2009-05-18 Saving the ‘World’s Most Holy River’
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Christians, Jews and Muslims all consider the Jordan River holy. Last week,…
2009-05-11 In India, a Cycle Rickshaw With Help From the Sun
This the VOA Special English Development Report. Picture a bicycle with a two-wheeled carriage in place of a back tire.…
2009-05-04 ‘Gone Rural’ Project in Swaziland Lets Women Earn Money While Working from Home
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Every three weeks, a truck drives to a rural community in the…
2009-04-27 Seven Activists Honored For Improving Environment in Their Nations
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Seven activists from around the world have received the Goldman Environmental Prize…
2009-04-20 Making a Solar Water Heater
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Solar water heaters are devices that use energy from the sun to…
2009-04-13 Experts Watch for Spread of Chikungunya, a Highly Painful Virus
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. People get chikungunya fever when they are bitten by mosquitoes infected with…
2009-04-06 Experts Seek More Attention to Buruli Ulcer Disease
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Buruli ulcer is a bacterial disease that eats away muscle tissue. People…
2009-03-30 Service Organizations Help Prevent Loss of Eyesight in India
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Almost forty years ago, a community service organization started providing eye care…
2009-03-23 Growing Crops With Less Water
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Scientists are working to develop crop plants that can reduce the amount…
2009-03-16 Teaching HIV Prevention to the Young and Not-So-Young
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A researcher says three hundred forty-three thousand AIDS deaths in South Africa…
2009-03-09 A Voice for the Victims: Alison Des Forges and the Genocide in Rwanda
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Alison Des Forges was an American-born human rights expert and historian. She…
2009-03-02 Cancer May Soon Be World’s Leading Killer
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than…
2009-02-23 A Doctor Who Left His Mark on a World That Lives in Fear of Ebola
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared the end…
2009-02-16 Rural Areas of Kenya Get Connected to the Web
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some young engineers from the United States have brought the Internet to…
2009-02-09 A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to…