Event Title
Session 2D: Faculty Joining the Learners in Refugee Camps as Humanitarian Action: Jesuit Commons – Higher Education at the Margins
Location
BCC 206
Start Date
13-6-2012 3:45 PM
End Date
13-6-2012 4:30 PM
Description
The presentation will introduce the Jesuit Commons Higher Education at the Margins (JC-HEM) as a global response to poverty eradication through the delivery of on-site and on-line education in refugee camps in Malawi and Kenya. Until 2010 there was no access to tertiary education in the Kakuma Camp in Kenya or the Dzaleka Camp in Malawi. Several needs assessments attest to the desire for the refugees to have access to higher education and improve their lives and empower their communities. More than 300 students had been involved in the program in the last two years and the success of the pilot project as a way to eradicate poverty is visible. The success of the JC HEM pilot program through the testimonies of the refugees, the Jesuit Institutions’ faculty, and the data collected by the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) inform the discussion. The presentation will be accompanied by a Skype link-in with refugee students and a lead faculty in this program.
Session 2D: Faculty Joining the Learners in Refugee Camps as Humanitarian Action: Jesuit Commons – Higher Education at the Margins
BCC 206
The presentation will introduce the Jesuit Commons Higher Education at the Margins (JC-HEM) as a global response to poverty eradication through the delivery of on-site and on-line education in refugee camps in Malawi and Kenya. Until 2010 there was no access to tertiary education in the Kakuma Camp in Kenya or the Dzaleka Camp in Malawi. Several needs assessments attest to the desire for the refugees to have access to higher education and improve their lives and empower their communities. More than 300 students had been involved in the program in the last two years and the success of the pilot project as a way to eradicate poverty is visible. The success of the JC HEM pilot program through the testimonies of the refugees, the Jesuit Institutions’ faculty, and the data collected by the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) inform the discussion. The presentation will be accompanied by a Skype link-in with refugee students and a lead faculty in this program.
Comments
Facilitators:
Evelyne Ello Hart is a Ph.D. student, teaching assistant and lead online tutor for JC-HEM. Prior to joining the Gonzaga community she formed and led the African Women’s Coalition (AWC) in Portland, Oregon – the first Pan African non-profit organization on the West coast led by African immigrant and refugee women. Prior to arriving in the US in 2002, she worked for the Vatican Radio and the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.