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 food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too…
2009-02-02 Getting Into a Job Market by Mobile Phone
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In two thousand seven, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world…
2009-01-26 How to Do It: Making Paper by Hand
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The earliest process of making paper was done almost five thousand years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley. In those days,…
2009-01-19 Got Milk? How to Make Yogurt
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Yogurt is a healthy food that can be made at home. One way to make it is to first buy some yogurt…
2009-01-12 Building With Adode (No Computer Required)
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This week in our report we are going to talk about adobe. No, not the information technology company in California, Adobe Systems.…
2009-01-05 Do-It-Yourself: How to Dry or Smoke Fish, Part 2
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Today we have the second of two reports explaining how to prepare fish by drying or smoking them. We talked last week…
2008-12-29 Do-It-Yourself: Preparing Fish for Drying or Smoking
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. There are different ways to store fish. Two ways to keep fish for future use are canning and freezing. Two other methods…
2008-12-22 Small Loans Grow in a Big Way
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Microfinance is becoming a big business. It started as a way to provide very small loans to people in developing countries so…
2008-12-15 Zimbabwe’s Cholera Epidemic
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. American officials say Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will join talks on Zimbabwe this week at the United Nations. The State Department…
2008-12-08 Need Soap? Make Your Own
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. One of the best ways to protect yourself and other people from getting sick is to wash your hands with soap. To…
2008-12-01 Australia Aims for Cleaner Coal
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Australia wants to show that existing power stations can be refitted to burn coal in a much cleaner way. A demonstration project…
2008-11-24 Weather Experts to Aid Africa’s ‘Meningitis Belt’
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Bacterial meningitis must be treated with antibiotics as soon as possible or the infection can cause hearing loss and brain damage. It…
2008-11-17 ‘Rent-a-Light’ Seen as a Bright Idea in Kenya
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Charles Rioba is an engineer and inventor in Kenya. He and his company, Solar World Limited, have developed a product called the…
2008-11-10 Bringing Color to Life With Natural Dyes
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Dye can bring a little color to life. Most clothing is colored with dyes. Modern, manufactured dyes can be costly. Natural dyes…
2008-11-03 Web Site Brings Attention to Wildlife and Wild Places
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one…