time

Hii ni modeli ambayo inazuia kuweka muda

and university policies and procedures at the center

na sera za chuo kikuu na utaratibu kipao mbele

and instead puts the student at the center.

na badala yake unamweka mwanafunzi kileleni

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

IM: Modeli ya SNHU ni njia kubwa ya kutikisa mti.

Huge.

Kubwa

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

ni mtikisiko mkubwa kwenye njia ya asili ya elimu ya juu hapa

BDY: It can transform the lives of students

BDY:inaweza badilisha maisha ya wanafunzi

from these vulnerable and refugee communities.

kutoka katika hali ya mashaka na ukimbizi

NDD: If I get the degree,

NDD: nikipata shahada

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

naweza rudi na kufanya kazi popote nitakapo

I can go for a masters confidently in English,

Ninaweza kufanya shahada ya pili kwa ujasiri katika Kiingereza,

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

kitu nisingewazia hapo awali

And I have the confidence and the skills required

Na nina ujasiri na ujuzi unaohitajika

to actually go out and just tackle the workplace

kwenda na kupambana katika mazingira ya kazi

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

bila kujali kuwa nitaweza.

SAS: I always wanted to work with the community.

SAS: Nilitaka kufanya kazi na jamii.

I want to establish a nonprofit.

Nataka kuanzisha shirika isiyo ya faida

We advocate for women's education.

Tunahimiza elimu ya wanawake.

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

Ninataka kuwa mtu ambaye ni kama balozi

and encourage them to learn

na kuwashawishi kusoma

and tell them it is never too late.

na kuwaambia hawajachelewa.

It's a dream.

Ni ndoto