Peace Corps at 50: Same Mission of Aid, Just Smaller

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Americans who volunteer for the Peace Corps get a chance to help improve lives in developing countries. They also get a chance to le

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS 2013-06-28 What's the Best Way to Give Food Aid?

AS IT IS 2013-06-28 What's the Best Way to Give Food Aid? From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Welcome to the show. Im Caty Weaver. The United States is the leading supplier of food aidaround the world, at a cost of about 1.5 billion dollarsy

2006年VOA标准英语-Quartet Warns of Aid Cuts Without Doctrine

By David Gollust London 31 January 2006 watch Quartet report UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (l) and US Secretary of State Rice The international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East late Monday pres

VOA标准英语2011--Aid Agencies Reassess Somali Operations

Aid Agencies Reassess Somali Operations Sixteen aid agencies say they face new challenges in Somalia, after the al Shabab militant group banned their activities in the southern and central parts of the country. Al Shabab accuses the agencies of bias

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Ginkgo as Memory Aid Disputed / New Fi

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - September 17, 2002: Ginkgo as Memory Aid Disputed / New Findings About Deadly Skin Cancer / Hair and Sex Lives of Lions VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Stev

2006年VOA标准英语-Aid Sought for Drought Victims in Horn of

By Catherine Maddux Washington 19 April 2006 Pastoralists report increasing number of livestock dying due to worsening drought conditions in parts of Somali region Earlier this month, the United Natio

VOA标准英语 Clinton Calls for Increased Aid for Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging the international community to provide more security and development aid to Afghanistan. Mrs. Clinton spoke at the start of a day-long conference about Afghanistan in The Hague. US Secretary of State

VOA标准英语 Obama Urges Sudan to Allow Aid Groups to Return

U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Sudan's government to let recently expelled humanitarian aid groups return to the country. Mr. Obama is sending an envoy to Khartoum this week to make his case. President Barack Obama meets with the US Envoy for

VOA标准英语2012--WFP: Sahel in Urgent Need of Aid

WFP: Sahel in Urgent Need of Aid The U.N. World Food Program said time is running out to prevent the full impact of the food crisis in Africas Sahel region. It said a donor funding shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars could soon affect emerge

VOA标准英语2009年-Aid Groups Want Obama to Take New Approach to C

A coalition of religious groups and refugee organizations wants U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to take a new approach to Chad. The coalition of aid groups says the Obama administration should set a new foreign policy agenda for Chad that includes

VOA标准英语2011--Pakistan Downplays Proposed Freeze in US Military Aid

Pakistan Downplays Proposed Freeze in US Military Aid 美欲冻结对巴7亿援助 巴基斯坦称并非明智之举 Pakistan is playing down the significance of a proposed suspension of hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance, sa

VOA标准英语2011--US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Soma

US Pledges Aid for Drought-Stricken Somali Refugees With the drought in Somalia officially declared a famine, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, was in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya to pledge Ameri

VOA标准英语2012--N. Korea to End Nuclear Tests for Food Aid

N. Korea to End Nuclear Tests for Food Aid The announcement came just a little more than two months after the death of the secretive communist state's supreme leader Kim Jong Il. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that while there still are

VOA标准英语2012--Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation

Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation Rebels from the March 23 Movement, known as the M23, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Tutsi militia continues to fight DRC government troops - and staged a deadly attack on Uni

VOA慢速英语2012--Many Congolese Still Need Emergency Aid

Many Congolese Still Need Emergency Aid Humanitarian agencies are still trying to reach thousands of people in the eastern DRC who were displaced by the recent military offensive by M23 rebels. Many of the displaced fear they may have to flee violenc

VOA标准英语2012--UN: Millions in Somalia Need Aid

UN: Millions in Somalia Need Aid The U.N. says millions of people in Somalia still require humanitarian aid, despite advances against al-Shabab militants. A new funding appeal has been launched to address the countrys immediate needs and build resili

VOA标准英语2013--Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers' Role in Food Aid

Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers' Role in Food Aid When starvation looms, speed is critical. But while the U.S. provides more emergency food aid than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming fir

VOA双语新闻 WFP: China Ends Need for Food Aid

The World Food Program has made its last shipment of grain to China - a sign that the country's drive over the past 30 years to feed itself has paid off. But, there still are worries about China's harvest. 世界粮食计划署向中国运送了最后一

2007年VOA标准英语-WFP: Humanitarian Aid Getting to Darfur Despite

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2007 The World Food Program (WFP) says it has been able to successfully feed up to three million internally displaced people in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur. The organization says it has been able to do th

ESL Podcast 306 – Giving First Aid

Jeng: What did you do this summer? Cynthia: I worked at a summer camp as a nurses aide. I thought we would be giving simple first aid, but you wouldnt believe the kinds of injuries the kids came in with. Jeng: You mean like poison ivy, bee stings, bu