2008-07-07 Architecture for Humanity Helps Poor Communities
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Slums are densely populated areas of housing where people live in poverty…
2008-06-30 Using Personal Computers to Solve Humanitarian Problems
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A project called the World Community Grid has found a way for…
2008-06-16 Getting Weather Reports to Rural Communities
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In many developing countries, weather reports remain trapped in the capital. National…
2008-06-23 Fighting Witchweed in African Sorghum
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Farmers in Africa call the striga plant by the name witchweed. It…
2008-06-09 Helping Foods Keep Their Cool
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But another way to keep…
2008-05-26 Three Water and Sanitation Projects in India Win Online Search
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A billion people live without a safe water supply. Two and a…
2008-06-02 Could Women Solve the Food Crisis?
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. On Tuesday, the United Nations will open a “food summit” in Rome.…
2008-05-19 Feeding the Hungry, but Not With Pigeons
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, is known for its historic buildings…
2008-05-05 Curriki.org: A Place for Teachers to Share Materials
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Wikis are Web sites designed for cooperative work. Users can easily create…
2008-05-12 Secret of DEET Could Lead to New Insect Products
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. There are new findings about an old method for keeping away insects.…
2008-04-28 Learning Words, Donating Rice
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Whoever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible? A Web site…
2008-04-21 Seven Win Goldman Environmental Prize
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Tuesday is Earth Day. On April twenty-second, nineteen seventy, millions of…
2008-04-14 Five Women Honored in Washington for Global Leadership
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Five women were honored last week in Washington for their efforts to…
2008-04-07 Goldman Sachs Invests in Women Through Education
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Goldman Sachs Group, the international investment banking company, has launched a new…
2008-03-31 The Future of a Vaccine, and New Warnings for Asia
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new study says Asia must do more to prevent AIDS, or…