2005-05-23 ‘Paper Architect’ Pens Creative Solutions for Refugee Housing
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Shigeru Ban is called the “paper architect.” Mister Ban is…
2005-05-16 Top Aid Official at U.N. Says World Is Failing Africa
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations has made fourteen appeals for aid to…
2005-05-09 Sweden Is the Best Place for Mothers
I’m Gwen Outen the VOA Special English Development Report. Sunday was Mother’s Day in the United States. People are supposed…
2005-05-02 World Bank Announces Plan to Improve Anti-Malaria Efforts
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank has announced a new plan to help…
2005-04-25 Plumpy’nut Aids Fight Against Hunger
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Nutriset is a food company in France that makes all…
2005-04-18 Fear Incites Resistance to Efforts to Control the Spread of Marburg Virus in Angola
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Marburg virus has killed more than two hundred people in…
2005-04-11 Researchers Develop an Experimental Treatment Against Cervical Cancer
This is Steve Ember with the V.O.A. Special English Development Report. Research scientists have developed an experimental treatment to protect…
2005-04-04 Reusing Metal Waste Provides Work For Many in Developing Countries
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. People have been recycling metals for hundreds of years. Today,…
2005-03-28 Solar Cookers
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people around the world cook their food over…
2005-03-21 Experts Say Simple Measures Could Save 3 Million Babies Yearly
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, four million babies die within their first month…
2005-03-14 International Women’s Day
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Events took place around the world last week to celebrate…
2005-03-07 U.N. World Population Report
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. A United Nations report says the number of people in…
2005-02-28 Annan Seeks New Head of U.N. Refugee Agency
The secretary-general had decided not to take action last summerafter a U.N. investigation. He says he had received legal advicethat…
2005-02-21 U.S. Approves Foreign-Made AIDS Treatment for Developing Nations
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The United States Food and Drug Administration has given earlyapproval…
2005-02-14 Cloth Filters Fight Cholera
I’m Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. A few years ago, researchers discovered a simple answer to…