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We look forward to the Summer.
I'm really excited.

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Yea we are super super excited.

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Really excited for
this opportunity,

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it's our first Summer at Duke,
and, or with Duke, and

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I just, I cannot wait.

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It's, it works magic

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You remember, you
remember that

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first time I got there, the biggest 
challenge is how to speak English

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- Mhm.

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Our girls now can stand up and speak
like the girls in Nairobi.

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We've had dynamic students come
there from Duke,

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who've really made a difference

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and I'm looking to the future for 
the same element of a dynamic personality,

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somebody's who's passionate.

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Students can expect an opportunity to
really understand and get to know

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poverty from the inside out.

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From getting to know individuals who
have had challenges,

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have had barriers to employment

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i.e., they might have a background, 
criminal background,

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they may have had a history of 
substance abuse,

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or they may have had challenges with 
mental health or physical health,

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but now they've addressed them and
they're ready to work

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so we give our students an opportunity
to really get to know the population

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while connecting that to what we need,

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which may not be necessarily working
with a population directly,

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but helping us to assist and advocate 
for the population we serve.

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I particularly admire the way you 
people are independents

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when you come there

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the task that you set out to do
you do it without supervision.

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Nobody comes behind you to tell you that

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Nadia, you know that this is what
has to be done.

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And you make sure that it's done and 
the commitment with which you do it

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and our girls follow that and 
what you leave is a lot of

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good things that we experience.

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As teachers sometimes we sit back and say

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"I wish the Duke students would be here
for a longer time."

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I think Duke students obviously come
with a plethora of skills,

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and they've got this amazing
tool belt with them,

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but the most important thing truly,

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is that they come with a sense of 
openness, and openness to learning,

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and openness to learning from the
DukeEngage program itself

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and to understanding and appreciating 
the differences, um

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that they will experience through the 
individuals, the staff that they meet,

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and the clients that they meet.

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I think that's really the most important 
tool that they can bring.

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And also students who are flexible, and 
adaptable to the environment.

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With no facility, with no resource, they 
never ever refuse to work.

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And always with a smiling face

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and they're always on time.

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These are the definite characteristics 
I have found in all the students.

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(speaking in French)

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Um, he wanted, he forgot to add one 
important thing.

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Um, I think maybe he said the most
important thing, which I would agree with,

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um, is that, uh

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he's built this relationship here, um

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not only did we create this microfinance 
initiative together, but

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we built a really lasting relationship
beyond that, um and

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since 2013, it's now 2015, we're still
in touch, we're here today,

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um, and we've created a relationship and
an initiative that um has lasted.

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They come in with an awareness, that
they're not here to save the world,

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that they're not coming to bring 
all of the knowledge,

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which certain students from certain
countries can end up bringing,

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and it's not their fault

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but there's a good awareness there

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and I think that's really helpful because
um, that sets them up for being

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open, for being flexible, to being able
to listen and to really hear

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and learn from the projects and the people
they may be engaging with.

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We want people to come with a passion
to serve their community.

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We want them to want to be change agents

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and to want to fit into this 
greater opportunity

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and figure out their place.

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You know, be open, um

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don't feel you need to know 
everything before you come

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and have an adventure

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you know, treat it as something 
that's exciting and

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that's going to be totally new, and 
allow yourself to be scared,

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allow yourself to be a little bit nervous,
allow yourself to be apprehensive,

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because when you're on the edge

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that's the exciting part

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you're about to leap out and learn
something new so, you know,

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don't worry about if you don't know
everything, because you're gonna

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come back enriched so much 
after eight weeks

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in some way

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it's gonna change your life I think.

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(speaking in French) (Laughing)