{"id":74,"date":"2019-05-17T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/?p=74"},"modified":"2019-05-20T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:00:29","slug":"a-somali-refugee-who-once-spoke-no-english-now-helps-other-immigrants-bridge-the-language-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/a-somali-refugee-who-once-spoke-no-english-now-helps-other-immigrants-bridge-the-language-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"A Somali refugee who once spoke no English now helps other immigrants bridge the language gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Jordan-1-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Jordan-1-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Jordan-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Jordan-1-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/Jordan-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Khadijo Abdulkadir decided she wouldn\u2019t let language be a barrier to her success in the United States. Now she\u2019s teaching other immigrants to communicate, adapt and find their own success in Syracuse through her translation business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17.5px\">Listen to Khadijo Abdulkadir describe her journey from speaking no English to solving language barriers for other immigrants in Syracuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JORDANAUDIO_FINAL.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>By Jordan Muller<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Ten years ago, 15-year-old Khadijo Abdulkadir arrived in New York City. But as she took her first steps off the airplane and into the United States, there was one thing she and her family forgot onboard: her sister. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulkadir and her family were being resettled to Syracuse, New York from a Kenyan refugee camp without any problems. Now, her first minutes in America were spent searching for her sister in a place where she couldn\u2019t even speak the language to ask for help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was my first interaction with anybody that speak different language than I was,\u201d Abdulkadir said. \u201cWe were so vulnerable enough to not even be able to say, \u2018My sister is in the plane, can you get it for her?\u2019 \u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulkadir eventually made it to Syracuse \u2014 sister in tow \u2014 where, 10 years later, she\u2019s graduated from Syracuse University and runs a thriving interpretation business to help the city\u2019s immigrant population learn to communicate in English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI did not thought in a million years that I was ever going to speak a language other than Somali,\u201d Abdulkadir said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller01-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller01-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller01-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller01-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Abdulkadir sits outside the Empower Interpretation Services of CNY office in Syracuse&#8217;s Northside neighborhood, where many refugees settle in the city. (Jordan Muller\/NextGenRadio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Syracuse and its suburbs house a growing refugee population. Nearly 10,000 refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia settled in Onondaga County between 2007 and 2017, according to Syracuse.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulkadir and her family are Somali refugees, but she has never been to Somalia. She was born in a refugee camp in Kenya and lived there until she moved to Syracuse as a 15-year-old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her experience in the New York airport left her determined to learn English. She said she picked up a Somali to English dictionary from the nearby library and read it every day. &nbsp;She also pored over English-language TV and movies, even though she said she didn\u2019t understand what people were talking about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a high school student, Abdulkadir said she grew frustrated that she didn\u2019t understand what was being taught in her classes. A Somali friend helped translate things like her schedule, but she primarily learned English by volunteering with first- and second-grade children who were also learning the new language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI went there to volunteer, but I actually went there to learn because my English was at that level,\u201d Abdulkadir said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller04-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller04-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller04-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller04-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bilingual dictionaries and other workbooks line the shelves in the Empower office. (Jordan Muller\/NextGenRadio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During her ten years in Syracuse, Abdulkadir has gone from struggling to understand her teachers in her high school classes to graduating with a degree in international relations. Last year she founded Empower Interpretation Services of CNY, a company that provides translation and English language services for Syracuse\u2019s immigrant communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulkadir started her company in August 2018, and it has since grown to include more than 20 translators who work in Syracuse\u2019s hospitals, schools and other institutions. They speak languages such as Somali, Arabic and Nepali, helping immigrants connect with social service and community programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy goal is to make sure that the people, the resources, are available to the community,\u201d Abdulkadir said. \u201dThe goal is to contract with every single agency in Syracuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inability to speak English is often a major barrier to economic success for immigrants arriving in Syracuse as well, Abdulkadir said. Immigrants have told her they lost their job or are fearful to start their own businesses because they don\u2019t speak English, she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignfull is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>\u201cA lot of the people in here have so much skills,\u201d Abdulkadir said. \u201cThey used to be business owners. They used to have a restaurant. They used to have clothing stores. They used to interact with the community, with people regularly. But now all those things that they used to do that they get good at, for 20 years, 30 years, 40 years \u2014 becomes to nothing.\u201d <br><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulkadir\u2019s company doesn\u2019t just help older immigrants. On certain weeknights, Empower\u2019s office in Syracuse\u2019s Northside neighborhood is filled with young girls. Sitting around a large conference table, the girls take turns reading sections of novels, helping and correcting each other while honing their English reading and speaking skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Abdulkadir listens to children practice reading during a program at the Empower office. (Jordan Muller\/NextGenRadio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller03-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller03-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller03-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller03-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/syracuse2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/05\/JordanMuller03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Yasmin Abdulkadir reads a section of the class materials with help from from other students. (Jordan Muller\/NextGenRadio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Upstairs at the Empower offices, the kids pick from young adult novels that are neatly organized on a table in a room overlooking the Northside. The walls of the room are covered in photos of girls participating in activities through Empower, such as photography, kayaking and volunteering. After the children participated in a conference to learn about politics, they made posters describing their platforms, which are hung on another wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empower\u2019s after-school programming, such as the book club, helps students learn to improve their English speaking and writing skills, Abdulkadir said. It also allows the kids to engage with the community and get exposure to organizations and activities their parents may not be able to provide for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulkadir said she feels \u201camazing\u201d to provide the girls with those opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am doing something that was not available to me and I\u2019m able to give it to someone else that needs it the most,\u201d she said. \u201cI wish it was there for me at the moment.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khadijo Abdulkadir decided she wouldn\u2019t let language be a barrier to her success in the United States. Now she\u2019s teaching other immigrants to communicate, adapt and find their own success in Syracuse through her translation business. 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